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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I like Bill Frick. He was the only one who actually decided to try to dismantle the DLC (county alcohol monopoly) to the point of proposing a bill in the state legislature (which MoCo shot down before it got to vote).

His stance on minimum wage is it should be settled at the state level and I agree -- raising it to $15/hour while Frederick, Howard, and PG don't have it as high will cause jobs to move. Leventhal and to a less extent Berliner are in the pockets of the unions.

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Here's what Bethesda magazine reports about the alcohol distribution issue from the 6 way debate between the candidates. Too bad that the county has borrowed against the revenues generated by the agency.  
[quote]Frick, Krasnow, Blair and Berliner said they would support relinquishing the county’s control over wholesale distribution of alcohol and retail sales of liquor.
Leventhal and Elrich disagreed with privatizing the Department of Liquor Control, saying the county has borrowed against the roughly $30 million in annual revenues generated by the agency. Leventhal said he would be willing to sell the department in exchange for a sum that would allow the county to clear its debts, but no such interested buyer has stepped forward.
Elrich said he’d like to bring in DLC managers that would “run it like a business” and help the county increase its profits.
But Berliner said ending the county’s liquor monopoly doesn’t mean the county would have to stop selling alcohol. It would simply be forced to compete with other sellers, he said.  [/quote][/quote]

This is precisely what I'm talking about when I say that Leventhal is the most up to speed on things. The others are just pandering without realizing the impact or having all the pertinent information. [/quote]

Anyone that supports any kind of continuation of the DLC should retire or go mess up someone else’s county.
If they would stop recruiting and rolling out the red carpet for illegal aliens to come live here (schools to teach them, casa funding, rec centers nicer than any others in the county) maybe they could balance the books.
I assume these politicians get kickbacks from the businesses that receive the cheap labor while it’s the citizens paying for all of this. 
Honestly it’s like they all think that families who don’t live in Wheaton or Silver Spring have an endless supply of money coming from a huge mythical fountain. The reality is that we’re working long hours, commuting long hours, paying a huge amount in taxes and not getting a lot for it. We have to keep refinancing our home just to not go bankrupt but MoCo never gets enough from you - and geezus when you refi they take thousands in tax stamp fees - they get your money st every turn but it’s never enough for MoCo.[/quote]

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