Why does MOCO tolerate Elrich

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. People like Elrich because he’s a genuine person who doesn’t judge people. Sure he hates corporate profits, but he never judges people. There is a lot of judging in our politics and Elrich fights hard against that. Whether you are rich or poor, live in a house or apartment, Elrich is happy for you to live your life.

2. Elrich loves every part of this county. If you go around you will surprisingly see Elrich signs in every nook and cranny.
There’s signs in Takoma Park, Silver Spring, Aspen Hill, Chevy Chase, Edgemoor, Potomac, Gaithersburg, etc. He enjoys broad geographic support across the county because he supports every part of the county. He’s not trying to malign your neighborhood as evil “sprawl” or try to divest resources from your community. He wants every community to thrive.

While he’s certainly not everyone’s cup of tea, astute politicians should learn a lesson from Elrich in how to do politics.

I will be voting for Blair because I think breaking the TPSS stranglehold on county politics is critically important. And we need some fresh ideas for jobs growth and Riemer is just a clown.

You must not work with him. Because I do. He's horrific and surrounds himself with his coterie of like-minded advisors.

I don’t work for him nor care about your HR grievances. Don’t like your boss, find another job. The point is only that he’s the only candidate I’ve ever seen have his signs out front of $4 million houses and also have strong support from unions and underrepresented minority groups. It’s an incredible coalition for its breadth, but I guess not depth.

Oh, he's not my boss. I was refuting your comment that he's not judgmental. I don't care who's posting signs for him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. People like Elrich because he’s a genuine person who doesn’t judge people. Sure he hates corporate profits, but he never judges people. There is a lot of judging in our politics and Elrich fights hard against that. Whether you are rich or poor, live in a house or apartment, Elrich is happy for you to live your life.

2. Elrich loves every part of this county. If you go around you will surprisingly see Elrich signs in every nook and cranny.
There’s signs in Takoma Park, Silver Spring, Aspen Hill, Chevy Chase, Edgemoor, Potomac, Gaithersburg, etc. He enjoys broad geographic support across the county because he supports every part of the county. He’s not trying to malign your neighborhood as evil “sprawl” or try to divest resources from your community. He wants every community to thrive.

While he’s certainly not everyone’s cup of tea, astute politicians should learn a lesson from Elrich in how to do politics.

I will be voting for Blair because I think breaking the TPSS stranglehold on county politics is critically important. And we need some fresh ideas for jobs growth and Riemer is just a clown.

You must not work with him. Because I do. He's horrific and surrounds himself with his coterie of like-minded advisors.

I don’t work for him nor care about your HR grievances. Don’t like your boss, find another job. The point is only that he’s the only candidate I’ve ever seen have his signs out front of $4 million houses and also have strong support from unions and underrepresented minority groups. It’s an incredible coalition for its breadth, but I guess not depth.

Oh, he's not my boss. I was refuting your comment that he's not judgmental. I don't care who's posting signs for him.

I get it that you’ve got an axe to grind, but you make it too obvious by contradicting yourself in the space of a few minutes.

You wrote:You must not work with him. Because I do. He's horrific and surrounds himself with his coterie of like-minded advisors.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:1. My priorities are likely to be quite different from yours.

2. I’m pleased with the way the COVID crisis has been handled.

3. The alternatives who flood my Mail box with expensive promotional materials have, so far, not impressed me.

I worked for Elrich last go round as a campaign volunteer. I also donated. I was wondering why none of the D candidates were addressing the spike in crime. Then I found someone who has been addressing it and is fiscally conservative too - Reardon Sullivan. I never thought I’d vote for an R again but he seems like a good choice - born and raised in MoCo; his Dad worked in the Carter Administration, he condemned Jan 6 as it was in progress, and he runs an engineering business. He’s Black too, whadya know?

BZZT! You gave yourself away with “fiscal conservative.” Better luck next lie!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. People like Elrich because he’s a genuine person who doesn’t judge people. Sure he hates corporate profits, but he never judges people. There is a lot of judging in our politics and Elrich fights hard against that. Whether you are rich or poor, live in a house or apartment, Elrich is happy for you to live your life.

2. Elrich loves every part of this county. If you go around you will surprisingly see Elrich signs in every nook and cranny.
There’s signs in Takoma Park, Silver Spring, Aspen Hill, Chevy Chase, Edgemoor, Potomac, Gaithersburg, etc. He enjoys broad geographic support across the county because he supports every part of the county. He’s not trying to malign your neighborhood as evil “sprawl” or try to divest resources from your community. He wants every community to thrive.

