More students mean a bigger talent pool for sports and music competitions. Having more people for our fire, police, and rescue workers to serve will make sure they will not become complacent. Paying for the infrastructure requirements of Hunt Field will finally raise Jefferson County taxes to be in line with the other jurisdictions in the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area. People in Jefferson County have always wanted the ability to sell their existing homes for less than current market value. There is too much history in the County.
History is annoying.
It limits growth options. It brings in scholars who ask way too many questions. It promotes nonproductive discussion relating to things that happened a long time ago. In one act, the county can send out a signal that we are now like every other place. In the public policy world of Jefferson County the views of anyone who has lived here less than 30 years is automatically tainted and discounted.