Hogan press conference today at 5pm

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Who's "we"?

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Anonymous wrote:Who's "we"?

Residents of Montgomery County

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Anonymous wrote:Hopefully he will be announcing a retreat back to Phase Zero, because of all the people likely infected within the last 12 days of protesting.

There will be tens of thousands of new cases in the next couple weeks to come, assuming we weren’t being lied to the whole time about how contagious COVID is.

We need to go back to SAH/Shelter In Place immediately

I agree, but actually Elrich made clear in his last announcement that we are still under a stay at home order.

Except that we're not. Read his executive order. There's no stay-at-home order in it anymore.

Then he should stop putting it in his emails!!!! Are he and his staff just that stupid? I don’t have time to read every executive order, but I read his email updates.

Yes, apparently they are that stupid. The executive orders aren't that long. Read Executive Order 070-20 (link) and let me know if you see a stay-at-home order section. (hint: you won't find one)

Compare that to the earlier county executive order, Number 067-20. There you will see the stay-at-home order on page 2.

Simply put, the county's June 1st executive order lifted the stay-at-home order, while obviously leaving other restrictions in place (mostly related to opening/closing businesses).

You realize it’s ridiculous to have to cross-check the updates with the executive orders, right?

I'm not sure what you mean, but I do think it is quite unfortunate that we can't trust the county executive to accurately summarize his own executive orders.

In this case it’s more than simply a failure to summarize, it’s a blatant contradiction.

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Anonymous wrote:Who's "we"?

Residents of Montgomery County

I'm a resident of Montgomery County. I don't share this opinion.

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So you think it is OK for Elrich’s press statements to be inconsistent with the EOs? Interesting position.

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I fundamentally have no clue why Elrich is not only having MoCo go more slowly than the rest of the state, but he’s changing what’s in each phase.

He says he is “largely mirroring” what Hogan is doing, but it’s not true.

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Anonymous wrote:I fundamentally have no clue why Elrich is not only having MoCo go more slowly than the rest of the state, but he’s changing what’s in each phase.

He says he is “largely mirroring” what Hogan is doing, but it’s not true.

I think is because he is a control freak, and because he dislikes Hogan so wants to be seen to be doing something different.

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Anonymous wrote:I fundamentally have no clue why Elrich is not only having MoCo go more slowly than the rest of the state, but he’s changing what’s in each phase.

He says he is “largely mirroring” what Hogan is doing, but it’s not true.

I think is because he is a control freak, and because he dislikes Hogan so wants to be seen to be doing something different.

I agree. It’s really irritating, and as a resident it makes me distrust him. And he seems to be prioritizing indoor activities- what is the reason for allowing 50% capacity inside restaurants and reopening of indoor gyms, but still limiting outdoor pools to lap swimming? And why are playgrounds phase 2 (vs. pre-phase 1 for the state).

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Anonymous wrote:I fundamentally have no clue why Elrich is not only having MoCo go more slowly than the rest of the state, but he’s changing what’s in each phase.

He says he is “largely mirroring” what Hogan is doing, but it’s not true.

I think is because he is a control freak, and because he dislikes Hogan so wants to be seen to be doing something different.

I agree. It’s really irritating, and as a resident it makes me distrust him. And he seems to be prioritizing indoor activities- what is the reason for allowing 50% capacity inside restaurants and reopening of indoor gyms, but still limiting outdoor pools to lap swimming? And why are playgrounds phase 2 (vs. pre-phase 1 for the state).

Everyone needs to contact his office and complain. It takes about as long as it does to post here.

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Anonymous wrote:Who's "we"?

Residents of Montgomery County

I'm a resident of Montgomery County. I don't share this opinion.

Can you expand on that? You're not concerned when he emails say things like that we're still under the "stay-at-home" order when it's clear from the executive order that we're not?

Even if you agree with his general policies it seems like you'd want his summaries and announcements go be accurate.

I'm at a loss here. What am I not understanding about your opinion here?

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Anonymous wrote:Hopefully he will be announcing a retreat back to Phase Zero, because of all the people likely infected within the last 12 days of protesting.

There will be tens of thousands of new cases in the next couple weeks to come, assuming we weren’t being lied to the whole time about how contagious COVID is.

We need to go back to SAH/Shelter In Place immediately

I agree, but actually Elrich made clear in his last announcement that we are still under a stay at home order.

Except that we're not. Read his executive order. There's no stay-at-home order in it anymore.

Then he should stop putting it in his emails!!!! Are he and his staff just that stupid? I don’t have time to read every executive order, but I read his email updates.

Yes, apparently they are that stupid. The executive orders aren't that long. Read Executive Order 070-20 (link) and let me know if you see a stay-at-home order section. (hint: you won't find one)

Compare that to the earlier county executive order, Number 067-20. There you will see the stay-at-home order on page 2.

Simply put, the county's June 1st executive order lifted the stay-at-home order, while obviously leaving other restrictions in place (mostly related to opening/closing businesses).

You realize it’s ridiculous to have to cross-check the updates with the executive orders, right?

I'm not sure what you mean, but I do think it is quite unfortunate that we can't trust the county executive to accurately summarize his own executive orders.

In this case it’s more than simply a failure to summarize, it’s a blatant contradiction.

Perhaps. He might honestly not understand his own executive order. Maybe he doesn't understand the difference between the Stay-at-Home order and the group size restrictions. They were entirely different sections of the EO, but it wouldn't surprise me if he's not detail-oriented. I would have expected his staff to pick up on it though.

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I hope everyone realizes that NOTHING in Phase 3 is happening until there’s a vaccine or treatment.

It says so on Page 28 of MD’s recovery plan: https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/MD_Strong.pdf

So that means MoCo will have no pools open outside of lap swimming this year, libraries won’t open until there’s a vaccine, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope everyone realizes that NOTHING in Phase 3 is happening until there’s a vaccine or treatment.

It says so on Page 28 of MD’s recovery plan: https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/MD_Strong.pdf

So that means MoCo will have no pools open outside of lap swimming this year, libraries won’t open until there’s a vaccine, etc.

Not true. Pools in other parts of the state are open now.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope everyone realizes that NOTHING in Phase 3 is happening until there’s a vaccine or treatment.

It says so on Page 28 of MD’s recovery plan: https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/MD_Strong.pdf

So that means MoCo will have no pools open outside of lap swimming this year, libraries won’t open until there’s a vaccine, etc.

Not true. Pools in other parts of the state are open now.

I’m talking about Elrich’s Phase 3 items, which include pools being open for things other than lap swimming. Anything Elrich puts in Phase 3 won’t happen until Hogan starts Phase 3. That’s not happening until there’s a vaccine or treatment.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope everyone realizes that NOTHING in Phase 3 is happening until there’s a vaccine or treatment.

It says so on Page 28 of MD’s recovery plan: https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/MD_Strong.pdf

So that means MoCo will have no pools open outside of lap swimming this year, libraries won’t open until there’s a vaccine, etc.

Not true. Pools in other parts of the state are open now.

Open for things other than lap swim?