hahah Elrich lost the FOP endorsement to Sullivan
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He tried to buy their endorsement with a 13% raise this year -- and they went with Sully. Maybe that will make Marc wake up and stop abusing a good police department.
https://www.facebook.com/ReardonSullivanforMoCo |
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The SRO thing meant that Elrich didn’t have a chance and neither did Riemer. They probably hate Riemer even worse.
Surprised/not surprised FOP is not smart enough to endorse Blair, who actually has a chance of winning. But I suspect they at least realize that Blair will be an end to wasteful spending. |
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The more I think about this, the more confused I get. At first I thought they just wanted to avoid choosing a favorite in the Democratic primary. My guess is they prefer Blair, but then what happens if they endorsed Blair and Elrich still wins? He'd unleash his wrath on them. At least that's what they might fear.
But let's say Blair does win the primary and goes on to face Sully. The FOP can't flip its endorsement, and Blair is almost certain to win the general. So the FOP gets burned that way too. Unless there's some backroom deals going on we don't know about. |
Anonymous
| Is that a bad thing? Public employee union endorsements tend to mean a candidate supports those unions’ members over the public as a whole |
Anonymous
Or, Occam’s razor, the FOP isn’t that smart. |
Anonymous
Not sure why giving police officers a well-deserved raise in an inflationary environment when recruiting is lagging is “trying to buy their endorsement.” It just seems like it just makes good sense to me. I don’t like Elrich but it’s hardly breaking news when any FOP anywhere endorses a Republican. |
Anonymous
He’s like an abusive husband — he's treated them like $&@“ for 3.5 years then waits til election year to give them a huge raise. Yes, they need it. But they also needed a boss who stood by them. Acknowledged and praised their good work. You can do that and still hold employees accountable when they screw up. |
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He needed to give them all the raise because every jurisdiction is giving raises this year—cops are quitting in droves and the academy classes are empty.
But he’s still clearly no real friend of the police and they know that. It’s pretty common for LEO in MD not to endorse the winning candidate so whoever things they are worried about that is probably wrong. |
Anonymous
like the useless SRO spending? |
Anonymous
Blair's add says he wants to build affordable housing for teachers and cops. I couldn't help but wonder if they were paid a living wage they could buy their own houses. |
Anonymous
We have a number of teachers and cops who own SFH in our neighborhood. But it is not the wealthier part of the county. Lots of feds too. |
Anonymous
In my experience, lots of cops don't want to live in the jurisdictions where they work. They don't want to be recognized in public. They don't want their families to bear any responsibilities from their job as a cop. TBH, I think much of our issues in policing have to do with the fact that they are so disconnected from the communities they patrol. They see those jurisdictions as a paycheck, but not a place they are willing to call home. I feel strongly that we should incentivize police to live and raise their families in the jurisdictions where they work. Whether that's subsidized housing or a very real salary bump (I'm talking 30%+ higher), so be it. That said, I think it is very much a cultural norm of American policing - particularly in large urban areas - to take your paycheck and run elsewhere with it. Given that their lives are already very regimented, I doubt many of them want to live in subsidized housing where they can't choose the location, amenities, schools, etc. |
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There a Moco cops living in nice houses all over the county. I see their cruisers parked in their driveways. After fire department captains, police officers are routinely the highest paid county employees. Teachers are generally compensated competitively in the region but I agree that they could use a raise and pay for it by cutting all those six figure administrator and supervisor positions. |
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A 15-year police officer at the PO3 step: $94K A 15-year MCPS teacher at the masters step: $94K Top salary for a PO3 (without going into police admin): $100K Top salary for a MCPS teacher with a masters: $108K Some officers can become sergeants, and in that case they can make a maximum of $115K The police are not routinely the highest paid county employees. Perhaps the police chief makes good money, but I suspect the head of MCPS does, as well. |
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Police chief makes $236,000
MCPS superintendent makes $320,000 |