Unpopular Opinion: I like Marc Elrich

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Anonymous wrote:Well, that makes at least one of you, OP.

Everyone I know IRL is happy with the job he's doing. I have a feeling the same 5 or 6 malcontents keep posting about him here and shouted him down at his press conference. They looked like douche bags.

There is a vocal minority on DCUM that is pro-opening at all costs.

And I'll also add that it's not even about small businesses suffering and livelihoods being taken away. It's about swimming pools and playgrounds. Are you effing kidding me? Get a sprinkler. Toss a ball around in the yard or park. Use your imagination. Once upon a time, children used their own imaginations and made up games.

Don't forget hairdressing and nail salons. Apparently life and death (emphasis on death).

And I highly doubt that every single whack job in that crowd owned a salon that they poured their family savings into.

I know of an immigrant family who pooled all of their money together into a nail salon. It's open seven days a week. Now they have limited capacity, appointments only, with plexiglass separating the customer and the employees and they wear masks and provide sanitizer. They are not out there whining, they are making do with a tough situation. They may have raised prices, understandably, and if I go I'll give a nice big tip.

These people are not them.

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Anonymous wrote:I always found it funny how "smart growth" advocates are usually wealthy homeowners themselves (who want to make money from house flipping and/or investment properties they could get from upzoning policy)

And I always found it funny that growth opponents are usually already older homeowners that don't care about affordable housing because of a "I got mine" mentality.

Did I say funny? I meant selfish.

Nah, I'm 28 and a renter who would rather not see my rent go up or get kicked out because someone wants to build a fancy high rise, thank you very much.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, that makes at least one of you, OP.

Everyone I know IRL is happy with the job he's doing. I have a feeling the same 5 or 6 malcontents keep posting about him here and shouted him down at his press conference. They looked like douche bags.

There is a vocal minority on DCUM that is pro-opening at all costs.

And I'll also add that it's not even about small businesses suffering and livelihoods being taken away. It's about swimming pools and playgrounds. Are you effing kidding me? Get a sprinkler. Toss a ball around in the yard or park. Use your imagination. Once upon a time, children used their own imaginations and made up games.

Don't forget hairdressing and nail salons. Apparently life and death (emphasis on death).

I suspect you'd feel quite differently if you owned one of those businesses.

And don't forget that case in Missouri. Two symptomatic COVID-positive stylists, 140 exposures, and no detected transmissions.

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Anonymous wrote:I always found it funny how "smart growth" advocates are usually wealthy homeowners themselves (who want to make money from house flipping and/or investment properties they could get from upzoning policy)

And I always found it funny that growth opponents are usually already older homeowners that don't care about affordable housing because of a "I got mine" mentality.

Did I say funny? I meant selfish.

I remember when there were actually open lots growing weeds all summer. During the pandemic, some areas have not been cut, like in the medians, etc. I've actually pointed it out to my kids and said, "That's what it used to be like in Bethesda before every square inch had a building on it." I also find it relaxing when a building in downtown is torn down and you can see a slice of the blue sky with clouds, before the next high rise goes up in its place. I wish we had more open spaces, not less.

I don't own a house, and I am against development. I don't think your assessment is accurate and seems pretty shallow and glib. If only it were that easy to write off the opposition like that, PP.

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Anonymous wrote:I always found it funny how "smart growth" advocates are usually wealthy homeowners themselves (who want to make money from house flipping and/or investment properties they could get from upzoning policy)

And I always found it funny that growth opponents are usually already older homeowners that don't care about affordable housing because of a "I got mine" mentality.

Did I say funny? I meant selfish.

I remember when there were actually open lots growing weeds all summer. During the pandemic, some areas have not been cut, like in the medians, etc. I've actually pointed it out to my kids and said, "That's what it used to be like in Bethesda before every square inch had a building on it." I also find it relaxing when a building in downtown is torn down and you can see a slice of the blue sky with clouds, before the next high rise goes up in its place. I wish we had more open spaces, not less.

I don't own a house, and I am against development. I don't think your assessment is accurate and seems pretty shallow and glib. If only it were that easy to write off the opposition like that, PP.

