New BOE candidate!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please help with a dummy question: who decided to take police out of schools?
I don't know much about BOE candidates but I want to make sure I don't vote for the guys that took that decision. Thanks.

Will Jawando and Hans Riemer spearheaded it. Elrich and McKnight supported it.
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/government/jawando-riemer-announce-legislation-to-get-rid-of-police-officers-in-schools/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silver Spring is (a) unincorporated and (b) geographically ginormous. And that's before we get into any demographic analyses. Heck, one of the SS voting centers is at Leisure World - not exactly a hotbed of school parent agitators!

A proper comparison would balance - just to get started - population density (per sq mile, not just people in jurisdictions), job flexibility, and auto ownership. Well, unless your goal is to make it hard for certain types of people to vote. Maybe make it illegal to give a bottle of water to someone waiting in line on a hot day.

This is a great point, as is the PP who points out that "Silver Spring" as defined by the election board is different than "Silver Spring" as defined by the population statistics that a PP posted.

When the election board says there are 3 early voting stations in Silver Spring, they are counting everything up to Olney. When the population breakdown was posted that was counting only the part from the DC line to Blair HS.

SO.....if we want to do an apples to apples comparision, we would see that there is actually only ONE early voting station assigned to the 70K people who are identified as being in Silver Spring according to the population count.

And there is only the Lawton Rec Center for all of Chevy Chase, Friendship Heights, and Bethesda up to Travilah, which is a larger geographic area and higher population, which is probably about 100k people.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our mail just arrived, including Apple Ballot endorsements.

Julie Yang has their endorsement, rather than Scott Joftus. This is a real surprise to me. I had planned on supporting her, but maybe I should look more at Joftus? Anyone have more knowledge on why she's the Apple choice?

Because she's a former teacher and college/career counselor in MCPS.

What has Joftus done (or not done) as a current BOE member that Apple Ballot is in full support of an opponent? I know he hasn't been on BOE very long, but it sounds like he didn't align with the Union's preference somewhere...

Where have you been? You need to look up the old threads on how covid money was spent and his personal connection (search "Kid Museum").
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/50/1018735.page

I was voting for Fryar, but now that this new guy is in the ring, I'm waiting to see who the Apple Ballot endorses. MCEA is still licking their wounds over two no-confidence votes that got the hand, but I'm hoping they learned their lesson enough to stop supporting nutcases and picked mainstream folks this time around. The reason why I'm voting Apple Ballot to get as many votes as possible to swing the board over. The problem is that Silver Spring controls most of the county voting since Montgomery County residents can vote for any other Districts reps.

The current Apple Ballot is here:
https://www.mceanea.org/political-action-community-engagement-pace/apple-ballot/

Grace Rivera-Oven, District 1
Julie Yang, District 3
Valerie Coll, District 5

Assuming that the Union is picking people mainstream folks is a really big assumption you've made.

I don't follow you comment how Silver Spring controls most of the county. Aren't all Mont County residents able to vote for all seats / districts for BOE?

I didn't follow much about BOE this school year because my youngest DC is a senior and I am SO DONE with the drama known as Montgomery County Public Schools. However, I know the current (and past) BOE members have basically sucked and I'm happy to vote them out.

I had read somewhere that Silver Spring had the greatest number of voter turnout and never understood why until I did a little research.

Voting is on 7/19/2022, but Early Voting starts on the 7th.

The interesting thing is where the 14 early voting centers are:
Silver Spring (3 locations)
Wheaton
-----
Rockville (3 locations, but one is actually N. Potomac and another, the Bauer Drive Community Center, is difficult to access, imho)
Germantown
Gaithersburg
-----
Chevy Chase
Potomac
-----
Burtonsville
Sandy Spring
-----
Damascus
https://www.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2022/2022_Early%20Voting_Centers.pdf

Montgomery County has about 1M people in it and this is how almost 60% of the population is distributed. I marked the number of voting centers next to the cities with asterisks:
1 Germantown 90K *
2 Silver Spring 78K ***
3 Gaithersburg 66K *
4 Rockville 65K ***
5 Bethesda 62K
6 Aspen Hill 52K
7 N Bethesda 50K
8 Wheaton 50K *
9 Potomac 45K *
10 Olney 35K
https://statisticalatlas.com/county/Maryland/Montgomery-County/Population

Only 10 of the 14 early voting centers are located in populated cities, and of those, 4 of 10 are clustered by Silver Spring / Wheaton and 5 of 10 in Rockville/Gaithersburg/Germantown (with a caveat that 2/3 of the "Rockville" locations aren't really Rockville or in that populated of an area?).

