Robin Ficker has returned from Burtonsville to his longtime home in Boyds to run for the District 2 County Council seat. He moved to Burtonsville in 2009 to run unsuccessfully in a special election to fill the District 4 council seat left open by the death of Don Praisner. Ficker, a Republican who has run for a number of state and county offices since he last served in the House of Delegates in 1982, has been more successful in recent years at championing ballot initiatives.
In 2008 he promoted an initiative that prevents the Montgomery County Council from raising property taxes above the rate of inflation without the approval of all nine council members. Ficker's amendment passed with 51 percent of the vote, despite opposition from County Executive Isiah Leggett (D), the County Council and a coalition of school, union and civic representatives.
"I'm going to be the ninth vote that stops the property tax increase planned after the election," Ficker said.
The County Council is not fiscally responsible, he said.
Website: www.robinficker.com (under construction)
SOURCE: Gazette
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