And I can tell you right now that the high rise blocking the blue sky will not be housing poor people.

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Anonymous wrote:I always found it funny how "smart growth" advocates are usually wealthy homeowners themselves (who want to make money from house flipping and/or investment properties they could get from upzoning policy)

And I always found it funny that growth opponents are usually already older homeowners that don't care about affordable housing because of a "I got mine" mentality.

Did I say funny? I meant selfish.

I remember when there were actually open lots growing weeds all summer. During the pandemic, some areas have not been cut, like in the medians, etc. I've actually pointed it out to my kids and said, "That's what it used to be like in Bethesda before every square inch had a building on it." I also find it relaxing when a building in downtown is torn down and you can see a slice of the blue sky with clouds, before the next high rise goes up in its place. I wish we had more open spaces, not less.

I don't own a house, and I am against development. I don't think your assessment is accurate and seems pretty shallow and glib. If only it were that easy to write off the opposition like that, PP.

And I can tell you right now that the high rise blocking the blue sky will not be housing poor people.

No, but in 30 or 40 years it might.

There's no quick and easy solution. But doing nothing will only make things worse over time. You're right though, a single building or development isn't going to make things better. You have to significantly increase the number of units desirable areas for it to have an impact. And even then, prices won't drop overnight. You've got to play the long game

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, that makes at least one of you, OP.

Everyone I know IRL is happy with the job he's doing. I have a feeling the same 5 or 6 malcontents keep posting about him here and shouted him down at his press conference. They looked like douche bags.

There is a vocal minority on DCUM that is pro-opening at all costs.

And I'll also add that it's not even about small businesses suffering and livelihoods being taken away. It's about swimming pools and playgrounds. Are you effing kidding me? Get a sprinkler. Toss a ball around in the yard or park. Use your imagination. Once upon a time, children used their own imaginations and made up games.

1. We have been doing that for 100 days already. Sprinklers are boring for that long if you are over five.
2. “Once upon a time,” children could have friends over. That makes a huge difference.
3. Data is clear that pools can be made safe. Why wouldn’t we follow the data?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, that makes at least one of you, OP.

Everyone I know IRL is happy with the job he's doing. I have a feeling the same 5 or 6 malcontents keep posting about him here and shouted him down at his press conference. They looked like douche bags.

Which is a pretty good indicator that everyone you know in your sphere is also a uberliberal bubble dweller.

You’re not a cross section of MoCo. You’re a slice. A very, very thin slice.

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Elrich for Governor!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, that makes at least one of you, OP.

Everyone I know IRL is happy with the job he's doing. I have a feeling the same 5 or 6 malcontents keep posting about him here and shouted him down at his press conference. They looked like douche bags.

Which is a pretty good indicator that everyone you know in your sphere is also a uberliberal bubble dweller.

You’re not a cross section of MoCo. You’re a slice. A very, very thin slice.

Yep. Everyone I know thinks he’s an idiot, which he is. Constantly saying “we’re following the data” when it’s clear he’s not and doesn’t even understand the data.

I like Hogan, who has been reasonable. Elrich is a moron.

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Elrich has done an excellent job. Better than Floreen or Ficker ever could have.

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I stopped reading as soon as you said unions created weekends. They didn't Henry Ford did. So people would have time to shop for cars and still have Sunday for church. Once you showed you believe whatever liberals tell you, I couldn't take the rest seriously.

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Anonymous wrote:I stopped reading as soon as you said unions created weekends. They didn't Henry Ford did. So people would have time to shop for cars and still have Sunday for church. Once you showed you believe whatever liberals tell you, I couldn't take the rest seriously.

Riiight because Conservatives always tell the truth lol

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Popular opinion: I don't.

And I voted for him. Never again. His approach to COVID has been idiotic ("metrics"); his justifications for opening/delay would be more rational if he just used a magic 8 ball.

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I voted for him because he wasn't the handpicked Washington Property Company candidate. If it's Elrich v. Riemer next time, I'll vote Elrich.