County income tax rates

Taxpayers League representative urged tying MCPS funding to proficiency targets, pausing any tax increase for a year, and opposing the progressive rate structure and ITOC elimination.

Delegate candidate argued the county has a spending problem, not a revenue problem, and criticized a proposed cannabis dispensary zoning near Damascus's Jimmy Cone.

Taxpayer advocate argued county employee raises are triple the federal increase and cited businesses like Epic Games and Amazon choosing other jurisdictions over Montgomery County.

A CPA with a master's in taxation forcefully argued that eliminating the $692 ITOC would engineer displacement of Black homeowners, calling it 'constructive foreclosure' and urging the Council to reject the rate increase.

Rockville veteran and District 3 council candidate questioned high MCPS salaries like a $172,000 Safe Routes coordinator and said he opposes the income tax increase.

Virtual testifier and new father warned that millennials are leaving the county and the tax proposal would push his family out, urging a different path forward.