You're correct that all Montgomery County residents are able to vote for all Montgomery County seats / districts for BOE. This also means that it's "mob rule / winner-takes-all". If you campaign heavily in populated areas with available early voting centers (*cough* Silver Spring *cough*), you've got a better chance of winning.

I'm voting pure Apple Ballot to get the incumbents out and just waiting on their at-large pick (but if they don't pick one I'm going with Fryar).

This analysis is slightly flawed, but the reality is that there is only one EV location for all of D3 and it’s in Chevy Chase.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Our mail just arrived, including Apple Ballot endorsements.

Julie Yang has their endorsement, rather than Scott Joftus. This is a real surprise to me. I had planned on supporting her, but maybe I should look more at Joftus? Anyone have more knowledge on why she's the Apple choice?

Because she's a former teacher and college/career counselor in MCPS.

What has Joftus done (or not done) as a current BOE member that Apple Ballot is in full support of an opponent? I know he hasn't been on BOE very long, but it sounds like he didn't align with the Union's preference somewhere...

Where have you been? You need to look up the old threads on how covid money was spent and his personal connection (search "Kid Museum").
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/50/1018735.page

I was voting for Fryar, but now that this new guy is in the ring, I'm waiting to see who the Apple Ballot endorses. MCEA is still licking their wounds over two no-confidence votes that got the hand, but I'm hoping they learned their lesson enough to stop supporting nutcases and picked mainstream folks this time around. The reason why I'm voting Apple Ballot to get as many votes as possible to swing the board over. The problem is that Silver Spring controls most of the county voting since Montgomery County residents can vote for any other Districts reps.

The current Apple Ballot is here:
https://www.mceanea.org/political-action-community-engagement-pace/apple-ballot/

Grace Rivera-Oven, District 1
Julie Yang, District 3
Valerie Coll, District 5

Assuming that the Union is picking people mainstream folks is a really big assumption you've made.

I don't follow you comment how Silver Spring controls most of the county. Aren't all Mont County residents able to vote for all seats / districts for BOE?

I didn't follow much about BOE this school year because my youngest DC is a senior and I am SO DONE with the drama known as Montgomery County Public Schools. However, I know the current (and past) BOE members have basically sucked and I'm happy to vote them out.

I had read somewhere that Silver Spring had the greatest number of voter turnout and never understood why until I did a little research.

Voting is on 7/19/2022, but Early Voting starts on the 7th.

The interesting thing is where the 14 early voting centers are:
Silver Spring (3 locations)
Wheaton
-----
Rockville (3 locations, but one is actually N. Potomac and another, the Bauer Drive Community Center, is difficult to access, imho)
Germantown
Gaithersburg
-----
Chevy Chase
Potomac
-----
Burtonsville
Sandy Spring
-----
Damascus
https://www.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2022/2022_Early%20Voting_Centers.pdf

Montgomery County has about 1M people in it and this is how almost 60% of the population is distributed. I marked the number of voting centers next to the cities with asterisks:
1 Germantown 90K *
2 Silver Spring 78K ***
3 Gaithersburg 66K *
4 Rockville 65K ***
5 Bethesda 62K
6 Aspen Hill 52K
7 N Bethesda 50K
8 Wheaton 50K *
9 Potomac 45K *
10 Olney 35K
https://statisticalatlas.com/county/Maryland/Montgomery-County/Population

Only 10 of the 14 early voting centers are located in populated cities, and of those, 4 of 10 are clustered by Silver Spring / Wheaton and 5 of 10 in Rockville/Gaithersburg/Germantown (with a caveat that 2/3 of the "Rockville" locations aren't really Rockville or in that populated of an area?).

You're correct that all Montgomery County residents are able to vote for all Montgomery County seats / districts for BOE. This also means that it's "mob rule / winner-takes-all". If you campaign heavily in populated areas with available early voting centers (*cough* Silver Spring *cough*), you've got a better chance of winning.

