MoCo Election Results...

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Anonymous wrote:Elrich now up by 80 votes. Looks like I'll be voting for Nancy Floreen...

Dear lord no. Might as well hire a developer to take over as county executive. That’s the same as voting for Nancy Floreen.

Why are developers seen as so terrible in MoCo? I live in Wheaton and we would love some development over here.

They jam pack as many people in one area as possible.
Schools, roads, traffic suffer
They make no effort into fitting into the feel of existing neighborhoods.
Cookie cutter
Zero foresight


Example - remember when Walmart wanted to build on Rockville Pike? They were going to occupy a pretty small strip mall. Zero foresight to how that would make the horrendous traffic and congestion 10x worse. Thankfully the plan wasn't approved.

Go lure them over to Wheaton. The other side of the redline is saturated.

So, when they built your cookie-cutter SFH, did they take into the account the same things you are complaining about? Probably not, which is why it was built in the first place. A majority of the development in MoCo has been apartments and townhomes, most of which have been bought by millennials, something that the County is desperately in need of in order to pay for things such as improved roads, and school construction. It's also debatable as to whether these new developments have contributed to school congestion, which has been correlated more towards demographic changes.

I don't live in a cookie cutter SFH, but you are correct, MoCo has a long history of over development.

I cannot believe one would argue that 355 hasn't been OVER DEVELOPED in the past ten years. Again, if Silver Spring and Wheaton wants the developers, please take them. Enough is enough over on this side of the county.

[Anonymous]

My guess is Floreen will now be the next CE. I'd have preferred Blair, personally. But I suspect Elrich has about maxed out his support. The majority of primary voters who chose Blair, Krasnow, Berliner or Frick will go to Floreen. Elrich will pick up most of Leventhal voters. What will be interesting is the Republican impact. Given their candidate, I suspect a lot of informed Republicans will go to Floreen.

It will certainly be interesting to watch. But if I were putting money on it, I'd go with Floreen. Not that I'm happy about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My guess is Floreen will now be the next CE. I'd have preferred Blair, personally. But I suspect Elrich has about maxed out his support. The majority of primary voters who chose Blair, Krasnow, Berliner or Frick will go to Floreen. Elrich will pick up most of Leventhal voters. What will be interesting is the Republican impact. Given their candidate, I suspect a lot of informed Republicans will go to Floreen.

It will certainly be interesting to watch. But if I were putting money on it, I'd go with Floreen. Not that I'm happy about that.

I’m fine with Floreen. Anyone but Elrich. I just hope she is in fact able to run as an independent. I can’t inagine she will have any difficulty getting 6000 signatures by August whatever.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My guess is Floreen will now be the next CE. I'd have preferred Blair, personally. But I suspect Elrich has about maxed out his support. The majority of primary voters who chose Blair, Krasnow, Berliner or Frick will go to Floreen. Elrich will pick up most of Leventhal voters. What will be interesting is the Republican impact. Given their candidate, I suspect a lot of informed Republicans will go to Floreen.

It will certainly be interesting to watch. But if I were putting money on it, I'd go with Floreen. Not that I'm happy about that.

I’m fine with Floreen. Anyone but Elrich. I just hope she is in fact able to run as an independent. I can’t inagine she will have any difficulty getting 6000 signatures by August whatever.

Why does it have to be Floreen? She stinks. Someone else will hopefully run as an "independent."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My guess is Floreen will now be the next CE. I'd have preferred Blair, personally. But I suspect Elrich has about maxed out his support. The majority of primary voters who chose Blair, Krasnow, Berliner or Frick will go to Floreen. Elrich will pick up most of Leventhal voters. What will be interesting is the Republican impact. Given their candidate, I suspect a lot of informed Republicans will go to Floreen.

It will certainly be interesting to watch. But if I were putting money on it, I'd go with Floreen. Not that I'm happy about that.

I’m fine with Floreen. Anyone but Elrich. I just hope she is in fact able to run as an independent. I can’t inagine she will have any difficulty getting 6000 signatures by August whatever.

She will be. Nothing in the law requires that she be registered as an independent as of the day the notice of intent is filled. Only by the date of certification or something like that, which is in August.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My guess is Floreen will now be the next CE. I'd have preferred Blair, personally. But I suspect Elrich has about maxed out his support. The majority of primary voters who chose Blair, Krasnow, Berliner or Frick will go to Floreen. Elrich will pick up most of Leventhal voters. What will be interesting is the Republican impact. Given their candidate, I suspect a lot of informed Republicans will go to Floreen.

It will certainly be interesting to watch. But if I were putting money on it, I'd go with Floreen. Not that I'm happy about that.

I’m fine with Floreen. Anyone but Elrich. I just hope she is in fact able to run as an independent. I can’t inagine she will have any difficulty getting 6000 signatures by August whatever.

Why does it have to be Floreen? She stinks. Someone else will hopefully run as an "independent."

I think it's too late for anyone else to run as an independent with their name on the ballot. Someone could do a write-in campaign.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My guess is Floreen will now be the next CE. I'd have preferred Blair, personally. But I suspect Elrich has about maxed out his support. The majority of primary voters who chose Blair, Krasnow, Berliner or Frick will go to Floreen. Elrich will pick up most of Leventhal voters. What will be interesting is the Republican impact. Given their candidate, I suspect a lot of informed Republicans will go to Floreen.

