Why do people hate Elrich?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you look at what everyone that hates Floreen says, it's always "she's in the pocket of developers". I would like to know which developer she's in the pocket of and which "development" these people specifically think should not be built. Do people want fewer houses? Do people want fewer businesses? Explicitly say, which homes do you want not built. I'm voting Floreen and strawman attacks with zero substance will not persuade me otherwise. The house I live in was at one time built by a developer.

You make a good point. Whether we like it or not, the MoCo population, like the population of MD, and the US as a whole, is growing. People need somewhere to live. If they block new projects downcounty (Bethesda, etc), it drives up prices by limiting supply, and gives people no choice but to move upcounty like Clarksburg/Germantown. But that area isn't served by public transporation, and even adding a BRT won't help that much -- it's too spread out. So, we'd need more roads.

Either we allow development downcounty and add more capacity for schools, and so on; or we do it upcounty and add more capacity for roads (and schools.. but they have the land set aside already).

What I haven't really seen from Elrich is how to address the growing population. If he's anti-development, then housing prices will just go up since all these new people moving to the area need a place to live. If we restrict supply, then prices go up.

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Elrich supporters seem to ignore that fact that population growth in MoCo is growing regardless of development.

That doesn't mean we throw in the towel and let this place become a disaster like Tysons corner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you look at what everyone that hates Floreen says, it's always "she's in the pocket of developers". I would like to know which developer she's in the pocket of and which "development" these people specifically think should not be built. Do people want fewer houses? Do people want fewer businesses? Explicitly say, which homes do you want not built. I'm voting Floreen and strawman attacks with zero substance will not persuade me otherwise. The house I live in was at one time built by a developer.

Any developer that has a sack of money. The problem with unchecked development is our schools are already beyond capacity. We need to invest infrastructure to support these projects first. This is why Elrich is a better choice.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you look at what everyone that hates Floreen says, it's always "she's in the pocket of developers". I would like to know which developer she's in the pocket of and which "development" these people specifically think should not be built. Do people want fewer houses? Do people want fewer businesses? Explicitly say, which homes do you want not built. I'm voting Floreen and strawman attacks with zero substance will not persuade me otherwise. The house I live in was at one time built by a developer.

You make a good point. Whether we like it or not, the MoCo population, like the population of MD, and the US as a whole, is growing. People need somewhere to live. If they block new projects downcounty (Bethesda, etc), it drives up prices by limiting supply, and gives people no choice but to move upcounty like Clarksburg/Germantown. But that area isn't served by public transporation, and even adding a BRT won't help that much -- it's too spread out. So, we'd need more roads.

Either we allow development downcounty and add more capacity for schools, and so on; or we do it upcounty and add more capacity for roads (and schools.. but they have the land set aside already).

What I haven't really seen from Elrich is how to address the growing population. If he's anti-development, then housing prices will just go up since all these new people moving to the area need a place to live. If we restrict supply, then prices go up.

+1,000,000

Elrich supporters seem to ignore that fact that population growth in MoCo is growing regardless of development.

That doesn't mean we throw in the towel and let this place become a disaster like Tysons corner.

So, what do you propose? Limit all develop to a small section around metro centers, that Elrich has proposed? That still doesn't solve our traffic problems or school overcrowding. Like it or not, Tysons is working on improving itself and is perhaps the biggest job center in the region, and is a destination for shopping, all of which help contribute to Fairfax's tax base. MoCo doesn't have this, which could be detrimental in terms of quality of services and property tax rates.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I like Marc and I find it really sad that people on this thread believe the media hack job on him. It’s really a shame. I have never once heard this level of vitriol against him over his past twelve years in office. Which, I may add, he was consistently the top vote getter.

Elrich won the primary by 77 votes in a 6-way race. Hardly a mandate.

Yes. He barely won despite having the highest name recognition by far.

[Anonymous]

Marc Elrich can't control his own eating habits. How can he be trusted with our budget?