Who do you think will win MoCo county exec?

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Anonymous wrote:Jawando appears to be the only NIMBY candidate, so he’s got my money and my vote. Let’s get back to proper and sane planning.

Agree. On Reddit subs, it seems that the developer shills are out in full force with anti jawando silliness which signals to me that jawando is my guy. As usual, the YIMBYs fail to realize that while they are the most vocal, they are not in the majority.

Affordable Maryland’s ad and website look like amateur productions and are clearly misleading. They haven’t even paid attention to any of the polling on housing, which shows clear support for more housing near metro (something Jawando proposed) and clear opposition to sprawl like Friedson’s countywide upzoning.

It’s actually something Jawando voted against. https://apps.montgomerycountymd.gov/ccllims/BillDetailsPage?RecordId=2668

Try to pay more attention. During his first term, Jawando proposed allowing house-sized multifamily housing development in neighborhoods near metro stations while keeping in place setback and height limits for redevelopment. The public testimony on the Jawando bill was mostly favorable. Friedson would not even give it a work session in the committee. Had Friedson voted to move the bill forward, it would have gone back to the council for a vote. It was pretty NIMBY of Friedson, or maybe he just didn’t want to vote for something he wouldn’t get credit for.

This year Friedson did a countywide upzoning bill, increasing allowable density on lots all over the county, close to Metro or not, except in Potomac, where a lot of Friedson’s donors live. Most of the lots that Friedson’s bill upzoned are not within walking distance of metro stations or stores or restaurants. Friedson had originally been advocating a proposal to ban single family zoning everywhere, except in Potomac, of course. Friedson’s bill doesn’t stay true to the “compact development” principle and targets some of the most affordable single family homes in the county for redevelopment into apartments.

Upzoning near metro made a lot more sense than what we ended up with.

This.

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Anonymous wrote:Jawando recommended we take the SRO's out of schools and that the police should never be called to a school unless there is a life threatening situation at the school. Like when a kid shows up with a gun and kills a bunch of kids then the police will show up. This is how stupid he is.

All the candidates are stupid in many, many ways. I'm still trying to figure out which one is the least stupid in the ways that matter.

Vote for Glass. Smart and moderate.

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Anonymous wrote:Jawando recommended we take the SRO's out of schools and that the police should never be called to a school unless there is a life threatening situation at the school. Like when a kid shows up with a gun and kills a bunch of kids then the police will show up. This is how stupid he is.

All the candidates are stupid in many, many ways. I'm still trying to figure out which one is the least stupid in the ways that matter.

Vote for Glass. Smart and moderate.

He most certainly isnt moderate.

By any measure other than being on the Montgomery County Council he would be borderline fringe left.

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Friedson leads by 6 in the latest poll

Friedson 25
Jawando19
Glass 18

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Anonymous wrote:Friedson leads by 6 in the latest poll

Friedson 25
Jawando19
Glass 18

You mean Friedson leads in the poll that Friedson managed and published. Shocking.

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Anyone but Jawando. He doesn’t care about the little people.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone but Jawando. He doesn’t care about the little people.

He cares about himself

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Anonymous wrote:Jawando. Glass and Friedson are competing for the same voters.

+1. Jawando will win easily.

I hope not. The guy has no executive function. Whatever his positions, you have to be organized to be county exec.

I will note vote for Jawando. Democrat here.

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Anonymous wrote:Friedson leads by 6 in the latest poll

Friedson 25
Jawando19
Glass 18

You mean Friedson leads in the poll that Friedson managed and published. Shocking.

Friedson is the only one airing ads on TV. Why? Because the developers pay him so.much.money.

All he wants is to upzone everything and bulldoze single family home neighborhoods. His talk of “attainable” housing - not affordable housing, which is needed - made me want to vomit.

I don’t think MoCo voters are that stupid.

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Just when you thought Friedson was on his way to consolidating the YIMBY vote, Fani-Gonzalez endorsed Glass this morning. You can’t get much more YIMBY than she is. It’s also telling because Fani-Gonzalez has worked with Friedson probably more than any other member. Her statement that Friedson takes the easy way out is exactly what was giving me pause about him.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone but Jawando. He doesn’t care about the little people.

None of them do. Your best bet in life is to work really hard, save and invest diligently, and succeed to the point where you don’t need to rely on the government. If you wait for a county executive to improve your life, you’ll be waiting a long, long, long time.

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Anonymous wrote:Just when you thought Friedson was on his way to consolidating the YIMBY vote, Fani-Gonzalez endorsed Glass this morning. You can’t get much more YIMBY than she is. It’s also telling because Fani-Gonzalez has worked with Friedson probably more than any other member. Her statement that Friedson takes the easy way out is exactly what was giving me pause about him.

Joe Vogel is a pretty good get also. Both Jawando and Friedson have a lot of impressive endorsements. What I notice about Glass is the geographic spread, as well as the broad range of issues the endorsements represent.

I don't base my vote on endorsements. And there are certain issues I care about more than others (which is why I am incredibly torn between Friedson and Glass). But it really does speak to governing style that Glass appeals to the spectrum.

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Anonymous wrote:Just when you thought Friedson was on his way to consolidating the YIMBY vote, Fani-Gonzalez endorsed Glass this morning. You can’t get much more YIMBY than she is. It’s also telling because Fani-Gonzalez has worked with Friedson probably more than any other member. Her statement that Friedson takes the easy way out is exactly what was giving me pause about him.

Joe Vogel is a pretty good get also. Both Jawando and Friedson have a lot of impressive endorsements. What I notice about Glass is the geographic spread, as well as the broad range of issues the endorsements represent.

I don't base my vote on endorsements. And there are certain issues I care about more than others (which is why I am incredibly torn between Friedson and Glass). But it really does speak to governing style that Glass appeals to the spectrum.

Good points. I was impressed to see Glass got so many endorsements from municipal elected officials. That shows a lot of effort to connect with and listen to people. Meanwhile the elected officials in Friedson’s own district endorsed Glass and Jawando. That also says a lot. For me it’s not about these people’s opinions at all. It’s about seeing which the candidates made the effort to connect with people throughout the county, even those in “lower” offices, and which candidate did not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Friedson leads by 6 in the latest poll

Friedson 25
Jawando19
Glass 18

You mean Friedson leads in the poll that Friedson managed and published. Shocking.

I took the poll. It was legitimate as far as local polls go. It wasn't a push poll. He released it because it favors him. But it wasn't a slanted poll. Goodness knows I've taken a bunch this year. There have been far worse

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Friedson leads by 6 in the latest poll

Friedson 25
Jawando19
Glass 18

You mean Friedson leads in the poll that Friedson managed and published. Shocking.

I took the poll. It was legitimate as far as local polls go. It wasn't a push poll. He released it because it favors him. But it wasn't a slanted poll. Goodness knows I've taken a bunch this year. There have been far worse

DO. How do you know the pill you took is the same one they cited in their press release? I never trust polls when they don’t release the questions and full results.