Roger Berliner

Berliner ran for Montgomery County Executive in 2018. Berliner lost the Democratic primary election, coming in fourth place out of six candidates on the ballot.

In May 2011, the Council voted to institute a five-cent tax on plastic and paper bags provided at most retail stores. Paper bags from restaurants, bags holding prescription drugs, dry-cleaning bags, and bags for perishable and bulk items were exempted from the tax. The tax revenue funds improvements in the water quality of streams and reductions in the impact of stormwater runoff. Berliner voted in favor of the tax.

In 2011, Berliner voted in favor of giving Westfield Corporation $4 million to pay for construction costs related to Costco's move to Westfield Wheaton.

The Council elected Berliner to the position of vice president of the Council in December 2010. He served in that position until December 2011, when the Council elected Nancy Navarro to the position. The Council elected Berliner to the position of president of the Council on December 6, 2011. He served as president until the Council elected Nancy Navarro to the position on December 5, 2012.

In 2010, Berliner ran for reelection. He was challenged in the Democratic primary by community activist Ilaya Hopkins of Bethesda.

In January 2009, the Maryland/D.C./Virginia Solar Energy Industries Association awarded its annual Solar Champions of the Year Award to Berliner. The award was in recognition of legislation Berliner supported that would allow property tax credits for installation of solar panels. In 2010, Berliner proposed a carbon dioxide tax on major polluters in the county. He proposed a tax of five dollars per ton in excess of one million tons per year. At the time, only a coal-fired power plant in Dickerson exceeded one million tons of carbon dioxide. The power plant was the source of twenty-five percent of the county's carbon dioxide emissions. Berliner said the $15 million that the bill would raise could give tax credits to residents who install energy-efficiency products in their homes. The bill passed the Council. The power plant company sued the county, saying the tax targeted it.

In 2009, Berliner supported giving people the option of paying for parking meters using a cell phone.

In December 2008, the Council unanimously elected Berliner to a one-year term as the Council's next vice president. Berliner's term ended in August 2009, when Councilmember Valerie Ervin was elected vice president of the Council.

The Council elected Berliner to the position of vice president of the Council on December 3, 2008. His term ended on December 2, 2009, when Valerie Ervin was elected to the position of vice president.

In January 2006, Berliner announced he would run to represent District 1 on the Council again. In his announcement, Berliner said he would increase regulation and oversight of development, reduce traffic, and modernize public schools. Berliner proposed mandatory sustainable building standards for government buildings. He supported an unimplemented law giving a tax credit for purchasing hybrid vehicles and a tax surcharge for purchasing vehicles with low fuel efficiency.

Berliner took the oath of office on December 4, 2006.

Berliner ran for a third term on the Council. Duchy Trachtenberg challenged Berliner in the Democratic primary. A family therapist by profession, Trachtenberg had been a president of the Maryland chapter of the National Organization for Women and an at-large Council member from 2006 to 2010.

Berliner said that, as a Democrat, he could do more for his constituents than Denis, the only incumbent Republican. Berliner said that Denis' sway in the Council was diminished because of his party affiliation, and that residents would be better represented by a Democratic Council member. Berliner criticized Denis for being a populist, rather than someone with consistent principles. Berliner criticized Denis for hiding the fact that he had sought to be a delegate for President George W. Bush in 2004, while Berliner had helped John Kerry's presidential campaign in Florida.

On January 11, 2000, Betty Ann Krahnke announced that she would resign from representing District 1 on the Montgomery County Council. Krahnke had been battling Lou Gehrig's disease for the preceding 18 months, and she was unable to walk or speak. Krahnke said she would leave office after a special election would be held to fill her seat. Krahnke had represented District 1 since the Council was changed in 1990 to include district seats.

Berliner was the Maryland coordinator for Bill Bradley's presidential campaign in 1999.

Roger Berliner (born February 12, 1951) was a member of the Montgomery County Council since 2006. He represented District 1, which includes parts of Poolesville, Potomac, Bethesda, and Chevy Chase.

Berliner was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on February 12, 1951.