Montgomery County is Elrich country. What to do now

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hear ya OP. My family is upper middle class so I expect to pay more. But when we were victims of crime twice and when my husband lost his job for several months, there was no one was around to help. What I hate most about the current administration is the amount of $$$ wasted and not accounted for. Yet we keep electing the same people. I feel like there are so many people out there that have no clue what is going on and just vote for the most well known.
What are we going to do? My DD is graduating this year and we are moving out of state so we won’t have to deal with the awful crime.

Don't let the doors hit you on the way out

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There needs to be massive property and income tax increases next year, accompanied by lots of new spending. County residents have shown they want a strong progressive local government, and they need to ante up for what they asked for now.

pass. Those of us who did not vote for him have no taste for new spending, new departments and on and on and on.
And before you ask, yes my tax bill is huge.

[Anonymous]

LOL. Y'all fools actually thought Sullivan had a chance? DCUM is out of touch with real MoCo.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Step 1: Stop putting your hopes on the general election. Only Democrats win County Executive in MoCo. The time to make a change was in the primary.

Step 2: Identify the issues that actually impact you personally, and speak to your elected officials about those issues.

Step 3: If it is so bad that you'd rather live in a more "balanced" jurisdiction, then move there. Personally I like places run by people who don't hate transgender people and support abortion rights, so I'm pretty thankful to be living here.

This.

I don't like Elrich, but did you really think Sullivan had a chance? The primary is where the fight is in MoCo. Anyone who defines themselves as an independent or moderate should register as a democrat to have their voice heard. Hell, even hard-core republicans would be wise to register as democrats to have a better chance of having an impact. Being registered as an independent or republican in MoCo is a waste - you are throwing away your vote.

The Council is actually pretty responsive to citizen feedback. It's just that 90% of the feedback they get comes from the Takoma Park/Silver Spring crowd. Get involved!

And yes, even though I'm not quite as far left as most of our county representatives, I would still rather be here than most other places. My only real problem with MoCo politics is the failing business environment. I'm a huge fan of social equity programs, but Council does seem to forget that we need stable businesses in the County to form a solid tax base.

+1 If you are a R or Independent, your vote is wasted here. You need to register as a D to vote in the D primaries to make your voice heard.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hear ya OP. My family is upper middle class so I expect to pay more. But when we were victims of crime twice and when my husband lost his job for several months, there was no one was around to help. What I hate most about the current administration is the amount of $$$ wasted and not accounted for. Yet we keep electing the same people. I feel like there are so many people out there that have no clue what is going on and just vote for the most well known.
What are we going to do? My DD is graduating this year and we are moving out of state so we won’t have to deal with the awful crime.

Don't let the doors hit you on the way out

DP.. So, what happens if all UMC leave MoCo?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hear ya OP. My family is upper middle class so I expect to pay more. But when we were victims of crime twice and when my husband lost his job for several months, there was no one was around to help. What I hate most about the current administration is the amount of $$$ wasted and not accounted for. Yet we keep electing the same people. I feel like there are so many people out there that have no clue what is going on and just vote for the most well known.
What are we going to do? My DD is graduating this year and we are moving out of state so we won’t have to deal with the awful crime.

Don't let the doors hit you on the way out

DP.. So, what happens if all UMC leave MoCo?

No one’s leaving.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hear ya OP. My family is upper middle class so I expect to pay more. But when we were victims of crime twice and when my husband lost his job for several months, there was no one was around to help. What I hate most about the current administration is the amount of $$$ wasted and not accounted for. Yet we keep electing the same people. I feel like there are so many people out there that have no clue what is going on and just vote for the most well known.
What are we going to do? My DD is graduating this year and we are moving out of state so we won’t have to deal with the awful crime.

Don't let the doors hit you on the way out

DP.. So, what happens if all UMC leave MoCo?

No one’s leaving.

Indeed. Where would you go anyway?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hear ya OP. My family is upper middle class so I expect to pay more. But when we were victims of crime twice and when my husband lost his job for several months, there was no one was around to help. What I hate most about the current administration is the amount of $$$ wasted and not accounted for. Yet we keep electing the same people. I feel like there are so many people out there that have no clue what is going on and just vote for the most well known.
What are we going to do? My DD is graduating this year and we are moving out of state so we won’t have to deal with the awful crime.

Don't let the doors hit you on the way out

DP.. So, what happens if all UMC leave MoCo?

No one’s leaving.

Indeed. Where would you go anyway?

The obvious choice is to move to Virginia to be closer to your job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So much for hoping that enough Dems would cross over to vote for Sully and send a message. I thought maybe he would get 40-45% like Hogan did.
Nope, Elrich wins with a 72% mandate.

