Montgomery County, please give Elrich a chance. Don't let Floreen fool you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ficker as CE will turn us into Prince George’s County.

I don't follow, please elaborate?

Sounds vaguely racist to me. As if Montgomery democrats somehow need to be concerned that their beloved county will somehow become less white, and resemble Prince George's?

It's certainly a very odd thing to say.

I think they meant dysfunctional.

Prince George's county isn't dysfunctional. It balances its budget every year, keeps the roads plowed and paved, picks up the trash, maintains a public school system, police department, fire department, and performs all the other functions of a large municipality.

There's absolutely no part of it that isn't functional.


So no, I don't think the racist poster had any intention of simply calling it "dysfunctional". Otherwise that's what they would have said.


No. They said "turn it into Prince George's". That implies a physical change.

There’s this whole thing:

https://www.google.com/amp/www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-campos-sentenced-20180518-story,amp.html

And this:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/local/public-safety/pr-georges-council-member-mel-franklin-pleads-guilty-to-dui-in-crash-that-injured-2/2017/05/12/312ff876-3666-11e7-b4ee-434b6d506b37_story.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those of you (or the one of you who have posted several times?) who want to vote Ficker for the "hand grenade" effect:

Please tell me when "hand grenade" politics has worked?

Remind me again, how do they define "insanity" ?

Oh, that's right - doing the same thing, over and over again, and expecting a different outcome.


Well, here we've been voting for the same people, and the same *kind* of people, over and over again.... and expecting a different outcome.


This insanity feedback-loop has to be interrupted. That's where Ficker comes in. He's so polar-opposite from the council that it might shake things up enough to get some new ideas going. If it doesn't work, we can go back to electing the automatons we have now.

But expecting things to get any better while we keep the same people in charge is asinine.

Ficker! Ficker!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Elrich was very disrespectful to my husband at a meet and greet.

I have been a Democrat my whole life, my husband is an independent who leans liberal. He's also a PhD in Electrical Engineering so he's also very inquisitive. At a casual meet and greet he asked Elrich to elaborate on a specific part of his transportation plan and while my husband spoke, Elrich had this look on his face like he couldn't stand to be around us. I felt really uncomfortable. Elrichs only response was "we will take care of it" and then turned his back to us and started talking to other people as if we did not even exist.

I was really taken back by this. My husband was polite and we were even considering donating to Elrich because we heard he was a compassionate person who wanted the best for the county. But this experience really put a bad taste in my mouth. I spoke to other people and Elrich is a guy who can be very sweet at one moment but then be completely cold and callous the next.

I feel like the Democrats assume people like my husband and I are guaranteed voters so they can treat us however they want. I have personally never voted for a Republican, but I am really tempted this time.

Do it. The next candidate down the road will then be harder working and more honest and humble. Hopefully.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those of you (or the one of you who have posted several times?) who want to vote Ficker for the "hand grenade" effect:

Please tell me when "hand grenade" politics has worked?

Remind me again, how do they define "insanity" ?

Oh, that's right - doing the same thing, over and over again, and expecting a different outcome.


Well, here we've been voting for the same people, and the same *kind* of people, over and over again.... and expecting a different outcome.


This insanity feedback-loop has to be interrupted. That's where Ficker comes in. He's so polar-opposite from the council that it might shake things up enough to get some new ideas going. If it doesn't work, we can go back to electing the automatons we have now.

But expecting things to get any better while we keep the same people in charge is asinine.

Ficker! Ficker!

Go team hand grenade

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those of you (or the one of you who have posted several times?) who want to vote Ficker for the "hand grenade" effect:

Please tell me when "hand grenade" politics has worked?

Remind me again, how do they define "insanity" ?

Oh, that's right - doing the same thing, over and over again, and expecting a different outcome.


Well, here we've been voting for the same people, and the same *kind* of people, over and over again.... and expecting a different outcome.


This insanity feedback-loop has to be interrupted. That's where Ficker comes in. He's so polar-opposite from the council that it might shake things up enough to get some new ideas going. If it doesn't work, we can go back to electing the automatons we have now.

But expecting things to get any better while we keep the same people in charge is asinine.

This:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxS4mSFG_QU

[Anonymous]

If you think that video is supposed to be damning to Ficker, I think you've lost your mind.

Let's break it down point by point:


Supported the republican ticket in 2016. Ok. So did 42% of Maryland. So did half the country.

Cares about bringing jobs to the state. And?

Lived in the county for decades. So he's familiar with it. This bad why?

Has received huge public support for ballot measures like term limits and property tax increase caps. Obviously he has a good idea or two that most people agree with.




I realize you thought that video was going to be a wicked burn to lay on Ficker, especially with the circus music (that illustrates your level of maturity, not his), but really, it's messsge is a pretty good campaign commercial.


