Who do you think will win MoCo county exec?

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Anonymous wrote:If you care about special education go with Jawando

That's a BOE issue. Not CEX.

It still natters

If it matters so much, I guess that anti-Jawando PAC ad was on the money -- all the problems in the school system are Jawando's fault because he's the chair of the Education Committee.

That's what Friedson is desparately hoping people think instead of pinning him with the negative effects of his development initiatives that undercut school funding.

💯. Jawando is doing the work and has skin in the game when it comes to schools. Others not so much.

I early voted for Jawando but I’m thinking of getting a yard sign to support him, the first one I’ve ever had.

Just pick any of the many Jawando signs that illegally litter the public right-of-ways throughout the county. Good to know we have to spend taxpayer funds to remove these.

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Anonymous wrote:If you care about special education go with Jawando

That's a BOE issue. Not CEX.

It still natters

If it matters so much, I guess that anti-Jawando PAC ad was on the money -- all the problems in the school system are Jawando's fault because he's the chair of the Education Committee.

That's what Friedson is desparately hoping people think instead of pinning him with the negative effects of his development initiatives that undercut school funding.

💯. Jawando is doing the work and has skin in the game when it comes to schools. Others not so much.

I early voted for Jawando but I’m thinking of getting a yard sign to support him, the first one I’ve ever had.

Just pick any of the many Jawando signs that illegally litter the public right-of-ways throughout the county. Good to know we have to spend taxpayer funds to remove these.

Friedson easily has the most signs out. I’ve seen them in median strips, next to roads, and even in parks.

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Anonymous wrote:If you care about special education go with Jawando

That's a BOE issue. Not CEX.

It still natters

If it matters so much, I guess that anti-Jawando PAC ad was on the money -- all the problems in the school system are Jawando's fault because he's the chair of the Education Committee.

That's what Friedson is desparately hoping people think instead of pinning him with the negative effects of his development initiatives that undercut school funding.

💯. Jawando is doing the work and has skin in the game when it comes to schools. Others not so much.

I early voted for Jawando but I’m thinking of getting a yard sign to support him, the first one I’ve ever had.

Just pick any of the many Jawando signs that illegally litter the public right-of-ways throughout the county. Good to know we have to spend taxpayer funds to remove these.

Friedson easily has the most signs out. I’ve seen them in median strips, next to roads, and even in parks.

Our medians are overtaken by glass

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Anonymous wrote:If you care about special education go with Jawando

That's a BOE issue. Not CEX.

It still natters

If it matters so much, I guess that anti-Jawando PAC ad was on the money -- all the problems in the school system are Jawando's fault because he's the chair of the Education Committee.

That's what Friedson is desparately hoping people think instead of pinning him with the negative effects of his development initiatives that undercut school funding.

💯. Jawando is doing the work and has skin in the game when it comes to schools. Others not so much.

I early voted for Jawando but I’m thinking of getting a yard sign to support him, the first one I’ve ever had.

Just pick any of the many Jawando signs that illegally litter the public right-of-ways throughout the county. Good to know we have to spend taxpayer funds to remove these.

I haven't seen them in my neck of the woods, but his staff put out like 50 or so in the median on the day he was scheduled for a candidate forum at the Olney Theatre and I heard he got in trouble for that

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Anonymous wrote:I am an admitted NIMBY and against more bike lanes. I read synopses of all three candidates on these issues and Jawando seemed the least bad. Am I wrong? Any recommendations welcome.

So interesting split here. If it was just NIMBY, as in "no big apartment buildings and keep single family zoning" Jawando is your guy. But he would absolutely put in more bike lanes.

I don’t think he would go out of his way to add bike lanes. If someone else proposes them he’d probably go along unless there was a lot of pushback. He did get endorsed by Somerset in part because he was the only one who engaged with them on Little Falls Parkway.

He was endorsed by two of five current members of Somerset government. Three did not endorse him. He spun it as endorsed by the whole town...which is shady.

Right of course. Towns can’t endorse people but elected officials who make up the town government can. It was very telling that across the county those officials overwhelmingly went for Glass and Jawando.

