We believe our community deserves accurate information about housing, city planning, and local government. We launched Takoma Community Vision (TCV) specifically to fact-check the misleading claims of Community Vision for Takoma (CVT).
Our names are similar, but our vision for "community" is distinct.
Community Vision for Takoma (CVT) is a local advocacy group representing a narrow, NIMBY-oriented platform. They frequently distribute misleading flyers and newsletters that misrepresent city planning documents to advance their platform.
TCV (this site) is an independent, resident-run project dedicated to fact-checking CVT and the local politicians who echo their platform. We link every claim to public records so you can verify the truth.
Every claim we make links to an official document, public meeting record, or primary source. Check our work.
If we get something wrong, we correct it prominently and promptly. We publish our correction policy in our About page.
We're Takoma Park residents who care about this city. We just think good decisions require accurate information.
We read the original documents so you don't have to. Every rebuttal links directly to the source.
"Increasing property taxes to pay for bigger City budgets is making it harder... to remain," while claiming candidates who bypassed their form "had not submitted responses."
Council actually cut the property tax rate in FY27. Candidates bypassed CVT's 500-char limits and push-poll questions to post answers directly to voters.
"The stakes are high, with weakening rent stabilization, doubling Council terms without a referendum, and prohibiting clapping and signs..."
Changing terms requires a charter amendment subject to voter petition for referendum under Maryland law. Council only commissioned an impact study.
Council "defeated a motion to instruct consultants to use a racial equity lens" and voted to consider rent ceilings that could "increase rents."
Council directly holds the statutory duty to apply an equity lens under Res 2017-28 rather than paying private consultants. Rent ceilings cap spikes.
Councilmembers send out regular emails to their constituents, but they are often dense, text-heavy, and frame controversial policies through a singular lens.
We break down these emails into clear highlights, call out where they echo CVT's platform, and verify their factual accuracy against official city and county documents.
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