Kristin Mink

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Anonymous wrote:Moco folks actually voted for this loser? Good god.

The choices weren’t good. The other two leading candidates were developer cronies who favored corporate welfare.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a chasm of difference between non emergency number and calling the district commander personally.

One is normal (although I’d personally just change my tire and/or call AAA). The other is the very definition of using her position for a favor. And the fact that she is both so anti police vocally and literally tweeted two days ago that they should not be involved in traffic stops- makes her a hypocrite. This isn’t complicated.

It speaks volumes about the people who say this isn’t a story or there is nothing to talk about here. Of course there is.

The difference is that they are both non-emergency numbers? Huh?

Are you being obtuse on purpose?

Calling the commander directly as a councilmember is literally asking for special treatment. And she got it too.

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This is the dumbest attempt to gin up a controversy that I have ever seen. About an obscure County Councilwoman no less.

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Republican towns have councilmembers that are literal Nazis and conspiracy theorists. MoCo has a councilmember who called a cop about a flat tire. Outrage!

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Anonymous wrote:Republican towns have councilmembers that are literal Nazis and conspiracy theorists. MoCo has a councilmember who called a cop about a flat tire. Outrage!

And there it is.

Republicans (who have not held local office in moco in 20-30 years) dragged into the conversation.

No one is saying the moco gop is ok.

That doesn’t mean we should “both sides” it to excuse any misdeeds by our actual elected officials though. Poor effort here

Any Dem bad action is ok because they are still better than the gop. Got it

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Anonymous wrote:Republican towns have councilmembers that are literal Nazis and conspiracy theorists. MoCo has a councilmember who called a cop about a flat tire. Outrage!

And there it is.

Republicans (who have not held local office in moco in 20-30 years) dragged into the conversation.

No one is saying the moco gop is ok.

That doesn’t mean we should “both sides” it to excuse any misdeeds by our actual elected officials though. Poor effort here

Any Dem bad action is ok because they are still better than the gop. Got it

Yes. That's exactly what they are saying. No standards of conduct or ethics need to be applied to Dems.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a chasm of difference between non emergency number and calling the district commander personally.

One is normal (although I’d personally just change my tire and/or call AAA). The other is the very definition of using her position for a favor. And the fact that she is both so anti police vocally and literally tweeted two days ago that they should not be involved in traffic stops- makes her a hypocrite. This isn’t complicated.

It speaks volumes about the people who say this isn’t a story or there is nothing to talk about here. Of course there is.

The difference is that they are both non-emergency numbers? Huh?

Are you being obtuse on purpose?

Calling the commander directly as a councilmember is literally asking for special treatment. And she got it too.

She didn’t demand special treatment. The commander didn’t change her flat tire.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a chasm of difference between non emergency number and calling the district commander personally.

One is normal (although I’d personally just change my tire and/or call AAA). The other is the very definition of using her position for a favor. And the fact that she is both so anti police vocally and literally tweeted two days ago that they should not be involved in traffic stops- makes her a hypocrite. This isn’t complicated.

It speaks volumes about the people who say this isn’t a story or there is nothing to talk about here. Of course there is.

The difference is that they are both non-emergency numbers? Huh?

Are you being obtuse on purpose?

Calling the commander directly as a councilmember is literally asking for special treatment. And she got it too.

She didn’t demand special treatment. The commander didn’t change her flat tire.

Non special treatment is calling the regular line like everyone else. Calling the commander directly is using her position to her advantage. This isn’t difficult and you know that.

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Anonymous wrote:She is a nasty skank.

Write it in the Burn Book, Regina George.

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Anonymous wrote:Say what you want about her political positions but to say she asked police to change her tire is dumb. She called AAA and then made the stupid decision to call the District Commander instead of the non emergency number to let them know her car was in the middle of the road. Makes sense to let the people currently in charge of traffic enforcement and safety of a traffic safety issue. If thus function was transferred to another department then she would have called them.