It will certainly be interesting to watch. But if I were putting money on it, I'd go with Floreen. Not that I'm happy about that.

I’m fine with Floreen. Anyone but Elrich. I just hope she is in fact able to run as an independent. I can’t inagine she will have any difficulty getting 6000 signatures by August whatever.

Why does it have to be Floreen? She stinks. Someone else will hopefully run as an "independent."

I think it's too late for anyone else to run as an independent with their name on the ballot. Someone could do a write-in campaign.

Yes. Deadline to file to run as an Independent has passed. I think if Floreen runs, the anyone but Elrich crowd should just vote for her and not f*ck around with a write-in campaign. Otherwise, we run the same risk of splitting the vote in the General as happened in the Primary. Keep in mind that a LOT of people don’t really pay attention to local elections and are not informed. So they’ll just vote for the “D” candidate without thinking in the General. So for someone to beat Elrich, it’s critical to consolidate votes around one alternative. Keep in mind Ficker will be running too and may draw some of the loonier or low info republican voters.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Elrich now up by 80 votes. Looks like I'll be voting for Nancy Floreen...

Dear lord no. Might as well hire a developer to take over as county executive. That’s the same as voting for Nancy Floreen.

Why are developers seen as so terrible in MoCo? I live in Wheaton and we would love some development over here.

They jam pack as many people in one area as possible.
Schools, roads, traffic suffer
They make no effort into fitting into the feel of existing neighborhoods.
Cookie cutter
Zero foresight


Example - remember when Walmart wanted to build on Rockville Pike? They were going to occupy a pretty small strip mall. Zero foresight to how that would make the horrendous traffic and congestion 10x worse. Thankfully the plan wasn't approved.

Go lure them over to Wheaton. The other side of the redline is saturated.

So, when they built your cookie-cutter SFH, did they take into the account the same things you are complaining about? Probably not, which is why it was built in the first place. A majority of the development in MoCo has been apartments and townhomes, most of which have been bought by millennials, something that the County is desperately in need of in order to pay for things such as improved roads, and school construction. It's also debatable as to whether these new developments have contributed to school congestion, which has been correlated more towards demographic changes.

I don't live in a cookie cutter SFH, but you are correct, MoCo has a long history of over development.

I cannot believe one would argue that 355 hasn't been OVER DEVELOPED in the past ten years. Again, if Silver Spring and Wheaton wants the developers, please take them. Enough is enough over on this side of the county.

I'd love to have them in east county, we need lots of redevelopment of crappily planned strip malls. Send them our way! Will be voting for anyone but Elrich, and I'm a dem. I'm all for preserving Green space and redeveloping poorly planned areas.

[Anonymous]

Just what we need, the Dem vote split between Floreen and Erlich, and we end up with Fucker. I mean Ficker. No, I was right the first time!

[Anonymous]

Floreen’s independent bid approved by Board of Elections, needs to change party affiliation and get 7,000 signatures.
https://www.mocoshow.com/blog/nancy-floreens-bid-to-run-as-independent-conditionally-approved-by-maryland-state-board-of-elections

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Floreen’s independent bid approved by Board of Elections, needs to change party affiliation and get 7,000 signatures.
https://www.mocoshow.com/blog/nancy-floreens-bid-to-run-as-independent-conditionally-approved-by-maryland-state-board-of-elections

Why can’t Blair change his party to independent and get signatures to run?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Floreen’s independent bid approved by Board of Elections, needs to change party affiliation and get 7,000 signatures.
https://www.mocoshow.com/blog/nancy-floreens-bid-to-run-as-independent-conditionally-approved-by-maryland-state-board-of-elections

Why can’t Blair change his party to independent and get signatures to run?

You can't run as an independent in the general if you ran under another party in the primary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I don't live in a cookie cutter SFH, but you are correct, MoCo has a long history of over development.

I cannot believe one would argue that 355 hasn't been OVER DEVELOPED in the past ten years. Again, if Silver Spring and Wheaton wants the developers, please take them. Enough is enough over on this side of the county.

Indeed. Probably the people who lived in your area when your neighborhood was built considered your neighborhood to be over development.

[Anonymous]

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I cannot believe one would argue that 355 hasn't been OVER DEVELOPED in the past ten years. Again, if Silver Spring and Wheaton wants the developers, please take them. Enough is enough over on this side of the county.

I'd love to have them in east county, we need lots of redevelopment of crappily planned strip malls. Send them our way! Will be voting for anyone but Elrich, and I'm a dem. I'm all for preserving Green space and redeveloping poorly planned areas.

Then you need to hold your nose and vote for Elrich (and get involved with your county council members). Floreen won't get you there, and Ficker definitely won't.

[Anonymous]

If anyone was redeveloping any of these areas by being welcoming to new business (and I mean fortune 500 companies, not retail/restaurants that don't pay decent wages to their employees), they'd have my unwavering support. But adding more people in more houses/apartment buildings only puts money in the developers pockets (which they then pass along to people like Blair and Floreen) and worsens traffic and brings more kids to already overcrowded schools. We need economic development all right, by getting businesses here, not apartment buildings.