Andrew Friedson

[Anonymous]

Is he MoCo’s next great hope?

If not Blair, after losing two expensive, bruising primaries, maybe Friedson is the next candidate to get behind?

He has shown that he can work in government, which is something a lot of voters care about. He’s the most moderate and pro-business voice on the council. He’s young, he’s approachable, and doesn’t have the baggage that Blair has.

It would probably be a disadvantage that he’s a straight white male on a historically diverse council that has several women, people of color, and an LGBTQ candidate. That shouldn’t matter, but I’m thinking like a MoCo voter here and those are things they also care about.

MoCo is spiraling fast and cannot take more of Elrich and Jawando. We need ideally an Eric Adams type. Someone who is pro-business and pro-cop and no-nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is he MoCo’s next great hope?

If not Blair, after losing two expensive, bruising primaries, maybe Friedson is the next candidate to get behind?

He has shown that he can work in government, which is something a lot of voters care about. He’s the most moderate and pro-business voice on the council. He’s young, he’s approachable, and doesn’t have the baggage that Blair has.

It would probably be a disadvantage that he’s a straight white male on a historically diverse council that has several women, people of color, and an LGBTQ candidate. That shouldn’t matter, but I’m thinking like a MoCo voter here and those are things they also care about.

MoCo is spiraling fast and cannot take more of Elrich and Jawando. We need ideally an Eric Adams type. Someone who is pro-business and pro-cop and no-nonsense.

1. MOCO is not "spirling"
2.Yeah he's ok.

[Anonymous]

If Blair was MoCo's great hope, how come he lost 2 elections?

Friedson is smart, ambitious, and understands Montgomery County politics - unlike you (based on your post).

[Anonymous]

enough with your political future stuff they got old after the 1st one.

and no, he doesn't have a political future in Montgomery county

[Anonymous]

He’s a deeply unserious person.

The machine is pushing Kate Stewart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He’s a deeply unserious person.

The machine is pushing Kate Stewart.

So more Takoma Park. Great.

[Anonymous]

Friedson is only moderate as compared to the rest of the council, and he because he represents a wealthy district. He is still pretty much in lockstep on some of the big issues the rest of the council is wrong on.

No, he doesnt have a big future though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He’s a deeply unserious person.

The machine is pushing Kate Stewart.

It is hard for a district council member to win countywide. Friedson has a better chance than most who have failed before him because he’ll have well over $1 million in campaign funds. The major knock on Friedson will be his coziness with developers and land use attorneys. They’ve funded his previous campaigns and will open the checkbooks for his executive run. His ceiling is higher than Riemer’s but his only hope of winning is a field that’s crowded with progressives and has at least two current at-large members. And if Riemer runs, he’ll make it impossible for Friedson to get enough support.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He’s a deeply unserious person.

The machine is pushing Kate Stewart.

It is hard for a district council member to win countywide. Friedson has a better chance than most who have failed before him because he’ll have well over $1 million in campaign funds. The major knock on Friedson will be his coziness with developers and land use attorneys. They’ve funded his previous campaigns and will open the checkbooks for his executive run. His ceiling is higher than Riemer’s but his only hope of winning is a field that’s crowded with progressives and has at least two current at-large members. And if Riemer runs, he’ll make it impossible for Friedson to get enough support.

Friedson would have to win entirely based on white support, which is impossible and that’s why he has no chance. Although I agree that he has a broader base of support because there’s a lot of D1 residents who would never vote for Riemer for CE, which was abundantly clear in the last election.

[Anonymous]

We never did get to see the logs to see if he was a regular at Casey Anderson’s speakeasy.

[Anonymous]

He's straight? I always thought he was gay.

Anyway, I think he's the most competent person on the Council. But as we've seen with Elrich, that doens't necessarily make you a good CE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We never did get to see the logs to see if he was a regular at Casey Anderson’s speakeasy.

We all know the answer which is why it was never publicly revealed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He's straight? I always thought he was gay.

Anyway, I think he's the most competent person on the Council. But as we've seen with Elrich, that doens't necessarily make you a good CE.

He was most competent on the last council but Luedtke and Stewart are each better than Friedson. The other problem with Friedson is that he’s taken up the cause of market urbanism, which doesn’t hold together logically and makes its purveyors look dishonest (see Hans Riemer).

[Anonymous]

I like him, but lost a lot of respect for him as a "fiscally responsible government" person when he sponsored the Green Bank bill, giving $18 million a year to the Green Bank from an energy tax that was supposed to be a temporary fix during the Recession. $18 million a year is a huge amount to just throw away, and expecting climate change mitigation on the micro-level of a county is a ridiculous use of local funds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He's straight? I always thought he was gay.

Anyway, I think he's the most competent person on the Council. But as we've seen with Elrich, that doens't necessarily make you a good CE.

He was most competent on the last council but Luedtke and Stewart are each better than Friedson. The other problem with Friedson is that he’s taken up the cause of market urbanism, which doesn’t hold together logically and makes its purveyors look dishonest (see Hans Riemer).

Luedtke has been on the council for like a month. We have no idea if she is good or not. I just hope she’s serious about the position and not online political trolling like her husband.