Who's saying she asked the police to change her tire? Do you agree her behavior was reprehensible or not?

No, I don't agree. I think it was dumb to call the District Commander, but it was an error in judgment.

Anyone familiar with the FOP knows they are completely full of it and desperately want to get her voted out. If anything I think the police are abusing their powers for political gain.

Again- pretend it was anyone other than the most left member of the county council here. Literally any other elected official. Take the cheerleader hat off, and use your eyes.

It has to be a member of her team or her family writing these minimizing replies. Only they could pretend to be so obtuse as
to not see the issue here or the irony of the situation. It’s very amusing.

No one is asking that she be charged with a crime. I even agree with a lot of her political views, but wow.

Nope. I actually think as far as Mink's behavior goes it's not s good look that she thought calling the District Commander was the right way to go. She is a county leader and doesn't have a good understanding of how police and first responders work. I also think, as someone supportive of police reform, that it is important to be gracious towards first responders even when the FOP is being ...the FOP, and her Twitter post doesn't show any graciousness towards the people that helped her. But the specific criticisms of her being laid out in this thread strike me as pretty ridiculous. If the only way your brain can process that is to assume I'm a member of her team, so be it, in that case, y'all are a bunch of FOP members trying to discredit someone who wants to reduce your department's budget.

This discussion has been about her character. Her policies are a whole other subject.


If you are comfortable with her, then more power to you. Good luck with that.

And what do you know of her character?

DP. I know that she's an entitled hypocrite and that's all I need to know.

Based on what exactly? The fact you don’t believe her? Sounds like a you problem.

Based on her ACTIONS. Why are being obtuse?

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Anonymous wrote:Btw I estimate there are approximately two DCUM posters that live in Mink's district. The rest of you have no power to vote her out.

Who wants to vote her out? They might replace her with someone effective. Besides, it’s too
much.

Very few people in Mink's district for sure. You are all fooling yourselves in thinking this "scandal" means anything at all.

DP here.

While this isn’t a “scandal,” it does confirm my concerns about Mink: I question her judgment. This is a terribly bad look for her. She has been very vocal recently about MCPD. To use them in this capacity after calling for less police presence in the county? It’s seriously hypocritical. I’m not impressed at all.

And no, I have no connection to the FOP.

I actually think it's quite ridiculous, and dangerous, to say because she doesn't think police should be in charge of traffic enforcement, that she can't call then when there is a safety issue. They currently receive taxpayer funding for traffic safety. She is a taxpayer and is entitled to those services. She shouldn't call the District Commander for them, but to say she shouldn't use them at all is BS, that's just trying to discourage certain political positions because you don't like them. You all are big defenders of MCPD, but they are not perfect at all and neither is Fire and Rescue. You're trying to prevent people from criticizing them by saying they can't do that and receive taxpayer funded services. That's not okay, that's the real abuse of power by the FOP here.

What a gross misinterpretation of my words! I didn’t say she can’t call them when she has a safety issue. She shouldn’t call the district commander! Are you seriously okay with that? Seriously? I’d be more impressed if she (or her supporters, in this case) could just own up to this being a bad choice. To dig in and defend it just makes it worse.

I am also not discouraging different political positions. Where did I do that? I am calling her out for hypocrisy, which isn’t difficult to do considering her calls for fewer police will make very non-emergency calls like this one very hard for police to report to. The hostile environment toward police caused by this council is one of the main reasons WHY our county’s police department is so short staffed

Mink can criticize them all she wants. (She already has been.) I’d respect her beliefs more if I felt she actually knew what the police do. Perhaps she’ll take this as an opportunity to do a ride along or visit district stations. Getting to see the reality of policing in the county may actually help her in her role on the safety committee.

I literally said "she shouldn't call the district commander". At this point you are not interested in debating, just attacking. You are out of your mind.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a chasm of difference between non emergency number and calling the district commander personally.

