Mink: people drive without licenses due to limited resources

[Anonymous]

May as well just start stealing your groceries because you couldnt get approved for a credit card

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:can we please bring back the Moco of the 90s/early 2000s

What planet are these loonies living on?

This, whole region is in decline that must be reversed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:May as well just start stealing your groceries because you couldnt get approved for a credit card

When I say, "Some people drive recklessly," I am stating a fact. I am not endorsing reckless driving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:can we please bring back the Moco of the 90s/early 2000s

What planet are these loonies living on?

The Montgomery County of 2024. What planet are you living on?

these nutjobs are outliers - most moco residents are not die hard ultra progressives

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:can we please bring back the Moco of the 90s/early 2000s

What planet are these loonies living on?

The Montgomery County of 2024. What planet are you living on?

these nutjobs are outliers - most moco residents are not die hard ultra progressives

The members of the Montgomery County Council were elected by the voters of Montgomery County. That's how democracy works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:can we please bring back the Moco of the 90s/early 2000s

What planet are these loonies living on?

The Montgomery County of 2024. What planet are you living on?

these nutjobs are outliers - most moco residents are not die hard ultra progressives

The members of the Montgomery County Council were elected by the voters of Montgomery County. That's how democracy works.

The candidates are usually a bunch of hacks. Obviously the area skews blue, which is great, but there are never moderate options. It's all super progressive people with no understanding of economic or criminal policy. I've never voted for a republican in my life but I think, at least in local elections, I need to start doing that. It's getting beyond ridiculous Moco is bleeding out but we would rather focus making sure people's feelings don't get hurt.

Have you sat in a council meeting? It's embarrassing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This was an excuse used for the unlicensed driver of the car that crashed at 5am that killed at least 1 person, injured 5 others leaving only the driver as the only uninjured out of the 7 kids in the car, out in McLean (I think it was McLean). 6 kids ejected, none of them wearing a seatbelt. Speeding a factor.

Excuse was he didn’t have a license because he was low income.

Someone may have used this excuse, but whoever it was, it wasn't the councilmember being attacked in the OP.

No, it wasnt, you’re right about that but I posted to show that this is a more widely held belief than some might think which seems nuts.

[Anonymous]

If they have such limited resources that they resort to crime, a little jail time will do them good. Saves them on rent and they get 3 free meals a day!

Same logic she’s using.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wonderful excuse for increasing danger for pedestrians.

Everything is oppression/racism/sexism. It can't possibly be due to peoples' poor choices to break the law. No one is ever personally responsible, some -ism is always to blame. Mink is absolutely nutso.

I agree with her 100%

-a cis white guy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wonderful excuse for increasing danger for pedestrians.

Everything is oppression/racism/sexism. It can't possibly be due to peoples' poor choices to break the law. No one is ever personally responsible, some -ism is always to blame. Mink is absolutely nutso.

I agree with her 100%

-a cis white guy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:can we please bring back the Moco of the 90s/early 2000s

What planet are these loonies living on?

The Montgomery County of 2024. What planet are you living on?

these nutjobs are outliers - most moco residents are not die hard ultra progressives

The members of the Montgomery County Council were elected by the voters of Montgomery County. That's how democracy works.

The candidates are usually a bunch of hacks. Obviously the area skews blue, which is great, but there are never moderate options. It's all super progressive people with no understanding of economic or criminal policy. I've never voted for a republican in my life but I think, at least in local elections, I need to start doing that. It's getting beyond ridiculous Moco is bleeding out but we would rather focus making sure people's feelings don't get hurt.

Have you sat in a council meeting? It's embarrassing.

Then here is a three-step plan for you:

1. Find a candidate you support (or run yourself).
2. Persuade eligible voters to vote for your candidate (or you).
3. Get more votes than the other candidates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they have such limited resources that they resort to crime, a little jail time will do them good. Saves them on rent and they get 3 free meals a day!

Same logic she’s using.

The logic she's using is that the prospect of higher fines will not deter people from driving without a license. Do you think the prospect of jail time will deter people from driving without a license?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wonderful excuse for increasing danger for pedestrians.

Everything is oppression/racism/sexism. It can't possibly be due to peoples' poor choices to break the law. No one is ever personally responsible, some -ism is always to blame. Mink is absolutely nutso.

Not just pedestrians--other drivers, too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What she actually said: many people drive without a license due to limited resources [this is a fact] and so higher fines would not deter them from doing so [a reasonable conclusion].

I remember all the way back to 2022 when Esther Wells was running for school board as just a concerned mom and accountant.

BS.

No one wants to address the elephant in the room - we have so many people driving without DLs and/or insurance because a) we have an enormous population of illegal immigrants living in our sanctuary county, b) people don't give a crap about having a DL because laws aren't enforced, and c) people would rather take the risk of driving without either DL and/or insurance becuse it saves them money. Blaming 'lack of resources' is a cop out that can serve as a panacea to excuse away anything besides personal responsibility.

No one is ever responsible for their terrible choices these days, and the rest of us in society keep paying and paying who obey laws and rules because our pols like Mink condone it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What she actually said: many people drive without a license due to limited resources [this is a fact] and so higher fines would not deter them from doing so [a reasonable conclusion].

I remember all the way back to 2022 when Esther Wells was running for school board as just a concerned mom and accountant.

BS.

No one wants to address the elephant in the room - we have so many people driving without DLs and/or insurance because a) we have an enormous population of illegal immigrants living in our sanctuary county, b) people don't give a crap about having a DL because laws aren't enforced, and c) people would rather take the risk of driving without either DL and/or insurance becuse it saves them money. Blaming 'lack of resources' is a cop out that can serve as a panacea to excuse away anything besides personal responsibility.

No one is ever responsible for their terrible choices these days, and the rest of us in society keep paying and paying who obey laws and rules because our pols like Mink condone it.

You get to have your opinions, including about elected officials, but you don't get to have your own facts about what the elected officials did or did not say.