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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Research into the PB finalists is not pretty.

- 1 candidate’s primary residence is in Colorado
- 1 candidate has a $374k IRS tax judgment/lien from 2022
- 1 candidate has a $164k unpaid IRS tax judgment from 2018 and 12 combined prior state and federal tax cases
- 1 candidate is tied/alleged to have taken part in a real estate investment scam in Panama
https://moderatelymoco.com/more-information-on-planning-board-finalists-plus-campaign-contributions-and-tax-liens-county-council-interviews-and-may-vote-today/

Montgomery County government is an absolute joke of an organization led by people that lack basic competence and professionalism at all levels.[/quote]

And only 1 candidate is a registered replublican, with the rule in place that no more than 3 of the 5 members can be of the same political party.[/quote]

In this case, the board must have the same partisan makeup as the outgoing board, so 3 Democrats, 1 Republican, and 1 Independent, unless they’re throwing all the rules out the window. It would be ill advised to shift the partisan makeup to have, for example 2 independents, because any Republican who applied but was not selected would almost certainly have standing to sue over the process. As of now, the only person who has an obvious claim to standing is Elrich, because he’s been cut out of a process in which he has a statutory role. Maybe he’s decided to play dead on this and let the council keep digging its own hole but I wouldn’t be surprised to see him weigh in after selections when it will be harder for the council to fix its missteps. [/quote]

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