The mayor's residence part, I question the location as being a little bit remote. That is the most exclusive street in town. It's kind of remote both physically and symbolically, and that troubles me quite a bit. Others, however, were reluctant to criticize the proffered gift. It's better not to have to use taxpayer dollars. . . .
Mayors can live wherever they want to anyway.
It's an awful lot of money. . . . I think when something is free, you don't have as much of a say. The Casey Foundation was created and named by Betty Casey's late husband, a major Montgomery County developer. This is not her first foray into city real estate. In late 1996, Casey made headlines of another sort by refusing to fix numerous fire code violations in a low-income Rockville apartment complex she owned.