Moderates- Eleich or Blair

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm voting for Riemer. Blair's website reads Republican to me.

On top of that, I'm not religious but I am an LGBT person and he's got a whole religious section which I take it to mean that he would not support my continued existence just as other Republicans don't. Riemer is endorsed by LGBTQ Democrats of Montgomery County.

From Blair’s page on religion:

“The sacred texts of all the major faith traditions teach the importance of loving one’s neighbor as one’s self, seeking justice, and caring for the poor and vulnerable.”

“The impact of faith communities grows exponentially as they cross lines of race, culture, gender, ideology and religion in serving the common good. Examples of effective activities include; interfaith worship services of thanksgiving, interfaith prayer and candlelight vigils responding to acts of hate and violence, hosting multicultural dialogues on important and challenging local moral issues, serving as first responders to emergencies, providing healthcare, and welcoming immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. Community members experiencing the rich diversity of Montgomery County in these ways know we are one human family inspired with social justice and compassion.”

I’m obviously not going to tell you who to vote for, but I don’t think Blair’s page paints the picture of someone who is a religious zealot who will attack LGBT rights.

Better safe than sorry in this current climate.

That's exactly how I feel. It's easy for people that aren't worried about losing their rights to tell me I'm being dramatic. When Roe leaked a few months ago, I told people I was scared about losing gay marriage and was told I'm dramatic and it will never happen. Now Thomas explicitly mentioned it. I can't live my life hoping for the best. I need to vote for the person that I know will look out for me.

Riemer is probably the best when it comes to LGBT issues however don’t forget about the gubernatorial election. Probably the biggest step back on progressive issues would happen if the republican candidate were to win. I don’t expect Blair would be matching in pride parades or anything like that but I also don’t see him trying to roll back anything either (as if the council would let him!).

This is just another way of saying that Riemer is best if you want a leaders who’s focused on platitudes instead of substance. There is little the CE can to in MD to advance LGBTI issues, because protections are driven by state and federal law - and judicial interpretations.

If you want a CE that’s actually capable of doing things then don’t vote for Riemer. He’s f$:&’d up everything he’s touched in his career. That’s why he’s not running on his accomplishments.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Blair all the way. The crime is out of control. And part of the reason is elrich doesn’t support his police department.

Where is his praise of their excellent police work apprehending the three juveniles who were shooting at police in Bethesda? Police took them unharmed. Elrich is quick to condemn them in officer involved shootings but silent when they do it right. Unbelievable.

Oh yeah, let's give the police a huge pat on the back for DOING THEIR JOBS and not murdering people while arresting them.

Yes, you should praise police for doing excellent work. They are county employees too. Look at very liberal Howard County Executive Calvin Ball. He supports his department 100%.

MCPD hasn't "murdered" anyone. That's a legal term. But I guess you think abortion is murder too.

Police have a right to self defense just like we do, but we call them to go address the violent crime so we don't have to. The only alternatives to police are vigilante justice or military intervention. I say no thanks to either of those options. Give me well-trained police any day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Blair all the way. The crime is out of control. And part of the reason is elrich doesn’t support his police department.

Where is his praise of their excellent police work apprehending the three juveniles who were shooting at police in Bethesda? Police took them unharmed. Elrich is quick to condemn them in officer involved shootings but silent when they do it right. Unbelievable.

Oh yeah, let's give the police a huge pat on the back for DOING THEIR JOBS and not murdering people while arresting them.

Acknowledgement for their good work is appropriate. Do you not appreciate it at your job?

The police are minimally staffed right now because of this council. They have made MCPD so unattractive to recruits that the academy classes can’t even begin to replace the officers leaving the department. Riemer has been one to lead the charge against the police department. He claims he wants to improve public safety and policing, but he can’t (won’t?) admit he is large part of the problem. The fact MCPD operates as well as it does in spite of the current council is astounding.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Blair all the way. The crime is out of control. And part of the reason is elrich doesn’t support his police department.

Where is his praise of their excellent police work apprehending the three juveniles who were shooting at police in Bethesda? Police took them unharmed. Elrich is quick to condemn them in officer involved shootings but silent when they do it right. Unbelievable.

Oh yeah, let's give the police a huge pat on the back for DOING THEIR JOBS and not murdering people while arresting them.

Agree that the hero worship is out of control.

LEOs, Firefighters, Teachers. We have stop treating them like heros.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair all the way. The crime is out of control. And part of the reason is elrich doesn’t support his police department.

Where is his praise of their excellent police work apprehending the three juveniles who were shooting at police in Bethesda? Police took them unharmed. Elrich is quick to condemn them in officer involved shootings but silent when they do it right. Unbelievable.

Oh yeah, let's give the police a huge pat on the back for DOING THEIR JOBS and not murdering people while arresting them.

Agree that the hero worship is out of control.

LEOs, Firefighters, Teachers. We have stop treating them like heros.

You don’t have to treat them like heroes. You just need to treat them like humans.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair all the way. The crime is out of control. And part of the reason is elrich doesn’t support his police department.