Glass: Endorsed by 10 current local office holders.
Jawando: Endorsed by 5 current local office holders.
Friedson: Endorsed by 9 current local office holders.

Not counting county council or state offices. Several have former local office holder endorsements. This is sourced from their endorsement pages.

How many of those were in Friedson’s own district? It looks like Friedson has a problem there. It doesn’t seem like he did a great job representing his constituents.

https://andrewfriedson.org/

Vote Glass or Jawando.

The municipalities in his district are tiny and a bit crazy.

Andrew Friedson has entered the chat. He knows he’s always the smartest guy in the room.

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Freidson will win because MAGA changed affiliation for the primary

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Anonymous wrote:I am voting for Evan Glass because Jawando is a rudderless politician through and through. He has no values- only positions he adopts for political expedience.

Case in point from YEARS ago. I met him and his wife at a playground in Chevy Chase in early spring. They were campaigning for something at the time. I ended up chatting with his wife and when I asked where her rising kindergartener was going to school next year, she told me Rock Creek Forest Spanish immersion. When I expressed surprise- as the lottery results had not yet been released- she batted that away and said, no- that’s where we’re going.

Come to find out, their home school is Weller Road ES, not the best academically. And lo and behold, their child has a spot at RCF in the immersion program.

And guess what Jawando’s issue was when campaigning? The racist effects of the lottery for immersion programs. He KNEW that accusing MCPS of unfair lottery practices (which they were, I don’t disagree) would guarantee that they gave his child a spot at the school he wanted.

So that is what I think of, when I say he blows in the wind. It was political and personally expedient for him to atttack the immersion lotteries and his wife KNEW that their child was going to be given a spot in the program because of it.

Another example is how he did not vote to give MCPS its full budget this year, and then… used his campaign to send out donuts to the social workers and tried to score political points that way with union members.

He is rudderless and a consummate politician. He reminds me of Clinton. Not to be trusted.

Voting for Glass.

This is BS.

I am the one who wrote this and it absolutely happened to me. I have confirmation from others in local government that he will go where the wind blows, so long as it benefits him personally.

I would vote for Friedson before Jawando!

Early voted for Glass.

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Anonymous wrote:I am voting for Evan Glass because Jawando is a rudderless politician through and through. He has no values- only positions he adopts for political expedience.

Case in point from YEARS ago. I met him and his wife at a playground in Chevy Chase in early spring. They were campaigning for something at the time. I ended up chatting with his wife and when I asked where her rising kindergartener was going to school next year, she told me Rock Creek Forest Spanish immersion. When I expressed surprise- as the lottery results had not yet been released- she batted that away and said, no- that’s where we’re going.

Come to find out, their home school is Weller Road ES, not the best academically. And lo and behold, their child has a spot at RCF in the immersion program.

And guess what Jawando’s issue was when campaigning? The racist effects of the lottery for immersion programs. He KNEW that accusing MCPS of unfair lottery practices (which they were, I don’t disagree) would guarantee that they gave his child a spot at the school he wanted.

So that is what I think of, when I say he blows in the wind. It was political and personally expedient for him to atttack the immersion lotteries and his wife KNEW that their child was going to be given a spot in the program because of it.

Another example is how he did not vote to give MCPS its full budget this year, and then… used his campaign to send out donuts to the social workers and tried to score political points that way with union members.

He is rudderless and a consummate politician. He reminds me of Clinton. Not to be trusted.

Voting for Glass.

This is BS.

I am the one who wrote this and it absolutely happened to me. I have confirmation from others in local government that he will go where the wind blows, so long as it benefits him personally.

I would vote for Friedson before Jawando!

Early voted for Glass.

Forgot to add: my husband emailed Friedson telling him he was wrong about not wanting to raise taxes and… he emailed him back! Personally engaging with him about the issue (we still disagree, this isn’t the 1980s and the whole no new taxes thing is 🙄) but I was impressed that he took the time to engage with a voter who probably was not going to swing his way! I did like that about him and it kind of reminded me of the Gov Hogan who was smart and pragmatic enough to listen to the other side and occasionally even change his mind!

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Do any of them have kids in the public schools? Looking for the most responsive candidate to their needs.