Term limits brought about by Ficker's referendum are the biggest reason county residents have to be optimistic about getting new people and new ideas into county govt.

Otherwise, we'd still be stuck with status quo, the same faces on the council, the same "good old boy" relationships with council and developers and certain business, same do-nothing attitudes about traffic, etc, same arrogant attitude of politicians who expect your vote, rather than try to earn it.

Let's do something different this time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you think that video is supposed to be damning to Ficker, I think you've lost your mind.

Let's break it down point by point:


Supported the republican ticket in 2016. Ok. So did 42% of Maryland. So did half the country.

Cares about bringing jobs to the state. And?

Lived in the county for decades. So he's familiar with it. This bad why?

Has received huge public support for ballot measures like term limits and property tax increase caps. Obviously he has a good idea or two that most people agree with.




I realize you thought that video was going to be a wicked burn to lay on Ficker, especially with the circus music (that illustrates your level of maturity, not his), but really, it's messsge is a pretty good campaign commercial.


Term limits brought about by Ficker's referendum are the biggest reason county residents have to be optimistic about getting new people and new ideas into county govt.

Otherwise, we'd still be stuck with status quo, the same faces on the council, the same "good old boy" relationships with council and developers and certain business, same do-nothing attitudes about traffic, etc, same arrogant attitude of politicians who expect your vote, rather than try to earn it.

Let's do something different this time.

Actually, 33% in Maryland voted for Trump, not even close to 42%. In Montgomery County, Trump got 19%.
https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/
Like it or not, being outed as a Trump supporter in MoCo, especially now, will torpedo any campaign.

Also, Ficker is a creep. He hit on my daughter right in front of me. I've also heard things from women who worked on campaigns for other candidates that he came off as a pervert. This is not someone you want representing your county.

I am not a huge fan of the sitting council members but Elrich is entirely a different animal than Floreen. Keep in mind, Elrich was never elected Council President. The rest were in the developer cabal. He wasn't.

[Anonymous]

Wow, you folks are really, really scared of Ficker, huh?

Someone will probably chime in soon about how Ficker bit their toddler or something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, you folks are really, really scared of Ficker, huh?

Someone will probably chime in soon about how Ficker bit their toddler or something.

Could be possible, but Elrich looks like he ate your entire family, after he finished all the cheeseburgers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, you folks are really, really scared of Ficker, huh?

Someone will probably chime in soon about how Ficker bit their toddler or something.

Could be possible, but Elrich looks like he ate your entire family, after he finished all the cheeseburgers.

OK, this is getting ridiculous. There is enough wrong with Elrich that you don't need to attack him for his weight. Sheesh.
And this is the kind of thing Ficker does. I wouldn't be surprised if PP was Ficker. He's all over social media making personal attacks. He is not fit for office and is his own definition of insanity, running unsuccessfully for office for 40 years.

I'm either voting for Floreen as the lesser of three evils or not voting at all for County Executive. Rose Krasnow was my choice.

[Anonymous]

It's awesome how PP condemns personal attacks on candidates, then in literally the next sentence, makes like three.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's awesome how PP condemns personal attacks on candidates, then in literally the next sentence, makes like three.

Pointing out that one candidate has unsuccessfully run for office for 40 years and makes personal attacks on social media makes him unfit for office is the same kind of "personal attack" as attacking another candidate for being overweight?

I don't like Elrich because he is anti-business. I couldn't care less about his appearance. Ficker lurks in comment sections and attacks his opponents and others on a personal level all the time, and then he upvotes himself. He acts like a child, like Trump. Nancy Floreen is at least the adult in the room. Actually Marc Elrich hasn't personally attacked anyone either, but I'm worried about his anti-business stance. Floreen is the moderate option but at the end of the day, anyone but Ficker.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's awesome how PP condemns personal attacks on candidates, then in literally the next sentence, makes like three.

Pointing out that one candidate has unsuccessfully run for office for 40 years and makes personal attacks on social media makes him unfit for office is the same kind of "personal attack" as attacking another candidate for being overweight?

I don't like Elrich because he is anti-business. I couldn't care less about his appearance. Ficker lurks in comment sections and attacks his opponents and others on a personal level all the time, and then he upvotes himself. He acts like a child, like Trump. Nancy Floreen is at least the adult in the room. Actually Marc Elrich hasn't personally attacked anyone either, but I'm worried about his anti-business stance. Floreen is the moderate option but at the end of the day, anyone but Ficker.

Elrich is not anti-business. He saved the light industry in Silver Spring that would have been turned into condos otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Floreen is the candidate of Greater Greater Development. We're voting for Elrich.

[Anonymous]

And both are going to give you variations of the status quo, which is what everyone complains about.

So we're right back to that old definition of "insanity" again. More of the same, but expecting different.


Nope.



Ficker.