I'm voting pure Apple Ballot to get the incumbents out and just waiting on their at-large pick (but if they don't pick one I'm going with Fryar).

This analysis is slightly flawed, but the reality is that there is only one EV location for all of D3 and it’s in Chevy Chase.

By far, the vast majority of voters in D3 have cars. It does make a difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our mail just arrived, including Apple Ballot endorsements.

Julie Yang has their endorsement, rather than Scott Joftus. This is a real surprise to me. I had planned on supporting her, but maybe I should look more at Joftus? Anyone have more knowledge on why she's the Apple choice?

Because she's a former teacher and college/career counselor in MCPS.

What has Joftus done (or not done) as a current BOE member that Apple Ballot is in full support of an opponent? I know he hasn't been on BOE very long, but it sounds like he didn't align with the Union's preference somewhere...

Where have you been? You need to look up the old threads on how covid money was spent and his personal connection (search "Kid Museum").
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/50/1018735.page

I was voting for Fryar, but now that this new guy is in the ring, I'm waiting to see who the Apple Ballot endorses. MCEA is still licking their wounds over two no-confidence votes that got the hand, but I'm hoping they learned their lesson enough to stop supporting nutcases and picked mainstream folks this time around. The reason why I'm voting Apple Ballot to get as many votes as possible to swing the board over. The problem is that Silver Spring controls most of the county voting since Montgomery County residents can vote for any other Districts reps.

The current Apple Ballot is here:
https://www.mceanea.org/political-action-community-engagement-pace/apple-ballot/

Grace Rivera-Oven, District 1
Julie Yang, District 3
Valerie Coll, District 5

Assuming that the Union is picking people mainstream folks is a really big assumption you've made.

I don't follow you comment how Silver Spring controls most of the county. Aren't all Mont County residents able to vote for all seats / districts for BOE?

I didn't follow much about BOE this school year because my youngest DC is a senior and I am SO DONE with the drama known as Montgomery County Public Schools. However, I know the current (and past) BOE members have basically sucked and I'm happy to vote them out.

I had read somewhere that Silver Spring had the greatest number of voter turnout and never understood why until I did a little research.

Voting is on 7/19/2022, but Early Voting starts on the 7th.

The interesting thing is where the 14 early voting centers are:
Silver Spring (3 locations)
Wheaton
-----
Rockville (3 locations, but one is actually N. Potomac and another, the Bauer Drive Community Center, is difficult to access, imho)
Germantown
Gaithersburg
-----
Chevy Chase
Potomac
-----
Burtonsville
Sandy Spring
-----
Damascus
https://www.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2022/2022_Early%20Voting_Centers.pdf

Montgomery County has about 1M people in it and this is how almost 60% of the population is distributed. I marked the number of voting centers next to the cities with asterisks:
1 Germantown 90K *
2 Silver Spring 78K ***
3 Gaithersburg 66K *
4 Rockville 65K ***
5 Bethesda 62K
6 Aspen Hill 52K
7 N Bethesda 50K
8 Wheaton 50K *
9 Potomac 45K *
10 Olney 35K
https://statisticalatlas.com/county/Maryland/Montgomery-County/Population

Only 10 of the 14 early voting centers are located in populated cities, and of those, 4 of 10 are clustered by Silver Spring / Wheaton and 5 of 10 in Rockville/Gaithersburg/Germantown (with a caveat that 2/3 of the "Rockville" locations aren't really Rockville or in that populated of an area?).

You're correct that all Montgomery County residents are able to vote for all Montgomery County seats / districts for BOE. This also means that it's "mob rule / winner-takes-all". If you campaign heavily in populated areas with available early voting centers (*cough* Silver Spring *cough*), you've got a better chance of winning.

I'm voting pure Apple Ballot to get the incumbents out and just waiting on their at-large pick (but if they don't pick one I'm going with Fryar).

This analysis is slightly flawed, but the reality is that there is only one EV location for all of D3 and it’s in Chevy Chase.

By far, the vast majority of voters in D3 have cars. It does make a difference.

There is also an early voting center at the Potomac Community Recreation Center

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our mail just arrived, including Apple Ballot endorsements.