While he’s certainly not everyone’s cup of tea, astute politicians should learn a lesson from Elrich in how to do politics.

I will be voting for Blair because I think breaking the TPSS stranglehold on county politics is critically important. And we need some fresh ideas for jobs growth and Riemer is just a clown.

You must not work with him. Because I do. He's horrific and surrounds himself with his coterie of like-minded advisors.

I don’t work for him nor care about your HR grievances. Don’t like your boss, find another job. The point is only that he’s the only candidate I’ve ever seen have his signs out front of $4 million houses and also have strong support from unions and underrepresented minority groups. It’s an incredible coalition for its breadth, but I guess not depth.

Oh, he's not my boss. I was refuting your comment that he's not judgmental. I don't care who's posting signs for him.

I get it that you’ve got an axe to grind, but you make it too obvious by contradicting yourself in the space of a few minutes.

You wrote:You must not work with him. Because I do. He's horrific and surrounds himself with his coterie of like-minded advisors.

Np
What is contradictory about that? You can work with someone and not necessarily for them. Perhaps this person works on a board or something he also sits on, many different possibilities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. My priorities are likely to be quite different from yours.

2. I’m pleased with the way the COVID crisis has been handled.

3. The alternatives who flood my Mail box with expensive promotional materials have, so far, not impressed me.

I worked for Elrich last go round as a campaign volunteer. I also donated. I was wondering why none of the D candidates were addressing the spike in crime. Then I found someone who has been addressing it and is fiscally conservative too - Reardon Sullivan. I never thought I’d vote for an R again but he seems like a good choice - born and raised in MoCo; his Dad worked in the Carter Administration, he condemned Jan 6 as it was in progress, and he runs an engineering business. He’s Black too, whadya know?

Sorry. The worst kind of politicians are the Black Republicans. This I know.

And there is no bigger racist than a democrat that targets a POC republican. Thank you for the demonstration.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hi Hans Riemer. How are you?

It's funny how everyone thinks the anti-Elrich posters are pro-Riemer. Riemer is a non-issue in this race. It's Elrich/Blair.

It’s a presumption because the only people who express significant visceral hate towards Elrich are the Riemer supporters.

I hate Elrich AND Riemer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. My priorities are likely to be quite different from yours.

2. I’m pleased with the way the COVID crisis has been handled.

3. The alternatives who flood my Mail box with expensive promotional materials have, so far, not impressed me.

I worked for Elrich last go round as a campaign volunteer. I also donated. I was wondering why none of the D candidates were addressing the spike in crime. Then I found someone who has been addressing it and is fiscally conservative too - Reardon Sullivan. I never thought I’d vote for an R again but he seems like a good choice - born and raised in MoCo; his Dad worked in the Carter Administration, he condemned Jan 6 as it was in progress, and he runs an engineering business. He’s Black too, whadya know?

Sorry. The worst kind of politicians are the Black Republicans. This I know.

And there is no bigger racist than a democrat that targets a POC republican. Thank you for the demonstration.

Actually there are and most of them are done by Conservatives. Thank you for the ignorance.

[Anonymous]

On the business friendliness problem: Yes, Montgomery County has been falling behind for a while, and it's not the reasons you think.

Sure, permitting processes are convoluted, almost Soviet in some cases.... and Elrich has worked to restructure that.

Taxes on development are actually LOW! They are 99 cents per square foot versus $1.40 in Tysons Corner. Here's the problem though: commercial development costs are owed up front, rather than at the back end, so it's exorbitantly expensive to break ground here but then the county gets comparatively little for it over time.

We also had a revenue flow problem which, thankfully, voters corrected when they voted for Question A in 2020. Property tax revenue was hamstrung for 30 years, shifting the burden on older residents while newer residents were contributing less and less. This was because the tax revenue was pegged at inflation (which, not counting this year, meant that it couldn't grow by very much even as new properties were being assessed). Now, thankfully, the tax RATE is limited at inflation, which means all will reasonably contribute to their fair share while revenue can continue to grow.
This means we can pay for nice things like public infrastructure projects like Virginia has. The Purple Line can stop being a regional joke. Meanwhile, Virginia has the Silver Line and two airports. They also developed partnerships with JMU, UVA, GMU and other universities to have a highly developed local talent pool for big tech companies.

Elrich has actually begun a similar partnership program with the University of Maryland. This, plus Montgomery County's #2 position in the country for Biotech, right behind Boston, is promising. Elrich, if you were actually paying attention, has done a lot of cool things for businesses, especially in the upcounty and I-270 area. Opening up sites for light industrial, biotech feeder programs and incubators. Apprenticeship programs and working with Montgomery College to provide more opportunities in the skilled trades.

