Montgomery County Council

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hah, you think Friedson is light on budget and instead you favor Jawando? He's even worse in that area!

Jawando is at least honest about who he is and listens to people. Friedson claims to know everything and wields what little knowledge he actually has to to mislead.

Jawando is not honest and he does not listen to people.

The only things Jawando has going for him is:

- He's relatively young
- He's handsome
- He's tall
- He's a "respectable" Black man (married, lawyer, speaks well and has kids)
- He's somewhat attached to Obama

That's it.

He's very smart. But I agree he isn't honest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hah, you think Friedson is light on budget and instead you favor Jawando? He's even worse in that area!

Jawando is at least honest about who he is and listens to people. Friedson claims to know everything and wields what little knowledge he actually has to to mislead.

Jawando is not honest and he does not listen to people.

The only things Jawando has going for him is:

- He's relatively young
- He's handsome
- He's tall
- He's a "respectable" Black man (married, lawyer, speaks well and has kids)
- He's somewhat attached to Obama

That's it.

He's very smart. But I agree he isn't honest.

Friedson is neither smart nor honest.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Goldberg came in fifth and I hope he gets in this time. He’s really smart and pro-business while also being a normal Democrat.

Goldberg would be even worse than the representatives that we have now. He will keep handing out huge tax breaks for landlords while raising taxes on everyone else. His idea of being pro-business only extends as far as the landlords, but that’s where he makes his money so I get it.

I don't know much about him. But the gun buy back plank of his platform doesn't work. It's a good community relations tool for police but that's about it.

Why would he raise taxes?

Which candidates actually know how to manage things rather than just increase taxes to pay for things? Genuinely asking.

He would have to raise taxes to make up for the tax abatements he favors for landlords.

I yet to see a single candidate who is actually fiscally prudent. It’s certainly not any of the CE candidates. Friedson was more than happy to spend the surplus from the last tax increase to subsidize his developer buddies.

100 percent this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hah, you think Friedson is light on budget and instead you favor Jawando? He's even worse in that area!

Jawando is at least honest about who he is and listens to people. Friedson claims to know everything and wields what little knowledge he actually has to to mislead.

Jawando is not honest and he does not listen to people.

The only things Jawando has going for him is:

- He's relatively young
- He's handsome
- He's tall
- He's a "respectable" Black man (married, lawyer, speaks well and has kids)
- He's somewhat attached to Obama

That's it.

He's very smart. But I agree he isn't honest.

Friedson is neither smart nor honest.

+1

[Anonymous]

The Council is going to get an earful if MCPS continues on its path toward gerry-mandered school zones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Council is going to get an earful if MCPS continues on its path toward gerry-mandered school zones.

They do not care

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The Council is going to get an earful if MCPS continues on its path toward gerry-mandered school zones.

They do not care

what do they care about? sounds like they are focused on developers. which would seem to have some overlap with property values. but I'm interested in hearing why they don't care.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Council is going to get an earful if MCPS continues on its path toward gerry-mandered school zones.

They do not care

what do they care about? sounds like they are focused on developers. which would seem to have some overlap with property values. but I'm interested in hearing why they don't care.

They don't care because they know there's nothing anyone can do about it. They know that they can keep sponsoring bills about leaf blowers and plants until they're term limited or decide to run for a higher office.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Council is going to get an earful if MCPS continues on its path toward gerry-mandered school zones.

They have zero power over that. Pointless to complain to them

[Anonymous]

Eventually the county will be run entirely by clones of Kristen Mink.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eventually the county will be run entirely by clones of Kristen Mink.

I don’t agree and would not want that but would take that every day of the week because Mink and her clones are smarter than Friedson and his clones, who would just let us keep getting fleeced by developers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Eventually the county will be run entirely by clones of Kristen Mink.

I don’t agree and would not want that but would take that every day of the week because Mink and her clones are smarter than Friedson and his clones, who would just let us keep getting fleeced by developers.

Rent control isn't smart at all. It's a feel good law. But nothing about it is smart.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eventually the county will be run entirely by clones of Kristen Mink.