Julie Yang has their endorsement, rather than Scott Joftus. This is a real surprise to me. I had planned on supporting her, but maybe I should look more at Joftus? Anyone have more knowledge on why she's the Apple choice?

Because she's a former teacher and college/career counselor in MCPS.

What has Joftus done (or not done) as a current BOE member that Apple Ballot is in full support of an opponent? I know he hasn't been on BOE very long, but it sounds like he didn't align with the Union's preference somewhere...

Where have you been? You need to look up the old threads on how covid money was spent and his personal connection (search "Kid Museum").
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/50/1018735.page

I was voting for Fryar, but now that this new guy is in the ring, I'm waiting to see who the Apple Ballot endorses. MCEA is still licking their wounds over two no-confidence votes that got the hand, but I'm hoping they learned their lesson enough to stop supporting nutcases and picked mainstream folks this time around. The reason why I'm voting Apple Ballot to get as many votes as possible to swing the board over. The problem is that Silver Spring controls most of the county voting since Montgomery County residents can vote for any other Districts reps.

The current Apple Ballot is here:
https://www.mceanea.org/political-action-community-engagement-pace/apple-ballot/

Grace Rivera-Oven, District 1
Julie Yang, District 3
Valerie Coll, District 5

Assuming that the Union is picking people mainstream folks is a really big assumption you've made.

I don't follow you comment how Silver Spring controls most of the county. Aren't all Mont County residents able to vote for all seats / districts for BOE?

I didn't follow much about BOE this school year because my youngest DC is a senior and I am SO DONE with the drama known as Montgomery County Public Schools. However, I know the current (and past) BOE members have basically sucked and I'm happy to vote them out.

I had read somewhere that Silver Spring had the greatest number of voter turnout and never understood why until I did a little research.

Voting is on 7/19/2022, but Early Voting starts on the 7th.

The interesting thing is where the 14 early voting centers are:
Silver Spring (3 locations)
Wheaton
-----
Rockville (3 locations, but one is actually N. Potomac and another, the Bauer Drive Community Center, is difficult to access, imho)
Germantown
Gaithersburg
-----
Chevy Chase
Potomac
-----
Burtonsville
Sandy Spring
-----
Damascus
https://www.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2022/2022_Early%20Voting_Centers.pdf

Montgomery County has about 1M people in it and this is how almost 60% of the population is distributed. I marked the number of voting centers next to the cities with asterisks:
1 Germantown 90K *
2 Silver Spring 78K ***
3 Gaithersburg 66K *
4 Rockville 65K ***
5 Bethesda 62K
6 Aspen Hill 52K
7 N Bethesda 50K
8 Wheaton 50K *
9 Potomac 45K *
10 Olney 35K
https://statisticalatlas.com/county/Maryland/Montgomery-County/Population

Only 10 of the 14 early voting centers are located in populated cities, and of those, 4 of 10 are clustered by Silver Spring / Wheaton and 5 of 10 in Rockville/Gaithersburg/Germantown (with a caveat that 2/3 of the "Rockville" locations aren't really Rockville or in that populated of an area?).

You're correct that all Montgomery County residents are able to vote for all Montgomery County seats / districts for BOE. This also means that it's "mob rule / winner-takes-all". If you campaign heavily in populated areas with available early voting centers (*cough* Silver Spring *cough*), you've got a better chance of winning.

I'm voting pure Apple Ballot to get the incumbents out and just waiting on their at-large pick (but if they don't pick one I'm going with Fryar).

This analysis is slightly flawed, but the reality is that there is only one EV location for all of D3 and it’s in Chevy Chase.

By far, the vast majority of voters in D3 have cars. It does make a difference.

And why does SS have three EV stations and Germantown (a more populated city) have only one?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our mail just arrived, including Apple Ballot endorsements.

Julie Yang has their endorsement, rather than Scott Joftus. This is a real surprise to me. I had planned on supporting her, but maybe I should look more at Joftus? Anyone have more knowledge on why she's the Apple choice?

Because she's a former teacher and college/career counselor in MCPS.

What has Joftus done (or not done) as a current BOE member that Apple Ballot is in full support of an opponent? I know he hasn't been on BOE very long, but it sounds like he didn't align with the Union's preference somewhere...