Much of Montgomery County's poor business reputation is from the lack of infrastructure, up-front commercial development costs, and then the rest honestly, is heresay. So-and-so and the Washington Post says MoCo is bad for business, the County Executive is a Socialist, and that's what people repeat over and over again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi Hans Riemer. How are you?

It's funny how everyone thinks the anti-Elrich posters are pro-Riemer. Riemer is a non-issue in this race. It's Elrich/Blair.

Riemer is still an issue though because Blair can't win, with Riemer stealing non-Elrich votes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi Hans Riemer. How are you?

It's funny how everyone thinks the anti-Elrich posters are pro-Riemer. Riemer is a non-issue in this race. It's Elrich/Blair.

It’s a presumption because the only people who express significant visceral hate towards Elrich are the Riemer supporters.

Oh. I hate both. Voting for Blair.

Same

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi Hans Riemer. How are you?

It's funny how everyone thinks the anti-Elrich posters are pro-Riemer. Riemer is a non-issue in this race. It's Elrich/Blair.

It’s a presumption because the only people who express significant visceral hate towards Elrich are the Riemer supporters.

Oh. I hate both. Voting for Blair.

Same

Same

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. People like Elrich because he’s a genuine person who doesn’t judge people. Sure he hates corporate profits, but he never judges people. There is a lot of judging in our politics and Elrich fights hard against that. Whether you are rich or poor, live in a house or apartment, Elrich is happy for you to live your life.

2. Elrich loves every part of this county. If you go around you will surprisingly see Elrich signs in every nook and cranny.
There’s signs in Takoma Park, Silver Spring, Aspen Hill, Chevy Chase, Edgemoor, Potomac, Gaithersburg, etc. He enjoys broad geographic support across the county because he supports every part of the county. He’s not trying to malign your neighborhood as evil “sprawl” or try to divest resources from your community. He wants every community to thrive.

While he’s certainly not everyone’s cup of tea, astute politicians should learn a lesson from Elrich in how to do politics.

I will be voting for Blair because I think breaking the TPSS stranglehold on county politics is critically important. And we need some fresh ideas for jobs growth and Riemer is just a clown.

You must not work with him. Because I do. He's horrific and surrounds himself with his coterie of like-minded advisors.

I don’t work for him nor care about your HR grievances. Don’t like your boss, find another job. The point is only that he’s the only candidate I’ve ever seen have his signs out front of $4 million houses and also have strong support from unions and underrepresented minority groups. It’s an incredible coalition for its breadth, but I guess not depth.

Oh, he's not my boss. I was refuting your comment that he's not judgmental. I don't care who's posting signs for him.

I get it that you’ve got an axe to grind, but you make it too obvious by contradicting yourself in the space of a few minutes.

You wrote:You must not work with him. Because I do. He's horrific and surrounds himself with his coterie of like-minded advisors.

Reading comprehension. Working with someone and working for someone are two different things. He has never been my boss. But I deal with him and his staff on a regular basis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He hardly won.

Too many D’s ran and it split the vote.

Then he ran against a certifiably insane R.

He beat both Ficker and Floreen, who ran as in Independent, with the same vote share as Ike Leggett. It was as solid a general election victory as they come.

He beat Blair by a handful of votes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He hardly won.

Too many D’s ran and it split the vote.

Then he ran against a certifiably insane R.

He beat both Ficker and Floreen, who ran as in Independent, with the same vote share as Ike Leggett. It was as solid a general election victory as they come.

He beat Blair by a handful of votes.

So your presumption is that all non-Elrich votes in the primary were actually Blair votes? I don’t see how that makes sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you seen the types that live in Silver Spring and Takoma Park?

They're over educated idiots. Education =/= intelligence. Takoma Park once tried to get people to install corn burning stoves in their homes for heating, because it was supposed to be 'better for then environment'. And you wonder why the granola eaters in Takoma tolerate a self-proclaimed socialist like Elrich?

SS isn't any better. Many in SS have never had a real job in their lives, because they work for the govt, a think tank, or some 'community activity' org that relies on govt grants to pay their salaries. Their solution is always more govt, more taxes, and more regulations that generate revenues for the state that'll pay their salaries.

Unfortunately for MoCo, TP and SS have the highest population that basically controls the vote. They're not very intelligent though.

If only there were more right-wing extremist like you to help put an end to this democracy nonsense