Washington Post endorses David Blair for Montgomery County Exec

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Anonymous wrote:Those who like Frick, please tell me why and what he is for? Everything I've seen and read has him bashing others, and not standing for anything...

I am not a fan. Rose was not the problem at the Planning Dept, the Plnning Board was/is. She was a staffer who the Board over-rode every time in favor of developers. I like her! Berliner I want to like, but he takes too much $$ from developers.

He’s lawyer - they bash people, it’s what they do. He’s also very bright.
He understands many issues such as not attacking small businesses and building walkable communities with good transportation.
Read the interview!

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This is a HUGE problem for MoCo, IMO. The development over the past decade is RIDICULOUS. All the high rises are changing the feel of the county. And, when all this increased housing remains empty, it does not led to an increase in tax revenue. There needs to be more thought put into how many buildings to up and when.

Who says it's empty?

It will be.

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Anonymous wrote:Those who like Frick, please tell me why and what he is for? Everything I've seen and read has him bashing others, and not standing for anything...

I am not a fan. Rose was not the problem at the Planning Dept, the Plnning Board was/is. She was a staffer who the Board over-rode every time in favor of developers. I like her! Berliner I want to like, but he takes too much $$ from developers.

Berliner is a corrupt self interested jerk. Don’t believe that he’s better than that because a month before an election he’s being real nice and throwing out a few bones. Please!

I’ve written council members twice when there have been votes on issues I was particularly concerned about and Berliner didn’t write back...you would think that with so few people paying attention to county politics that some staffer could be borrowed to return an email.

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Anonymous wrote:Those who like Frick, please tell me why and what he is for? Everything I've seen and read has him bashing others, and not standing for anything...

I am not a fan. Rose was not the problem at the Planning Dept, the Plnning Board was/is. She was a staffer who the Board over-rode every time in favor of developers. I like her! Berliner I want to like, but he takes too much $$ from developers.

Berliner is a corrupt self interested jerk. Don’t believe that he’s better than that because a month before an election he’s being real nice and throwing out a few bones. Please!

I’ve written council members twice when there have been votes on issues I was particularly concerned about and Berliner didn’t write back...you would think that with so few people paying attention to county politics that some staffer could be borrowed to return an email.

Same - he and his office could care less! I had a serious issue and they repeatedly blew me off and said ‘not my problem’ and yet it was definitely something they could have dealt with easily. Just couldn’t care less.

I ended up contacting Van Hollen and though their office wasn’t really as relevant to my issue they were great and they helped me tremendously.

I will never forget the contempt I received from Berliner’s Office. Never.
Now that it’s election time he’ll want to be your best buddy but don’t fall for that.

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This is a HUGE problem for MoCo, IMO. The development over the past decade is RIDICULOUS. All the high rises are changing the feel of the county. And, when all this increased housing remains empty, it does not led to an increase in tax revenue. There needs to be more thought put into how many buildings to up and when.

Who says it's empty?

It will be.

Why will it be? The builders build in order to sell their units. If their units don't sell, they won't build more.

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NP, ,also voting for Frick. It was great to read people's perspective.

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Anonymous wrote:Vote for Blair to keep Elrich out. With The Post endorsement, he is the only one with a shot. This county will be driven into the ground with Elrich.

What about Krasnow?

Krasnow used to be on the Planning Board. So vote for her if you like those results.

She’s got executive experience, though. The others don’t.

She's a diva from Rockville who thought she was above the rules (from what I've heard from people who worked for her/with her/had to deal with her). I would love to see a female CE, but she isn't the right candidate. She has zero chance of winning.

Leventhal is the best bet. He isn't perfect, but he's the best package at the moment.

Levethal acts like he’ll be happiest when everyone’s home value falls, so that the County is more affordable. If you live in Bethesda, Potomac, Rockville and north or west, he is NOT your guy.

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Anonymous wrote:This new interview with Frick convinced me to support him: http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2018/Q-A-With-County-Executive-Candidate-Bill-Frick/

Wow - it's like he's reading my mind! I had been leaning towards Krasnow, but that changed my mind. I think I'll.vote for Frick.

I agree, Elrich would be 100% the worst. I won't vote for any current council member for any position. Ditto.school board

This.
But then you have this woman who is appointed for 4 more years by Leaventhal:

http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2018/Council-Reappoints-Fani-Gonzalez-to-the-Montgomery-County-Planning-Board/

Yes, Fani is the one who spoke out against well-earning wage earners in Bethesda choosing to live in old, inexpensive apartments or what is called “Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing.” She stated that they shouldn’t live there, they can afford other apartments. Those apartments need to go to her friends at Casa, I guess. She clearly has NEVER heard of the old saw of living beneath your means to save money. She also wants to make sure there is central air in each affordable unit, not window units - you know, the kind you still see in many older homes.

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Anonymous wrote:

This is a HUGE problem for MoCo, IMO. The development over the past decade is RIDICULOUS. All the high rises are changing the feel of the county. And, when all this increased housing remains empty, it does not led to an increase in tax revenue. There needs to be more thought put into how many buildings to up and when.

Who says it's empty?

It will be.

Why will it be? The builders build in order to sell their units. If their units don't sell, they won't build more.

Not true. They do keep building even if the units aren't selling.

Or, they leave the projects half unfinished, which we had happen at a development near us a while back. They just moved really slowly and left it as a huge construction site for far too long.

Also, do a search anytime for empty apartments in the county. There is an insane amount of inventory in some areas.

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This link came through on a ListServe in case it's helpful.

http://d1n.org/placeholders/

A survey regarding County Executive Candidates and their positions on placeholders.

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Anonymous wrote:Not to mention Blair has all these great ideas and no way to fund them. Extremely disappointed with this endorsement.

Isn't that how it works though? Voters want to hear about all the great things that are going to happen. Most voters don't give much thought to where the money will come from. Universal PreK sounds like a fantastic, amazing idea, until you realize that MCPS is already so incredibly underfunded, that to fund universal free preK, the money would just mean more cuts?

Bernie Sanders on line 2.

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So if you're Republican temporarily switching parties just to vote for the least bat-shit crazy of these folks, who's your guy or gal?

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Anonymous wrote:So if you're Republican temporarily switching parties just to vote for the least bat-shit crazy of these folks, who's your guy or gal?

I'm looking for a moderate to vote for. Don't see any, sadly.

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Anonymous wrote:So if you're Republican temporarily switching parties just to vote for the least bat-shit crazy of these folks, who's your guy or gal?

I'm looking for a moderate to vote for. Don't see any, sadly.

Then at least who will do the least damage to the local economy, focusing less on social issues and more on growth?

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Anonymous wrote:So if you're Republican temporarily switching parties just to vote for the least bat-shit crazy of these folks, who's your guy or gal?

I'm looking for a moderate to vote for. Don't see any, sadly.

Then at least who will do the least damage to the local economy, focusing less on social issues and more on growth?

Who fits the bill?