Where have you been? You need to look up the old threads on how covid money was spent and his personal connection (search "Kid Museum").
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/50/1018735.page

I was voting for Fryar, but now that this new guy is in the ring, I'm waiting to see who the Apple Ballot endorses. MCEA is still licking their wounds over two no-confidence votes that got the hand, but I'm hoping they learned their lesson enough to stop supporting nutcases and picked mainstream folks this time around. The reason why I'm voting Apple Ballot to get as many votes as possible to swing the board over. The problem is that Silver Spring controls most of the county voting since Montgomery County residents can vote for any other Districts reps.

The current Apple Ballot is here:
https://www.mceanea.org/political-action-community-engagement-pace/apple-ballot/

Grace Rivera-Oven, District 1
Julie Yang, District 3
Valerie Coll, District 5

Assuming that the Union is picking people mainstream folks is a really big assumption you've made.

I don't follow you comment how Silver Spring controls most of the county. Aren't all Mont County residents able to vote for all seats / districts for BOE?

I didn't follow much about BOE this school year because my youngest DC is a senior and I am SO DONE with the drama known as Montgomery County Public Schools. However, I know the current (and past) BOE members have basically sucked and I'm happy to vote them out.

I had read somewhere that Silver Spring had the greatest number of voter turnout and never understood why until I did a little research.

Voting is on 7/19/2022, but Early Voting starts on the 7th.

The interesting thing is where the 14 early voting centers are:
Silver Spring (3 locations)
Wheaton
-----
Rockville (3 locations, but one is actually N. Potomac and another, the Bauer Drive Community Center, is difficult to access, imho)
Germantown
Gaithersburg
-----
Chevy Chase
Potomac
-----
Burtonsville
Sandy Spring
-----
Damascus
https://www.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2022/2022_Early%20Voting_Centers.pdf

Montgomery County has about 1M people in it and this is how almost 60% of the population is distributed. I marked the number of voting centers next to the cities with asterisks:
1 Germantown 90K *
2 Silver Spring 78K ***
3 Gaithersburg 66K *
4 Rockville 65K ***
5 Bethesda 62K
6 Aspen Hill 52K
7 N Bethesda 50K
8 Wheaton 50K *
9 Potomac 45K *
10 Olney 35K
https://statisticalatlas.com/county/Maryland/Montgomery-County/Population

Only 10 of the 14 early voting centers are located in populated cities, and of those, 4 of 10 are clustered by Silver Spring / Wheaton and 5 of 10 in Rockville/Gaithersburg/Germantown (with a caveat that 2/3 of the "Rockville" locations aren't really Rockville or in that populated of an area?).

You're correct that all Montgomery County residents are able to vote for all Montgomery County seats / districts for BOE. This also means that it's "mob rule / winner-takes-all". If you campaign heavily in populated areas with available early voting centers (*cough* Silver Spring *cough*), you've got a better chance of winning.

I'm voting pure Apple Ballot to get the incumbents out and just waiting on their at-large pick (but if they don't pick one I'm going with Fryar).

This analysis is slightly flawed, but the reality is that there is only one EV location for all of D3 and it’s in Chevy Chase.

By far, the vast majority of voters in D3 have cars. It does make a difference.

And why does SS have three EV stations and Germantown (a more populated city) have only one?

Population density is greatest in SS/TP areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our mail just arrived, including Apple Ballot endorsements.

Julie Yang has their endorsement, rather than Scott Joftus. This is a real surprise to me. I had planned on supporting her, but maybe I should look more at Joftus? Anyone have more knowledge on why she's the Apple choice?

Because she's a former teacher and college/career counselor in MCPS.

What has Joftus done (or not done) as a current BOE member that Apple Ballot is in full support of an opponent? I know he hasn't been on BOE very long, but it sounds like he didn't align with the Union's preference somewhere...

Where have you been? You need to look up the old threads on how covid money was spent and his personal connection (search "Kid Museum").
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/50/1018735.page

I was voting for Fryar, but now that this new guy is in the ring, I'm waiting to see who the Apple Ballot endorses. MCEA is still licking their wounds over two no-confidence votes that got the hand, but I'm hoping they learned their lesson enough to stop supporting nutcases and picked mainstream folks this time around. The reason why I'm voting Apple Ballot to get as many votes as possible to swing the board over. The problem is that Silver Spring controls most of the county voting since Montgomery County residents can vote for any other Districts reps.