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Anonymous wrote:Do any of them have kids in the public schools? Looking for the most responsive candidate to their needs.

I think Jawando has two of four kids in public school. But the CE and council have almost no influence over public schools. That's the BOE, the state, and the superintendent

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Anonymous wrote:Do any of them have kids in the public schools? Looking for the most responsive candidate to their needs.

I think Jawando has two of four kids in public school. But the CE and council have almost no influence over public schools. That's the BOE, the state, and the superintendent

And Jawando also sued MCPS in 2016

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Anonymous wrote:I am voting for Evan Glass because Jawando is a rudderless politician through and through. He has no values- only positions he adopts for political expedience.

Case in point from YEARS ago. I met him and his wife at a playground in Chevy Chase in early spring. They were campaigning for something at the time. I ended up chatting with his wife and when I asked where her rising kindergartener was going to school next year, she told me Rock Creek Forest Spanish immersion. When I expressed surprise- as the lottery results had not yet been released- she batted that away and said, no- that’s where we’re going.

Come to find out, their home school is Weller Road ES, not the best academically. And lo and behold, their child has a spot at RCF in the immersion program.

And guess what Jawando’s issue was when campaigning? The racist effects of the lottery for immersion programs. He KNEW that accusing MCPS of unfair lottery practices (which they were, I don’t disagree) would guarantee that they gave his child a spot at the school he wanted.

So that is what I think of, when I say he blows in the wind. It was political and personally expedient for him to atttack the immersion lotteries and his wife KNEW that their child was going to be given a spot in the program because of it.

Another example is how he did not vote to give MCPS its full budget this year, and then… used his campaign to send out donuts to the social workers and tried to score political points that way with union members.

He is rudderless and a consummate politician. He reminds me of Clinton. Not to be trusted.

Voting for Glass.

This is BS.

I am the one who wrote this and it absolutely happened to me. I have confirmation from others in local government that he will go where the wind blows, so long as it benefits him personally.

I would vote for Friedson before Jawando!

Early voted for Glass.

Sure it happened to you. You got the elementary school and the year wrong but this definitely happened.

When did it become a bad thing for elected officials to take positions on bills based in part on the views of voters? It’s only a bad thing if you’re trying to push forward something unpopular like tax breaks for developers.

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The only thing that matters now in MoCo is money. The County spends far too much of it, and the growth which allowed them to do this from 1960 to 2010 has gone negative, leaving them with only three options: Raise taxes, borrow, or cut spending. Raising taxes will discourage growth, leading to residents and businesses leaving. This is a fiscal death spiral. Borrowing only raises future taxes, causing a similar death spiral. The only option left is cuts, both to spending and regulation. For those who say this is a "Republican position," well, it would have been, say, 15 years ago. Today it's a politically homeless position as both parties have abandoned economic reality for giveaways and magical thinking. From my perspective, Friedson is the only candidate who has any hope of realizing that this argument is true. Jawando will accelerate our County's economic suicide, as will Glass (maybe to a somewhat lesser degree.)

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Anonymous wrote:The only thing that matters now in MoCo is money. The County spends far too much of it, and the growth which allowed them to do this from 1960 to 2010 has gone negative, leaving them with only three options: Raise taxes, borrow, or cut spending. Raising taxes will discourage growth, leading to residents and businesses leaving. This is a fiscal death spiral. Borrowing only raises future taxes, causing a similar death spiral. The only option left is cuts, both to spending and regulation. For those who say this is a "Republican position," well, it would have been, say, 15 years ago. Today it's a politically homeless position as both parties have abandoned economic reality for giveaways and magical thinking. From my perspective, Friedson is the only candidate who has any hope of realizing that this argument is true. Jawando will accelerate our County's economic suicide, as will Glass (maybe to a somewhat lesser degree.)

Friedson is the only one of the three who has never proposed cutting anything.

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Anonymous wrote:Do any of them have kids in the public schools? Looking for the most responsive candidate to their needs.

I think Jawando has two of four kids in public school. But the CE and council have almost no influence over public schools. That's the BOE, the state, and the superintendent

And Jawando also sued MCPS in 2016

He did? lol.

Now I’m just curious, is there somewhere that the public can access mcps lawsuits?