MoCo County Executive race

[Anonymous]

Anyone care to note where "moderate" Leudtke has done anything to vote down non-moderate Council legislation?

[Anonymous]

I just want Fani-Gonzalez gone. She’s deep in the pockets of developers, completely unresponsive to her constituents, and saw her at a local Q&A where she was rude and dismissive to someone asking a reasonable question about why she keeps voting to cut Impact Taxes and who she expects to pay for infrastructure that will be needed for all of the proposed high-density housing programs she and Freidson are promoting.

I’ll give $$$ to the campaign of anyone running against her.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What about Dawn Luedtke? Her husband is an elected official at the state level. Seems better equipped to fund and manage an effective campaign. No baggage…yet.

Perhaps too soon?

She’s disappointed voters in the Olney/Brookeville area where a for-profit Florida-based company is locating a 16 bed residential treatment facility for high-needs addicts and mentally ill people next to a school (like on the actual border of the school). This oversized facility is sited between two SFHs.

I wonder if she and her husband are beholden to developers or big businesses?

She’s trying to stop it though, correct?

Seems like the response has been, “Sorry, but the current zoning law allows this. Nothing we can do.”

Lots of posts on the neighborhood FB groups, Nextdoor, etc. saying that folks have spoken with the county’s Planning office and what this FL-based, massive company is doing is leveraging a loophole by saying 2 houses on the property allows for 16+ residents. But apparently you can’t do that when you have 1 owner (1 owner = 8 residents).

Regardless, this sort of facility doesn’t belong next to a school. The county should fix the problem.

If Luedtke fixes this, then I will be the first to sing her praises. If she continues to say her hands are tied, then everyone in the Greenwood district (whose school and property values are impacted) won’t forget her lack of leadership and action.

It’s a great test case for whether or not she is equipped to lead.

I am in the neighborhood too, and I agree with you about the facility, it does not belong next to the school. I already signed the petition. I remember when my boys were at greenwood how the balls would go into the mansion's yard all the time. I am disappointed to hear that Dawn Ludeke is just throwing up her hands. I hope she's working behind the scenes to prevent them from moving in.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about Dawn Luedtke? Her husband is an elected official at the state level. Seems better equipped to fund and manage an effective campaign. No baggage…yet.

Perhaps too soon?

She’s disappointed voters in the Olney/Brookeville area where a for-profit Florida-based company is locating a 16 bed residential treatment facility for high-needs addicts and mentally ill people next to a school (like on the actual border of the school). This oversized facility is sited between two SFHs.

I wonder if she and her husband are beholden to developers or big businesses?

She’s trying to stop it though, correct?

Seems like the response has been, “Sorry, but the current zoning law allows this. Nothing we can do.”

Lots of posts on the neighborhood FB groups, Nextdoor, etc. saying that folks have spoken with the county’s Planning office and what this FL-based, massive company is doing is leveraging a loophole by saying 2 houses on the property allows for 16+ residents. But apparently you can’t do that when you have 1 owner (1 owner = 8 residents).

Regardless, this sort of facility doesn’t belong next to a school. The county should fix the problem.

If Luedtke fixes this, then I will be the first to sing her praises. If she continues to say her hands are tied, then everyone in the Greenwood district (whose school and property values are impacted) won’t forget her lack of leadership and action.

It’s a great test case for whether or not she is equipped to lead.

I am in the neighborhood too, and I agree with you about the facility, it does not belong next to the school. I already signed the petition. I remember when my boys were at greenwood how the balls would go into the mansion's yard all the time. I am disappointed to hear that Dawn Ludeke is just throwing up her hands. I hope she's working behind the scenes to prevent them from moving in.

Dawn Luedtke is just as much in the developers’ pockets as Friedson. They just take whatever the developers say as true and don’t think about it, so we keep making bad deals that enrich developers without resulting in a lot of development. YIMBYism, unfortunately, is more about litmus tests and signaling than it is about results. If I were all in with the local YIMBYs, there is no chance I’d support Friedson (or Leventhal or Riemer before him) for anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of the current council members are horrible except for maybe Kare Stewart who is reasonably ok.

She might seem to be reasonably OK, because she has a pleasant demeanor on the dais. She is careful what she says, but she is pro-developer. She hasn't done much for her district.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aren’t Jawando’s kids in private school?

That’s a big red flag for me.

I want a leader who cares about public schools…and how far mcps has fallen.

Schools drive the housing market and ultimately tax revenue. We’ve lost so many residents who have opted for VA.

Glass doesn’t have kids.

What about Friedsen?

Maybe one, Susan, just one of a few.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Local politician's kids should be off-limits. As it happens both Jawando and Albornoz have kids in the public school system. All of their kids for all grades? No, but there are a lot of reasons that go into that, like special needs, where one's spouse works, religious factors, etc.

Jawando puts his kids all over social media.

DP. That is his choice. You can make the choice for your own kids if you have any. Leave others' kid(s) out of your words.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just want Fani-Gonzalez gone. She’s deep in the pockets of developers, completely unresponsive to her constituents, and saw her at a local Q&A where she was rude and dismissive to someone asking a reasonable question about why she keeps voting to cut Impact Taxes and who she expects to pay for infrastructure that will be needed for all of the proposed high-density housing programs she and Freidson are promoting.

I’ll give $$$ to the campaign of anyone running against her.

Be careful what you ask for

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What about Dawn Luedtke? Her husband is an elected official at the state level. Seems better equipped to fund and manage an effective campaign. No baggage…yet.

Perhaps too soon?

She's too moderate to get the vote. Moderate residents don't bother to actually come out to vote in significant numbers. Especially up county. So the super left activists who "do" vote in large numbers generally determine the election outcomes

The high taxation in MoCo is making everyone more moderate. People want tax dollars spent wisely, that's all. I guess that is moderate these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone care to note where "moderate" Leudtke has done anything to vote down non-moderate Council legislation?

She helped kill Jawando's consent search prohibition bill

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of the current council members are horrible except for maybe Kare Stewart who is reasonably ok.

I love Marilyn Balcombe.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All of the current council members are horrible except for maybe Kare Stewart who is reasonably ok.

She might seem to be reasonably OK, because she has a pleasant demeanor on the dais. She is careful what she says, but she is pro-developer. She hasn't done much for her district.

I didn't say she was amazing, but she isn't a complete joke like the others.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All of the current council members are horrible except for maybe Kare Stewart who is reasonably ok.

I love Marilyn Balcombe.

Balcombe has also signed up for the developer giveaway.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All of the current council members are horrible except for maybe Kare Stewart who is reasonably ok.

I love Marilyn Balcombe.

Balcombe has also signed up for the developer giveaway.

She's an idiot and mean to boot

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All of the current council members are horrible except for maybe Kare Stewart who is reasonably ok.

I love Marilyn Balcombe.

Balcombe has also signed up for the developer giveaway.

She's an idiot and mean to boot

She's not an idiot by a long shot.