Rose Krasnow in The Gazette: City Should Live Up To Its End Of The Deal
Mar 3, 2008 14:32 - 1 Comment
>Rockville Central friend Brigitta Mullican drew my attention to former (1995-2001) Rockville mayor Rose Krasnow’s piece in the latest issue of the Gazette. I had missed it.
Krasnow’s article is an important voice in the debate over the new District Court House and she makes points that the Move The Courthouse folks (among whom I count myself) will need to be able to answer. I encourage you to read the whole thing, but here is a key passage:
[When Krasnow was mayor, a]greeing to let the existing library site be home to the new courthouse was just the incentive [to get the state to kick in funds for a new library in Town Center] that was needed. A deal was struck; and everyone, including many citizens who had opposed the other sites, was pleased. . . .Well, the state certainly lived up to its side of the deal. . . . Rockville got everything it asked for, but now we want to renege on our part of the equation. . . .
The old library site is the ideal site for Montgomery County’s new District Courthouse. It will be a landmark for people entering the Central Business District, and it will become a focal point of activity that will help boost the fortunes of downtown Rockville. I hope the city will rethink its opposition and welcome the start of construction when it gets underway this summer. It is the honorable thing to do.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention, Brigitta!
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Interestingly enough,in a June 20, 2001 Gazette article, Rose Krasnow said “Given the limited size of Town Center, it’s unfair for the county and state to provide less than their fair share of parking” after learning that courthouse workers would take the lion’s share of new parking proposed to accomodate the courthouse.