In an attempt to improve the quality of life related to city’s rental properties, the Neighborhood Stabilization and Quality of Life group came up with a few recommendations such as opting for smart siding. They include establishing an accrediation program for the rental property owners (landlords), start an annual orientation program, and require them to […]
In tomorrow night’s regular Council meeting, the City Council will vote on two referendum petitions that Prince George’s Property Owners’ Association (PGPOA) submitted to the City recently. According to City Charter, the Council last month referred the petitions to the Board of Election supervisors (BOES) to get them verified. The BOES looked into all of […]
At last night’s City Council meeting, City Attorney Ms. Suellen Ferguson reported that the recently submitted petitions by the Prince George’s Property Owners’ Association are “Legally insufficient”. The City received two charter referendum petitions on March 22, 2012 meeting, when the Council referred the petitions to the attorney for a legal opinion whether the subject […]
The Prince George’s Property Owner Association (PGPOA) recently submitted a series of two proposed Charter amendments, which, if legally valid and if they include the appropriate number of valid signatures, will appear on the ballot for an upcoming City special election. At the April 10 regular meeting, the Council approved these petitions so that they […]
In tonight’s regular council meeting, the Council is set to pass a resolution to formally acknowledge two petitions submitted by the Prince George’s Property Owners Association. Since last year, PGPOA has been collecting petition signatures to amend the City Charter in two ways: 1) To limit the total amount of revenue collected through real property taxes […]
Recently, the City of College Park started to enforce the rent control ordinances on the rental housing units in the City. This came after a long legal battle between the City and the PGPOA – the Prince George’s Property Owners’ Association. The City finally won the case. Once the enforcement started, the PGPOA started to complain, alleging that […]
The petition drive by PGPOA (Prince George’s Property Owner’s Association) that wanted to impose two amendments to the City Charter has failed to submit the required signature by last Monday’s deadline. This means that the charter amendment questions will not appear in the upcoming November Mayor and council election. The PGPOA had to obtain the […]
The PGPOA (Prince George’s Property Owner’s Association) representatives came to NCPCA meeting last week to make their case to north College Park residents. The residents passed a motion against the proposed changes that the PGPOA wants to make to the City’s charter. I also personally felt that the petition has languages that may pose problems to the City, if […]
A group of concerned College Park residents is asking their fellow neighbors not to sign the petition which is currently being collected by Prince George’s Property Owners’ Association (PGPOA). Please see the text of that “alert letter” below, at the end of the post (titled ‘Alert About Harmful and Deceptive Referendum Petitions). I’m also including […]
Dr. Fazlul Kabir is a six-term City Council Member of the City of College Park District 1.