MoCo county exec thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Here are the GGW candidate endorsements. For better or for worse:

https://ggwash.org/view/102768/morrison-ashman-stewart-fani-gonzalez-luedtke-goldberg-silvestre-sayles-mcnulty-for-montgomery-county-council?fbclid=IwdGRleAQqnYBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeiiLHATkqDdW8vtu_0LV3sVt7kb1JiSHCwK6sD_Bua3hzti2heZxtT_qjfM8_aem_SmYFkNTtbLU1HMvyeAE5xw

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here are the GGW candidate endorsements. For better or for worse:

https://ggwash.org/view/102768/morrison-ashman-stewart-fani-gonzalez-luedtke-goldberg-silvestre-sayles-mcnulty-for-montgomery-county-council?fbclid=IwdGRleAQqnYBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeiiLHATkqDdW8vtu_0LV3sVt7kb1JiSHCwK6sD_Bua3hzti2heZxtT_qjfM8_aem_SmYFkNTtbLU1HMvyeAE5xw

Thank you. I hate GGW, so this helps me eliminate people from consideration.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Jwando is a hard no from me.

Friedson seems like the most moderate and common sense to me. I would like to know more about why people say he’s in developers pockets (other than just accusations, but I’d like to learn about that).

Glass is a mystery to me. He seems like a nice guy, but really all I know about him is that he is a vegan and gay. He needs to do a better job messaging his positions. He does a great job promoting vegan restaurants and that he’s gay.

Those are our only options and frankly none of those excite me. Elrich did a fantastic job at ruining the county and the county needs to redirect to dig itself out of this hole.

Friedson has repeatedly sponsored legislation to give his developer donors multimillion dollar tax breaks and is also working to undermine the county’s affordable housing policy. In addition, his donor base is heavily tilted toward developers, development lobbyists, and development lawyers. Those are three reasons people say he’s in developers’ pockets.

Because MoCo is woefully behind DC and NoVa in terms of job growth, infrastructure, and housing, retail and corporate HQ development I would actually welcome a candidate like this. Voting Friedson and will actually campaign for him if he’s as pro growth as you make him out to be. I want the complete opposite policies regarding economic development as we have now. MoCo could be so much nicer with more capable leadership. I want less annoying, pointless regulations like plastic bag bans and better schools, better amenities, more housing that isn’t only retirement homes or low income housing, more jobs, and nicer roads, bike paths, and public amenities. Anyone who can work toward that has my vote.

When you find out the plans are to deal with schools and roads and jobs let us know. What we’ve seen so far is barely regulated upzoning and zero talk of dealing with the repercussions of that on those items, let alone something that would improve them. Is the plan to let people build housing wherever they want and somehow that the libertarian Ponzi scheme will lead to some trickle down theory to improve infrastructure after the building happens?

New tax revenue from density is going to support all of the needed infrastructure in a timely and efficient manner?

Ok, yeah.

This is my big issue with the development. In our neighborhood, every house that goes down (usually with an older person in it), leads to two or three being built for people with families. (Plus they are replacing middle class housing with very upper middle class housing, which is tiresome.) Our schools are so overcrowded. It takes decades for the county to get around to building new schools. At best, they just expand the current schools so you end up with an ES that has multiple floors and wings, but no field space to play games. I don't think they should keep expanding the development unless the developers are willing to buy some property to set aside as new schools. The private schools seem to be able to find properties to buy to keep expanding, but there's no $$ for MCPS to buy space for additional schools.

I think I'm leaning to Glass, unenthusiastically, by process of elimination.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Jawando.

Glass only cares about rich people who can bike to work or eat vegan.

Jawando is a nice guy who is personally ambitious. I've lost count of how many political offices he has run for. What I can count are Jawando's accomplishments: zero.

He lacks executive function, a key component of being a successful county executive.

What makes you think he's nice?

DP. I’m not sure whether he’s nice — and most people who achieve elected office are not nice at all — but he is considerably smarter than the other two candidates.

I disagree with that. He doesn't have the emotional intelligence or social skills to work well with others. Having a bunch of knowledge gets you nowhere if you can't lead.