Where is his praise of their excellent police work apprehending the three juveniles who were shooting at police in Bethesda? Police took them unharmed. Elrich is quick to condemn them in officer involved shootings but silent when they do it right. Unbelievable.

Oh yeah, let's give the police a huge pat on the back for DOING THEIR JOBS and not murdering people while arresting them.

Agree that the hero worship is out of control.

LEOs, Firefighters, Teachers. We have stop treating them like heros.

You don’t have to treat them like heroes. You just need to treat them like humans.

This! No worship necessary, but let’s treat them kindly. These are people who selected service professions. It isn’t hard to say “thanks” every now and then.

[Anonymous]

Blair

[Anonymous]

does Marc Elrich
have a chance of winning?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:does Marc Elrich
have a chance of winning?

absolutely

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:does Marc Elrich
have a chance of winning?

Yes. I dislike Blair who runs his mouth a lot, sends out expensive, pretty flyers, and way too many emails, but has done little beyond work in a family business. While I’m not doubting his business skills, his track record is not one that I find encouraging. I’m happy with a lot of things about Elrich. I also see value in going with the devil that I know, especially since I have no idea who will be governing the state or what that will look like and feel like during an economic crunch, with COVID still a concern.

tldr: Elrich has many people who are reasonably happy with his efforts - particularly when the other choice is someone like Blair. As always, it will come down to who actually gets out to the polls, who takes the primary seriously, and how many Independents like me changed their registrations so that we could vote in crucial primaries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair all the way. The crime is out of control. And part of the reason is elrich doesn’t support his police department.

Where is his praise of their excellent police work apprehending the three juveniles who were shooting at police in Bethesda? Police took them unharmed. Elrich is quick to condemn them in officer involved shootings but silent when they do it right. Unbelievable.

Oh yeah, let's give the police a huge pat on the back for DOING THEIR JOBS and not murdering people while arresting them.

Agree that the hero worship is out of control.

LEOs, Firefighters, Teachers. We have stop treating them like heros.

Most only want to be treated with respect. Those of you nattering on about “hero worship” might want to concern yourselves with the significant numbers of open slots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:does Marc Elrich
have a chance of winning?

Yes. I dislike Blair who runs his mouth a lot, sends out expensive, pretty flyers, and way too many emails, but has done little beyond work in a family business. While I’m not doubting his business skills, his track record is not one that I find encouraging. I’m happy with a lot of things about Elrich. I also see value in going with the devil that I know, especially since I have no idea who will be governing the state or what that will look like and feel like during an economic crunch, with COVID still a concern.

tldr: Elrich has many people who are reasonably happy with his efforts - particularly when the other choice is someone like Blair. As always, it will come down to who actually gets out to the polls, who takes the primary seriously, and how many Independents like me changed their registrations so that we could vote in crucial primaries.

Most independents have switched to vote for Blair. And the Elrich camp is nervous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:does Marc Elrich
have a chance of winning?

Yes. I dislike Blair who runs his mouth a lot, sends out expensive, pretty flyers, and way too many emails, but has done little beyond work in a family business. While I’m not doubting his business skills, his track record is not one that I find encouraging. I’m happy with a lot of things about Elrich. I also see value in going with the devil that I know, especially since I have no idea who will be governing the state or what that will look like and feel like during an economic crunch, with COVID still a concern.

tldr: Elrich has many people who are reasonably happy with his efforts - particularly when the other choice is someone like Blair. As always, it will come down to who actually gets out to the polls, who takes the primary seriously, and how many Independents like me changed their registrations so that we could vote in crucial primaries.

Most independents have switched to vote for Blair. And the Elrich camp is nervous.

How do you know this? I’m assuming that it’s easy to see that independents have switched — but what supports your assertion that they switched to vote for Blair? When I switched, it was purely to vote in the primaries — not because I had a candidate picked out.

[Anonymous]

Question: Blair has run before for County Executive. One of my concerns about him was his lack of actual government experience— at least as far as I could tell. That doesn’t seem to have changed. Have I missed something fantastic or even substantive that would strongly suggest that he’d be an excellent County Executive— over and above working for his family business? I also wonder what will happen to the business if he wins, but I can wait until late July to look into that — if it still matters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Question: Blair has run before for County Executive. One of my concerns about him was his lack of actual government experience— at least as far as I could tell. That doesn’t seem to have changed. Have I missed something fantastic or even substantive that would strongly suggest that he’d be an excellent County Executive— over and above working for his family business? I also wonder what will happen to the business if he wins, but I can wait until late July to look into that — if it still matters.

Elrich sucks at managing and county services are degrading as a result. He's a tunnel vision micromanager. Blair seems to have a good track record of choosing good managers and delegating. He sucks at managing the county budget, just like he can't manage his campaign budget.

People tend to vote for whomever matches their outlook on different issues, which I completely get. But the county lacks leadership across the board, and we are suffering for it. I need someone who has the strength to lead. The issues will take care of themselves with one party rule.