The current Apple Ballot is here:
https://www.mceanea.org/political-action-community-engagement-pace/apple-ballot/

Grace Rivera-Oven, District 1
Julie Yang, District 3
Valerie Coll, District 5

Assuming that the Union is picking people mainstream folks is a really big assumption you've made.

I don't follow you comment how Silver Spring controls most of the county. Aren't all Mont County residents able to vote for all seats / districts for BOE?

I didn't follow much about BOE this school year because my youngest DC is a senior and I am SO DONE with the drama known as Montgomery County Public Schools. However, I know the current (and past) BOE members have basically sucked and I'm happy to vote them out.

I had read somewhere that Silver Spring had the greatest number of voter turnout and never understood why until I did a little research.

Voting is on 7/19/2022, but Early Voting starts on the 7th.

The interesting thing is where the 14 early voting centers are:
Silver Spring (3 locations)
Wheaton
-----
Rockville (3 locations, but one is actually N. Potomac and another, the Bauer Drive Community Center, is difficult to access, imho)
Germantown
Gaithersburg
-----
Chevy Chase
Potomac
-----
Burtonsville
Sandy Spring
-----
Damascus
https://www.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2022/2022_Early%20Voting_Centers.pdf

Montgomery County has about 1M people in it and this is how almost 60% of the population is distributed. I marked the number of voting centers next to the cities with asterisks:
1 Germantown 90K *
2 Silver Spring 78K ***
3 Gaithersburg 66K *
4 Rockville 65K ***
5 Bethesda 62K
6 Aspen Hill 52K
7 N Bethesda 50K
8 Wheaton 50K *
9 Potomac 45K *
10 Olney 35K
https://statisticalatlas.com/county/Maryland/Montgomery-County/Population

Only 10 of the 14 early voting centers are located in populated cities, and of those, 4 of 10 are clustered by Silver Spring / Wheaton and 5 of 10 in Rockville/Gaithersburg/Germantown (with a caveat that 2/3 of the "Rockville" locations aren't really Rockville or in that populated of an area?).

You're correct that all Montgomery County residents are able to vote for all Montgomery County seats / districts for BOE. This also means that it's "mob rule / winner-takes-all". If you campaign heavily in populated areas with available early voting centers (*cough* Silver Spring *cough*), you've got a better chance of winning.

I'm voting pure Apple Ballot to get the incumbents out and just waiting on their at-large pick (but if they don't pick one I'm going with Fryar).

This analysis is slightly flawed, but the reality is that there is only one EV location for all of D3 and it’s in Chevy Chase.

By far, the vast majority of voters in D3 have cars. It does make a difference.

And why does SS have three EV stations and Germantown (a more populated city) have only one?

Population density is greatest in SS/TP areas.

Germantown has a higher population than SS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our mail just arrived, including Apple Ballot endorsements.

Julie Yang has their endorsement, rather than Scott Joftus. This is a real surprise to me. I had planned on supporting her, but maybe I should look more at Joftus? Anyone have more knowledge on why she's the Apple choice?

Because she's a former teacher and college/career counselor in MCPS.

What has Joftus done (or not done) as a current BOE member that Apple Ballot is in full support of an opponent? I know he hasn't been on BOE very long, but it sounds like he didn't align with the Union's preference somewhere...

Where have you been? You need to look up the old threads on how covid money was spent and his personal connection (search "Kid Museum").
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/50/1018735.page

I was voting for Fryar, but now that this new guy is in the ring, I'm waiting to see who the Apple Ballot endorses. MCEA is still licking their wounds over two no-confidence votes that got the hand, but I'm hoping they learned their lesson enough to stop supporting nutcases and picked mainstream folks this time around. The reason why I'm voting Apple Ballot to get as many votes as possible to swing the board over. The problem is that Silver Spring controls most of the county voting since Montgomery County residents can vote for any other Districts reps.

The current Apple Ballot is here:
https://www.mceanea.org/political-action-community-engagement-pace/apple-ballot/

Grace Rivera-Oven, District 1
Julie Yang, District 3
Valerie Coll, District 5

Assuming that the Union is picking people mainstream folks is a really big assumption you've made.

