ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) -- The Montgomery County Council has voted to demolish a house located on future parkland, rather than allow a needy family to live in it.What caught my eye was that I had seen the story the night before and it's amazing the amount of detail this little news release leaves out. The biggest omission in the quest to make "rich" neighbors look like raging ass holes is the fact that the house was unlivable and required $2,000,000 in repairs. That's 2 million, which was also tax payer funded. How can people get away with this? The caption on the photo actually read "The Montgomery County Council has voted to demolish a house located on future parkland, rather than allow a needy family to live in it."
Residents of Bethesda's Hillmead neighborhood had bitterly fought the plan to house a homeless family on the property.
The county authorized the purchase of the 1.3 acres to expand an adjacent park last year. At the time, it postponed a decision on what to do with the house.
Residents who opposed the plan said they're not opposed to helping poor people, but believe the decision should have been made with community involvement. Supporters of the plan said it was a moral issue.
The council voted 5-4 to demolish the house.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Of course I didn't do any further investigating, the TV news probably left something else out and the rich people really are dicks.
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