And we have a decisively left wing council. Only Friedson and maybe Katz are moderate. The newcomers like Fani-Gonzalez, Kate Stewart (Takoma Park always having its way) and especially Kristin Mink are just wow.

If you’re a moderate, what do we do now? The county government are soon going to realize they’ll run out of money to woke-ify everything. Have we lost our last chance to hit the reset button and focus on bringing businesses and jobs other than Racial Equity Commissar of Justice Task Force Analyst?

I’m glad that crazy Republicans lost nationally but I’m deeply concerned about the hard left turn locally.

You're obviously in the minority. Maybe put some thought into why so many people think in a way you find alarming. That many people can't all be crazy fools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hear ya OP. My family is upper middle class so I expect to pay more. But when we were victims of crime twice and when my husband lost his job for several months, there was no one was around to help. What I hate most about the current administration is the amount of $$$ wasted and not accounted for. Yet we keep electing the same people. I feel like there are so many people out there that have no clue what is going on and just vote for the most well known.
What are we going to do? My DD is graduating this year and we are moving out of state so we won’t have to deal with the awful crime.

Don't let the doors hit you on the way out

DP.. So, what happens if all UMC leave MoCo?

Doesn't it get dull posting the same thing over and over and over and over, year upon year? We know, the sky is falling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hear ya OP. My family is upper middle class so I expect to pay more. But when we were victims of crime twice and when my husband lost his job for several months, there was no one was around to help. What I hate most about the current administration is the amount of $$$ wasted and not accounted for. Yet we keep electing the same people. I feel like there are so many people out there that have no clue what is going on and just vote for the most well known.
What are we going to do? My DD is graduating this year and we are moving out of state so we won’t have to deal with the awful crime.

Don't let the doors hit you on the way out

DP.. So, what happens if all UMC leave MoCo?

Doesn't it get dull posting the same thing over and over and over and over, year upon year? We know, the sky is falling.

DP but the economic outlook is not improving, it is going the other way. The county is effectively becoming an active living retirement community with large and growing poverty. This is not a recipe for success.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only thing you can do to limit or minimize the potential harm is to engage them frequently on focus on fiscal responsibility. You need to both write your officials frequently and encourage others to do so as well to remind them that fiscal responsibility is critically important for the future of this county. In local politics, the squeaky wheel gets the grease, so you need to be active and make sure others are as well providing frequent reminders.

Elrich can't balance his own damned checkbook. He certainly can't deal with the county budget. Someone please ask why over half the office of management and budget has resigned in the past year.

[Anonymous]

Vote with your feet and don’t poison where you move

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hear ya OP. My family is upper middle class so I expect to pay more. But when we were victims of crime twice and when my husband lost his job for several months, there was no one was around to help. What I hate most about the current administration is the amount of $$$ wasted and not accounted for. Yet we keep electing the same people. I feel like there are so many people out there that have no clue what is going on and just vote for the most well known.
What are we going to do? My DD is graduating this year and we are moving out of state so we won’t have to deal with the awful crime.

Don't let the doors hit you on the way out

DP.. So, what happens if all UMC leave MoCo?

Doesn't it get dull posting the same thing over and over and over and over, year upon year? We know, the sky is falling.

DP but the economic outlook is not improving, it is going the other way. The county is effectively becoming an active living retirement community with large and growing poverty. This is not a recipe for success.

That’s my concern, too. I feel we would be in a different position if people were aware and educated.

We need to attract business. A tax base. As it is, we actively repel the very opportunities we need. Our county council will be busy issuing proclamations while neighboring counties are attracting businesses and creating income.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hear ya OP. My family is upper middle class so I expect to pay more. But when we were victims of crime twice and when my husband lost his job for several months, there was no one was around to help. What I hate most about the current administration is the amount of $$$ wasted and not accounted for. Yet we keep electing the same people. I feel like there are so many people out there that have no clue what is going on and just vote for the most well known.
What are we going to do? My DD is graduating this year and we are moving out of state so we won’t have to deal with the awful crime.

Don't let the doors hit you on the way out

DP.. So, what happens if all UMC leave MoCo?

Doesn't it get dull posting the same thing over and over and over and over, year upon year? We know, the sky is falling.

DP but the economic outlook is not improving, it is going the other way. The county is effectively becoming an active living retirement community with large and growing poverty. This is not a recipe for success.

That’s my concern, too. I feel we would be in a different position if people were aware and educated.

We need to attract business. A tax base. As it is, we actively repel the very opportunities we need. Our county council will be busy issuing proclamations while neighboring counties are attracting businesses and creating income.

That's not what people care about. They want to create little bandaid programs that aid vulnerable communities so that they feel like (mostly white) saviors. Nobody has the intelligence, vision, or spine to really create the economic framework we need to provide a robust economy that in turn provides real career opportunities to people from very diverse walks of life.