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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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[/quote]

Thank you. I hate GGW, so this helps me eliminate people from consideration.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

Makes sense. The same people who fund GGW also fund Friedson. It’s not that Jawando is a NIMBY. It’s that Friedson has demonstrated that he will throw taxpayer money and developers and bail out people who made bad land deals. [/quote]

Maybe one could tenuously argue that Jawando’s NIMBY status is up for debate, but the NIMBYs certainly seem to be coalescing behind him (à la Elrich).[/quote]

The bills he’s voted against have been terrible and the ones that passed near the beginning of his time on the council have been ineffective. Also, the idea that you should hate everyone your enemy likes is ridiculous. If that were wielded against YIMBYs, you’d find yourselves as welcome in these parts as the Koch Brothers. [/quote]

I think you’re misconstruing the argument here. It’s disingenuous to claim that Jawando is completely divorced from NIMBYism when NIMBYs make up so much of his base, a fact which he surely must be aware of.[/quote]

So you’re saying the best way to judge a person is by seeing how other people judge a person?

By your measure, we should be skeptical of Friedson because some of the biggest right wing nutsos on X have expressed a preference for Friedson. I don’t think that’s right. [/quote]

Did I ever say that it was the best way to judge a person, or did I say that it was something important to keep in mind? Obviously, it should be part (not all) of a balanced viewpoint. At the same time, it shouldn’t be completely discarded.[/quote]

Was Friedson a NIMBY when he prevented Jawando’s upzoning bill from advancing? [/quote]

When did he do that? Not disputing that it happened, just asking for context. Sounds like a NIMBY move if so! Also worth noting the shift in Jawando’s housing policy — the measures that candidates CURRENTLY would support are most relevant.[/quote]

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