One is normal (although I’d personally just change my tire and/or call AAA). The other is the very definition of using her position for a favor. And the fact that she is both so anti police vocally and literally tweeted two days ago that they should not be involved in traffic stops- makes her a hypocrite. This isn’t complicated.

It speaks volumes about the people who say this isn’t a story or there is nothing to talk about here. Of course there is.

The difference is that they are both non-emergency numbers? Huh?

Are you being obtuse on purpose?

Calling the commander directly as a councilmember is literally asking for special treatment. And she got it too.

She didn’t demand special treatment. The commander didn’t change her flat tire.

She sits on the public safety committee, which recommends approval of the police budget. The commander knows that. She may not have meant to, but she put him in an awkward position.

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Anonymous wrote:Btw I estimate there are approximately two DCUM posters that live in Mink's district. The rest of you have no power to vote her out.

Who wants to vote her out? They might replace her with someone effective. Besides, it’s too
much.

Very few people in Mink's district for sure. You are all fooling yourselves in thinking this "scandal" means anything at all.

DP here.

While this isn’t a “scandal,” it does confirm my concerns about Mink: I question her judgment. This is a terribly bad look for her. She has been very vocal recently about MCPD. To use them in this capacity after calling for less police presence in the county? It’s seriously hypocritical. I’m not impressed at all.

And no, I have no connection to the FOP.

I actually think it's quite ridiculous, and dangerous, to say because she doesn't think police should be in charge of traffic enforcement, that she can't call then when there is a safety issue. They currently receive taxpayer funding for traffic safety. She is a taxpayer and is entitled to those services. She shouldn't call the District Commander for them, but to say she shouldn't use them at all is BS, that's just trying to discourage certain political positions because you don't like them. You all are big defenders of MCPD, but they are not perfect at all and neither is Fire and Rescue. You're trying to prevent people from criticizing them by saying they can't do that and receive taxpayer funded services. That's not okay, that's the real abuse of power by the FOP here.

What a gross misinterpretation of my words! I didn’t say she can’t call them when she has a safety issue. She shouldn’t call the district commander! Are you seriously okay with that? Seriously? I’d be more impressed if she (or her supporters, in this case) could just own up to this being a bad choice. To dig in and defend it just makes it worse.

I am also not discouraging different political positions. Where did I do that? I am calling her out for hypocrisy, which isn’t difficult to do considering her calls for fewer police will make very non-emergency calls like this one very hard for police to report to. The hostile environment toward police caused by this council is one of the main reasons WHY our county’s police department is so short staffed

Mink can criticize them all she wants. (She already has been.) I’d respect her beliefs more if I felt she actually knew what the police do. Perhaps she’ll take this as an opportunity to do a ride along or visit district stations. Getting to see the reality of policing in the county may actually help her in her role on the safety committee.

I literally said "she shouldn't call the district commander". At this point you are not interested in debating, just attacking. You are out of your mind.

Where an I attacking? Where am I out of my mind? I read my response twice and see nothing unreasonable. It’s all easily backed up by references to Mink’s actions or county council policies.

Once again, you’ve decided to interpret my words in an unusual way. Mink is not above reproach. If you would actually debate instead of misconstruing words, I’d be up for it. As it stands, we’ll just have to disagree.

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There’s nothing to the ethics part of this but she needs to knock it off with the anti-police screeds. She’s spent enough time with MCP now to know they’re not the Memphis or Minneapolis police. MCP is not perfect but they don’t the deserve all her criticism. Mink needs to grow up and show some more humility.

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Anonymous wrote:Republican towns have councilmembers that are literal Nazis and conspiracy theorists. MoCo has a councilmember who called a cop about a flat tire. Outrage!

And there it is.

Republicans (who have not held local office in moco in 20-30 years) dragged into the conversation.

No one is saying the moco gop is ok.

That doesn’t mean we should “both sides” it to excuse any misdeeds by our actual elected officials though. Poor effort here

Any Dem bad action is ok because they are still better than the gop. Got it

Vote Blue no matter who.