I don't follow you comment how Silver Spring controls most of the county. Aren't all Mont County residents able to vote for all seats / districts for BOE?

I didn't follow much about BOE this school year because my youngest DC is a senior and I am SO DONE with the drama known as Montgomery County Public Schools. However, I know the current (and past) BOE members have basically sucked and I'm happy to vote them out.

I had read somewhere that Silver Spring had the greatest number of voter turnout and never understood why until I did a little research.

Voting is on 7/19/2022, but Early Voting starts on the 7th.

The interesting thing is where the 14 early voting centers are:
Silver Spring (3 locations)
Wheaton
-----
Rockville (3 locations, but one is actually N. Potomac and another, the Bauer Drive Community Center, is difficult to access, imho)
Germantown
Gaithersburg
-----
Chevy Chase
Potomac
-----
Burtonsville
Sandy Spring
-----
Damascus
https://www.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2022/2022_Early%20Voting_Centers.pdf

Montgomery County has about 1M people in it and this is how almost 60% of the population is distributed. I marked the number of voting centers next to the cities with asterisks:
1 Germantown 90K *
2 Silver Spring 78K ***
3 Gaithersburg 66K *
4 Rockville 65K ***
5 Bethesda 62K
6 Aspen Hill 52K
7 N Bethesda 50K
8 Wheaton 50K *
9 Potomac 45K *
10 Olney 35K
https://statisticalatlas.com/county/Maryland/Montgomery-County/Population

Only 10 of the 14 early voting centers are located in populated cities, and of those, 4 of 10 are clustered by Silver Spring / Wheaton and 5 of 10 in Rockville/Gaithersburg/Germantown (with a caveat that 2/3 of the "Rockville" locations aren't really Rockville or in that populated of an area?).

You're correct that all Montgomery County residents are able to vote for all Montgomery County seats / districts for BOE. This also means that it's "mob rule / winner-takes-all". If you campaign heavily in populated areas with available early voting centers (*cough* Silver Spring *cough*), you've got a better chance of winning.

I'm voting pure Apple Ballot to get the incumbents out and just waiting on their at-large pick (but if they don't pick one I'm going with Fryar).

This analysis is slightly flawed, but the reality is that there is only one EV location for all of D3 and it’s in Chevy Chase.

By far, the vast majority of voters in D3 have cars. It does make a difference.

And why does SS have three EV stations and Germantown (a more populated city) have only one?

Population density is greatest in SS/TP areas.

Germantown has a higher population than SS.

Only if you define Silver Spring as the area inside the beltway

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Anonymous wrote:Our mail just arrived, including Apple Ballot endorsements.

Julie Yang has their endorsement, rather than Scott Joftus. This is a real surprise to me. I had planned on supporting her, but maybe I should look more at Joftus? Anyone have more knowledge on why she's the Apple choice?

Because she's a former teacher and college/career counselor in MCPS.

What has Joftus done (or not done) as a current BOE member that Apple Ballot is in full support of an opponent? I know he hasn't been on BOE very long, but it sounds like he didn't align with the Union's preference somewhere...

Where have you been? You need to look up the old threads on how covid money was spent and his personal connection (search "Kid Museum").
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/50/1018735.page

I was voting for Fryar, but now that this new guy is in the ring, I'm waiting to see who the Apple Ballot endorses. MCEA is still licking their wounds over two no-confidence votes that got the hand, but I'm hoping they learned their lesson enough to stop supporting nutcases and picked mainstream folks this time around. The reason why I'm voting Apple Ballot to get as many votes as possible to swing the board over. The problem is that Silver Spring controls most of the county voting since Montgomery County residents can vote for any other Districts reps.

The current Apple Ballot is here:
https://www.mceanea.org/political-action-community-engagement-pace/apple-ballot/

Grace Rivera-Oven, District 1
Julie Yang, District 3
Valerie Coll, District 5

Assuming that the Union is picking people mainstream folks is a really big assumption you've made.

I don't follow you comment how Silver Spring controls most of the county. Aren't all Mont County residents able to vote for all seats / districts for BOE?

I didn't follow much about BOE this school year because my youngest DC is a senior and I am SO DONE with the drama known as Montgomery County Public Schools. However, I know the current (and past) BOE members have basically sucked and I'm happy to vote them out.