I don’t agree and would not want that but would take that every day of the week because Mink and her clones are smarter than Friedson and his clones, who would just let us keep getting fleeced by developers.

Rent control isn't smart at all. It's a feel good law. But nothing about it is smart.

If you think an anti-gouging law that caps rent increases at nearly twice current inflation is the same as the rent control laws that were the subjects of earlier studies there’s not much I can do to help you. What MoCo has is a basic consumer protection, but then again it’s not the only basic consumer protection that landlords and YIMBYs have lost their minds about. If rent control punishes real estate speculation at the margins, then it will exert downward pressure on land prices.

Rent control also has absolutely nothing to do with why projects are or are not getting built in MoCo right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eventually the county will be run entirely by clones of Kristen Mink.

I don’t agree and would not want that but would take that every day of the week because Mink and her clones are smarter than Friedson and his clones, who would just let us keep getting fleeced by developers.

Rent control isn't smart at all. It's a feel good law. But nothing about it is smart.

If you think an anti-gouging law that caps rent increases at nearly twice current inflation is the same as the rent control laws that were the subjects of earlier studies there’s not much I can do to help you. What MoCo has is a basic consumer protection, but then again it’s not the only basic consumer protection that landlords and YIMBYs have lost their minds about. If rent control punishes real estate speculation at the margins, then it will exert downward pressure on land prices.

Rent control also has absolutely nothing to do with why projects are or are not getting built in MoCo right now.

Please look at NYC to see the effects of rent control and rent regulation rules. The only thing that gets built is very expensive condos. There is no downward pressure on land prices, if anything. Vacancy rates for rentals are at an all-time low. Because the legislature capped the amount that can be recouped for renovating apartments at a lifetime of $30,000, rentals are not being brought up on the market once someone leaves. They are being warehoused.

https://www.multihousingnews.com/the-unintended-consequences-of-nys-new-rent-laws/
https://www.fa-mag.com/news/why-nyc-apartment-buildings-are-on-sale-now-for-50--off-76847.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eventually the county will be run entirely by clones of Kristen Mink.

I don’t agree and would not want that but would take that every day of the week because Mink and her clones are smarter than Friedson and his clones, who would just let us keep getting fleeced by developers.

Rent control isn't smart at all. It's a feel good law. But nothing about it is smart.

If you think an anti-gouging law that caps rent increases at nearly twice current inflation is the same as the rent control laws that were the subjects of earlier studies there’s not much I can do to help you. What MoCo has is a basic consumer protection, but then again it’s not the only basic consumer protection that landlords and YIMBYs have lost their minds about. If rent control punishes real estate speculation at the margins, then it will exert downward pressure on land prices.

Rent control also has absolutely nothing to do with why projects are or are not getting built in MoCo right now.

Please look at NYC to see the effects of rent control and rent regulation rules. The only thing that gets built is very expensive condos. There is no downward pressure on land prices, if anything. Vacancy rates for rentals are at an all-time low. Because the legislature capped the amount that can be recouped for renovating apartments at a lifetime of $30,000, rentals are not being brought up on the market once someone leaves. They are being warehoused.

https://www.multihousingnews.com/the-unintended-consequences-of-nys-new-rent-laws/
https://www.fa-mag.com/news/why-nyc-apartment-buildings-are-on-sale-now-for-50--off-76847.html

The only thing that got built here before rent control was really expensive rentals. After rent control, the only think that gets built here are really expensive rentals. Condos would be an improvement because they would create more ownership opportunities, but the developers most active here don’t want to go that direction.

Our vacant units don’t get warehoused like the ones in NYC. They get flipped into short-term rentals thanks to planning’s willingness to let landlords classify parts of their buildings as hotels, allowing them to skirt the county’s short-term rental limits.

If you looked into our rent control law, you’ll see there isn’t a limit on what can recouped after a renovation. You’ll also see that MoCo’s increase limit is much higher than NYC’s and only applies to old units. Renovated units are exempt from MoCo’s laws, so if a building is renovated, it becomes exempt just like new units are.

In short, NYC’s rent control law isn’t analogous to MoCo’s. You hear rent control and go on a rant but can’t be bothered to look into the details.