Who is your choice for Montgomery County Executive?

[Anonymous]

I’m the op who’s been asking about Elrich. I am concerned about pro development candidates that promise new schools with growth but don’t deliver.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Statistics show that the people leaving the county have higher incomes than the people entering the county

https://www.empowermontgomery.com/moco-is-losing-taxpayer-income-to-other-places/

I have seen Teachers Unions endorse a lot of bad candidates. I want what's best for students, not teachers (sorry)

That’s because it’s people at their top salaries who are retiring somewhere cheaper.

[Anonymous]

PLEASE look at who is funding the information you perceive as fact! It's like the sugar industry doing studies that result in saying sugar does not make kids hyperactive or big pharma saying (as they did 10+ years ago) that opioids are not addictive.

[Anonymous]

Elrich is too far left?

Specific complaints?

I might think the $15 minimum wage is a stitch high for part time work, but most other initiatives make a lot of sense.

Now that supermarkets have to charge a nickel per bag, I take home three bags instead of ten. cashiers don't put two apples in a bag without asking me if I want to take trash/recycling home with me. That's Elrich.

The Park service and Dept of Recreation had duplicate programs. Elrich spearheaded combining the two to save money. No one goes into teh nitty-gritty budgeting liek Elrich. Not traditionally seen as left wing, but a reason I'm voting for him.

Building Metro is far too expensive, but good mass transit up 29 and cross county is badly needed. Answer? Bus Rapid transit. Metro trains on wheels, basically. Was anyone else coming up with ways to tame the gridlock down 29? Nope. Only Elrich. Once BRT was rolling along, the other councilmen jumped on. You want a leader as your exec, not a follower. Lookin' at you Berliner / Leventhal.

Elrich landed the Realtors PAC endorsement in 2012 and Sierra Club in 2012. That is one hell of a trick and NOT the mark of someone TOO left wing.

Elrich defied the police unions by supporting deployment of modern equipment to active patrol officers rather than detectives that send very little time using the mobile resources. It made logical sense but teh seniority system was deeply entrenched. When Elrich has to step away from traditionally left wing safety zones, he does.

Ignore the shills who scream "Liberal!" about Elrich unless they pony up concrete examples. Elrich does what works and lets chips fall where they may. There's a darn good reason he was the top vote getter two his second and third terms.

[Anonymous]

My specific complaint about Elrich is that his answers about his top priorities are always about something other than the fact that the county is on the decline economically and is driving high tax payers out.

He talks about the $15 minimum wage as a good thing, but it's just another burden for business owners in the county and another reason to not create jobs here.

He thinks he can be this great "social justice warrior" but at the county level, you just end up creating policies that tell the rich people to move across the border and pay their taxes somewhere else and the poor people to cross the border to come right in and start enjoying all the free stuff.

[Anonymous]

A ton of his policies are basically about thinking that he is right and the market is wrong.

Minimum wage of $15... He thinks he is smarter than the entire labor market.

Rent control.. He thinks he is smarter than the entire housing market.

My opinion of him was formed over a decade ago when he displayed a fundamentally backwards economic mindset at a Takoma Park community meeting. His policies since then have been consistent with the impression he made on me back then.

[Anonymous]

I hope Elrich doesn’t win. In fact, I hope none of the current council members win the county executive. I’d rather take my chance with someone not affiliated with the county council in recent years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m not a fan of Elrich or Leventhal. Roger Berliner doesn’t thrill me either. I need to find out more about David Blair and Rose Krasnow.

If that's the way you lean, vote Frick. Krasnow will continue to f*&( up the County like she did on the Planning Board, adn Blair -- bad idea.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Leventhal's website mentions in extremely long detail about the need for more development of affordable housing for low income people, so I think he's going to be in bed with developers and looking to further expand MPDU requirements. Not voting for him.

Um, developers don't want restrictions like mpdus...so why on earth would you think he would be in bed with developers?

#TheMoreYouKnow
#PerhapsGoogleSayingsBeforeUsingThem?

Well, that's the only way they get to build in MoCo.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Leventhal's website mentions in extremely long detail about the need for more development of affordable housing for low income people, so I think he's going to be in bed with developers and looking to further expand MPDU requirements. Not voting for him.

Um, developers don't want restrictions like mpdus...so why on earth would you think he would be in bed with developers?

#TheMoreYouKnow
#PerhapsGoogleSayingsBeforeUsingThem?

Any new project in MoCo requires some % of MPDUs. Leventhal is unique in that he wants to see home prices decrease. I understand wanting more affordability, but you don't want the value of your current home to decline.

Not true.

He wants more affordable housing. He also wants to retain our higher end taxpayers (in fact, he wants to grow those numbers). He wants both. I hope he can make it work.

WRONG. He wants to see leveling out of Bethesda so it is more like Silver Spring.

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Anonymous wrote:I work for Council and I am terrified that a particular current council member is going to win.

What about that member makes you terrified? His temper or something else?

Very narrow scope of interest on issues, almost no interest in upcounty issues, highly disorganized.

Berliner or Ehlrich?

My bet is Ehlrich - I love his ideas on transportation etc., but the devil's in the details, and he seems short on those. Berliner does show a lack of interest in upcounty. I kind of like Krasnow - she seems to have good ideas and provides details on how she hopes to achieve them that are not just "we'll get the money from somewhere...." I, too, am not a fan of Leventhal.

Krasnow has been the most impressive to me too. Not sure what her chances are.

Her chances are zero. I don’t mind her but time is short and people really need to coalesce around a consensus candidate that has the best shot of beating Elrich. At this point, it doesn’t look like that’s happening. I hate Elrich so much, I’ll likely end up voting for that crackpot Ficker in the general.

Seriuosly? Why do you hate Elrich?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My specific complaint about Elrich is that his answers about his top priorities are always about something other than the fact that the county is on the decline economically and is driving high tax payers out.

He talks about the $15 minimum wage as a good thing, but it's just another burden for business owners in the county and another reason to not create jobs here.

He thinks he can be this great "social justice warrior" but at the county level, you just end up creating policies that tell the rich people to move across the border and pay their taxes somewhere else and the poor people to cross the border to come right in and start enjoying all the free stuff.

+1. He would destroy (even further) the business climate in the county. While addressing inequality makes sense, his statement that any and all county decisions should be made through the lens of racial and economic inequality goes way too far. He views the "rich" as nothing more than a piggy bank to fund his other priorities. But, as PP stated, at some point people will simply pick up and move across the river or back into the district given its revival. That will leave the county even worse off than it was before.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with Elrich?

Bad for business. Will keep us in the death spiral of high earners leaving, no new jobs being created and taking more and more from the few suckers that are left in the county all while sending a huge message to everyone else: come here if you want to contribute little and get lots for free!

Also was strongly opposed by the smart growth types at GGW, if you care about those issues.

I care about Really Smart Growth, not the 'dumb growth' espoused by GGW and Sierra Club. The Purple Line is a great example of this stupidity. Light rail brings crime, serves as overnight homeless facilities, and destroyed the Georgetown Branch Trail/ Capital Crescent. Another boondoggle. We're putting in ancient technology instead of focusing on driverless cars and new tech.

[Anonymous]

EVERYONE VOTE ROSE KRASNOW! SHE CAN BEAT THAT ELRICH CREEP AND SHE HAS GREAT PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT! FEMALE TOO!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:EVERYONE VOTE ROSE KRASNOW! SHE CAN BEAT THAT ELRICH CREEP AND SHE HAS GREAT PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT! FEMALE TOO!

Since you put it in all caps, you have me convinced.