Friedson lies a lot and Glass seems petty. Those aren’t good leadership traits either. On top of that, they’re as book smart. Jawando is the only council member I’ve seen who listens to constituents and he’s been more flexible in modifying his bills than others have been. Friedson acts like the smartest guy in the room and seems put off any time someone proposes an amendment.

Agree with that on Friedson. I think he is smart, but the one time I met with him on something, I raised an different perspective on a small point, and he got really huffy and mansplaining about it. It was weird because we were essentially on the same side of the issue.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Jwando is a hard no from me.

Friedson seems like the most moderate and common sense to me. I would like to know more about why people say he’s in developers pockets (other than just accusations, but I’d like to learn about that).

Glass is a mystery to me. He seems like a nice guy, but really all I know about him is that he is a vegan and gay. He needs to do a better job messaging his positions. He does a great job promoting vegan restaurants and that he’s gay.

Those are our only options and frankly none of those excite me. Elrich did a fantastic job at ruining the county and the county needs to redirect to dig itself out of this hole.

Agree on the vegan part, but can you elaborate on how he "promotes" that he is gay? Is it possible that he just happens to be gay and that is somehow all you see?

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/03/12/evan-glass-running-for-montgomery-county-executive/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/gay-politician-pushed-for-pride-events-in-a-maryland-suburb--and-was-targeted-by-hate/2019/07/08/bbfda4d8-9def-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MDMONTGOMERY/bulletins/246cf2b
https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/glass/about.html

So an LQBTQ publication chose to spotlight him.
And there was press nearly a decade ago regarding a specific initiative he spearheaded.
And it is a line in his bio.

Of everything out there about him and all he has done, this doesn't qualify as promotion, and certainly not self-promotion of his sexuality.

The delusion runs deep. Just type this into google: evan glass ltbtq. Pages and pages of results. I get it -- when you have nothing else to run on, you default to identity politics.

That logic is so faulty. Oh, you find what you are specifically looking for?

Type this into Google: andrew friedson developer. pages and pages of results.
Or try Will Jawando socialist. Pages and pages of results!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Jwando is a hard no from me.

Friedson seems like the most moderate and common sense to me. I would like to know more about why people say he’s in developers pockets (other than just accusations, but I’d like to learn about that).

Glass is a mystery to me. He seems like a nice guy, but really all I know about him is that he is a vegan and gay. He needs to do a better job messaging his positions. He does a great job promoting vegan restaurants and that he’s gay.

Those are our only options and frankly none of those excite me. Elrich did a fantastic job at ruining the county and the county needs to redirect to dig itself out of this hole.

Agree on the vegan part, but can you elaborate on how he "promotes" that he is gay? Is it possible that he just happens to be gay and that is somehow all you see?

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/03/12/evan-glass-running-for-montgomery-county-executive/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/gay-politician-pushed-for-pride-events-in-a-maryland-suburb--and-was-targeted-by-hate/2019/07/08/bbfda4d8-9def-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MDMONTGOMERY/bulletins/246cf2b
https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/glass/about.html

The assertion was that you didn’t know anything about him other than he is vegan and he is gay, and that he hasn’t articulated a vision. And then you link to a source that mentions he is gay and then explicitly lays out his priorities, experience, and approach to governing?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here are the GGW candidate endorsements. For better or for worse:

https://ggwash.org/view/102768/morrison-ashman-stewart-fani-gonzalez-luedtke-goldberg-silvestre-sayles-mcnulty-for-montgomery-county-council?fbclid=IwdGRleAQqnYBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeiiLHATkqDdW8vtu_0LV3sVt7kb1JiSHCwK6sD_Bua3hzti2heZxtT_qjfM8_aem_SmYFkNTtbLU1HMvyeAE5xw

Thank you. I hate GGW, so this helps me eliminate people from consideration.