I had read somewhere that Silver Spring had the greatest number of voter turnout and never understood why until I did a little research.

Voting is on 7/19/2022, but Early Voting starts on the 7th.

The interesting thing is where the 14 early voting centers are:
Silver Spring (3 locations)
Wheaton
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Rockville (3 locations, but one is actually N. Potomac and another, the Bauer Drive Community Center, is difficult to access, imho)
Germantown
Gaithersburg
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Chevy Chase
Potomac
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Burtonsville
Sandy Spring
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Damascus
https://www.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2022/2022_Early%20Voting_Centers.pdf

Montgomery County has about 1M people in it and this is how almost 60% of the population is distributed. I marked the number of voting centers next to the cities with asterisks:
1 Germantown 90K *
2 Silver Spring 78K ***
3 Gaithersburg 66K *
4 Rockville 65K ***
5 Bethesda 62K
6 Aspen Hill 52K
7 N Bethesda 50K
8 Wheaton 50K *
9 Potomac 45K *
10 Olney 35K
https://statisticalatlas.com/county/Maryland/Montgomery-County/Population

Only 10 of the 14 early voting centers are located in populated cities, and of those, 4 of 10 are clustered by Silver Spring / Wheaton and 5 of 10 in Rockville/Gaithersburg/Germantown (with a caveat that 2/3 of the "Rockville" locations aren't really Rockville or in that populated of an area?).

You're correct that all Montgomery County residents are able to vote for all Montgomery County seats / districts for BOE. This also means that it's "mob rule / winner-takes-all". If you campaign heavily in populated areas with available early voting centers (*cough* Silver Spring *cough*), you've got a better chance of winning.

I'm voting pure Apple Ballot to get the incumbents out and just waiting on their at-large pick (but if they don't pick one I'm going with Fryar).

This analysis is slightly flawed, but the reality is that there is only one EV location for all of D3 and it’s in Chevy Chase.

By far, the vast majority of voters in D3 have cars. It does make a difference.

And why does SS have three EV stations and Germantown (a more populated city) have only one?

Population density is greatest in SS/TP areas.

Germantown has a higher population than SS.

Only if you define Silver Spring as the area inside the beltway

which isn't the actual SS but an imaginary place... anyway just cast my ballot straight Apple

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Anonymous wrote:Please help with a dummy question: who decided to take police out of schools?
I don't know much about BOE candidates but I want to make sure I don't vote for the guys that took that decision. Thanks.

Will Jawando and Hans Riemer spearheaded it. Elrich and McKnight supported it.
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/government/jawando-riemer-announce-legislation-to-get-rid-of-police-officers-in-schools/

Passed by the public library and Jawando was all over the library entrance TV promoting his record. Just wondering if that's legal?

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Anonymous wrote:Please help with a dummy question: who decided to take police out of schools?
I don't know much about BOE candidates but I want to make sure I don't vote for the guys that took that decision. Thanks.

Will Jawando and Hans Riemer spearheaded it. Elrich and McKnight supported it.
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/government/jawando-riemer-announce-legislation-to-get-rid-of-police-officers-in-schools/

Passed by the public library and Jawando was all over the library entrance TV promoting his record. Just wondering if that's legal?

Yes, it would be better to spend the money on education than on turning schools into prisons. Students that aren't able to function peacefully should be there anyway making SROs kind of moot.

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Anonymous wrote:Please help with a dummy question: who decided to take police out of schools?
I don't know much about BOE candidates but I want to make sure I don't vote for the guys that took that decision. Thanks.

Will Jawando and Hans Riemer spearheaded it. Elrich and McKnight supported it.
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/government/jawando-riemer-announce-legislation-to-get-rid-of-police-officers-in-schools/

Passed by the public library and Jawando was all over the library entrance TV promoting his record. Just wondering if that's legal?

Isn't this news from a couple years ago?

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Plenty of angsting over a lack of quality candidates. Since we're talking County Council here, too, only Goldberg, AFAIK, has put forward a thought on that, suggesting we should make BOE a full time gig and pay salary accordingly. Maybe we'd not only get more capable folks but also get them to spend enough time to do more than rubber stamp things that MCPS proposes.

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WhicH board members support prayer in school