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Anonymous
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Coat tailing off the Thrive 2050 forum..
Who should I vote for if I oppose of the current form of Thrive 2050 and think our county is run by a bunch of morons. I am District 1. The big ticket ones I am OK with but what about the County Council? |
Anonymous
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Marc Elrich opposes thrive.
For council just leave them blank. Or write in somebody random. |
Anonymous
| The Council voted unanimously in favor, so vote out any incumbent. |
Anonymous
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It's a bit late, unfortunately. The real race was the primary. Now it's just Democrat vs. Republican. If you are OK with that, then fine.
The only thing left is to vote Republican, although there is one Green party on the at large ballot. Dan Robinson. |
Anonymous
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Elrich for CE
Most importantly, get rid of: Albornoz & Glass |
Anonymous
| Sully for CE. The idiocy of the current leaders doesn't stop at Thrive. |
Anonymous
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good post from the thrive forum:
Elrich is avowedly anti-Thrive. However, the entire Council unanimously voted in favor so you would need to vote against any incumbent. In terms of new candidates, all have cowardly and steadfastly refused to directly state their position on Thrive. District 2: Marilyn Balcombe Appears to favor Thrive on housing but disagrees with Thrive on transportation and emphasis on investment downcounty at the expense of upcounty, particularly over-emphasis on transit where it does not make sense over expanded road capacity where it is needed. https://www.ggchamber.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/...IVE-2050-Council-Testimony.pdf https://www.marilynbalcombe.com/what-i-stand-for/ District 4: Kate Stewart Appears to be a classic Takoma Park NIMBY and will follow the Hans Riemer mould in terms of promoting “affordable housing” elsewhere, particularly along 355, while protecting Takoma Park from development. Considers affordable housing a “regional problem”, meaning that the solution is to not build it in her neighborhood. Will probably differ from Riemer in supporting things like rent stabilization for the entire county, which has already been in place in Takoma Park. Will be anti-car. https://www.katestewartfortakoma.com/home/ https://twitter.com/mkorman/status/1573078841794662400 District 5: Kristin Mink Politically seems to be very similar to Kate Stewart. Problem for her is that a lot of the Thrive agenda directly contradicts the needs of her district and constituents. For example, supports more TOD which would disadvantage investment in East County, where it is desperately needed and wanted. https://www.kristinmink.com/issues District 6: Natali Fani Gonzalez Former Planning Board Vice Chair and presumably supports Thrive because was involved in its development. However, notably does not mention support for Thrive on her campaign website or her Twitter account. Pretty bad. District 7: Dawn Luedtke Housing is not priority. Thrive position presumably is very similar to Balcombe. Supports TOD, which would ensure limited development in District 7 which is what her more affluent constituents want. Wants more transportation investment in District 7. https://www.dawnluedtke.com/issues At Large: Laurie Anne Sayles Appears to be pro-Thrive. Favors different housing types and prioritizing transit. Does not seem as in favor of the emphasis on increasing market rate “attainable housing”, because favors more MPDUs (which really has been a failed policy) and rental assistance programs. Main priority seems to be equitable access, so probably would want to ensure that investment is geographically distributed more equally which may contradict the “compact development” focus of Thrive on downcounty. https://www.laurieannesayles.org/issues |
Anonymous
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Ask yourself, this:
Do you feel safe ? Are the schools as good as they used to be? Are the roads better than they used to be? If you answered no, then don't vote for any of those that have been sitting on the job for years. |
Anonymous
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I have questions about Board of Education and I went back to a thread I thought it was live but it seems to be deleted. Can I ask those here too?
Grace Rivera Oven v. Esther Wells Rivera Oven has and has not participated or replied to many of the newspaper and media requests for interviews versus Wells who has. Does anyone have any insight to why this? To me it appears like Rivera Oven seems disinterested in the election or this believes she’s the front runner who doesn’t need to try. |
Anonymous
I get that impression too. I voted for her in the primary. I will be voting for Esther Wells in the general. I know everyone says she's anti LGBTQ+, but I think it's more she doesn't center and elevate LGBTQ+ issues. I want someone with fiscal knowledge to provide some actual oversight to MCPS' wheelings and dealings. |
Anonymous
It seems like BOE candidates tend to focus on issues like fiscal concerns, diversity issues, zoning, etc. - Have any candidates specifically focused on academics? |
Anonymous
Valerie Coll. Although I don't think she's done a great job campaigning. I have been to several small meet and greets with her, and she is all about the academics. But that message really isn't getting out there. |
Anonymous
No, she doesn't just "not center and elevate LGBTQ+ issues." She is chairperson of the board of her church that says this on their website: HUMAN SEXUALITY The Bible teaches that legitimate sexual relations are exercised solely within marriage. Hence, this Church opposes all forms of sexual immorality, including adultery, homosexuality, and pornography. (Rom. 1:18-32; Hebrews 13:4) |
Anonymous
YES THIS!!! |
Anonymous
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ANYONE VOTING REPUBLICAN MOVING FORWARD IS 1000% A TRAITOR TO THE US
Republcians have zero policies. Ladies you are a complete and utter moron if you vote red. Credit cards and property ownership and jobs gone after 2024 this is what they are not telling you this is where they are headed. UGH |