Interesting that Jawando didn't do the GGW questionnaire. That makes me want to support him more. Perhaps he knew he wouldn't be able to pander to the developer propagandists at GGW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here are the GGW candidate endorsements. For better or for worse:

https://ggwash.org/view/102768/morrison-ashman-stewart-fani-gonzalez-luedtke-goldberg-silvestre-sayles-mcnulty-for-montgomery-county-council?fbclid=IwdGRleAQqnYBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeiiLHATkqDdW8vtu_0LV3sVt7kb1JiSHCwK6sD_Bua3hzti2heZxtT_qjfM8_aem_SmYFkNTtbLU1HMvyeAE5xw

Thank you. I hate GGW, so this helps me eliminate people from consideration.

Interesting that Jawando didn't do the GGW questionnaire. That makes me want to support him more. Perhaps he knew he wouldn't be able to pander to the developer propagandists at GGW.

Absolutely.

[Anonymous]

Glass put out a press release claiming to be in the lead. The poll showed Glass up by one over Jawando and up by five over Friedson. Almost half of the people polled were undecided, so it’s too early to say that Friedson doesn’t have a lane, but the YIMBY narrative that it was important to consolidate behind Friedson to avoid splitting the YIMBY vote seems off base. At this point, the discussion should be about whether Friedson is going to hurt Glass and result in Jawando, much as Riemer hurt Blair and resulted in Elrich.

[Anonymous]

I think it's interesting that Friedson's donors are all across the county. Glass thinks Friedson doesn't have a shot because he's a district Councilmember. But I think Friedson has a real shot

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's interesting that Friedson's donors are all across the county. Glass thinks Friedson doesn't have a shot because he's a district Councilmember. But I think Friedson has a real shot

I think it’s interesting that Friedson has raised most his money from the real estate industry and that some of the companies that have maxed out for him also received lucrative subsidies that he sponsored. In fact, I find that much more interesting than the point you were trying to make.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's interesting that Friedson's donors are all across the county. Glass thinks Friedson doesn't have a shot because he's a district Councilmember. But I think Friedson has a real shot

I think it’s interesting that Friedson has raised most his money from the real estate industry and that some of the companies that have maxed out for him also received lucrative subsidies that he sponsored. In fact, I find that much more interesting than the point you were trying to make.

I know that's what everyone assumes but do you have evidence? Down to the $$? I haven't looked at contributions because I don't have a ton of free time to do that type of analysis. But happy to read yours

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's interesting that Friedson's donors are all across the county. Glass thinks Friedson doesn't have a shot because he's a district Councilmember. But I think Friedson has a real shot

I think it’s interesting that Friedson has raised most his money from the real estate industry and that some of the companies that have maxed out for him also received lucrative subsidies that he sponsored. In fact, I find that much more interesting than the point you were trying to make.

I know that's what everyone assumes but do you have evidence? Down to the $$? I haven't looked at contributions because I don't have a ton of free time to do that type of analysis. But happy to read yours

Yes, it’s all available here: https://campaignfinance.maryland.gov/login. Be sure to look at his reports from previous years. You can see, for example, Five Squares, maxing out for him right after getting a big subsidy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Jawando.

Glass only cares about rich people who can bike to work or eat vegan.

Jawando is a nice guy who is personally ambitious. I've lost count of how many political offices he has run for. What I can count are Jawando's accomplishments: zero.

He lacks executive function, a key component of being a successful county executive.

Even if he does nothing, he still sounds like he'd be a better choice than the other two.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here are the GGW candidate endorsements. For better or for worse:

https://ggwash.org/view/102768/morrison-ashman-stewart-fani-gonzalez-luedtke-goldberg-silvestre-sayles-mcnulty-for-montgomery-county-council?fbclid=IwdGRleAQqnYBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeiiLHATkqDdW8vtu_0LV3sVt7kb1JiSHCwK6sD_Bua3hzti2heZxtT_qjfM8_aem_SmYFkNTtbLU1HMvyeAE5xw

Thank you. I hate GGW, so this helps me eliminate people from consideration.

Interesting that Jawando didn't do the GGW questionnaire. That makes me want to support him more. Perhaps he knew he wouldn't be able to pander to the developer propagandists at GGW.

I knew Jawando back before he ran for office, with him going to regular meetings at GGW's Dan Reed's house. How times have changed.