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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is some hyperbole in this thread.

What I think would be a fair criticism of Dan is-

-he drastically favors East county to west.  That means among other things [b]he is anti transit except public transportation[/b].  The reality is a lot of us in Gaithersburg and beyond depend on cars.  We all cant afford to just live in DTSS.   Sure, changing the zoning would help (for FUTURE people), but some of us made the decision to sprawl by sheer neccessity.

-He generally refuses to even consider the opinions of people who do not agree with his far left views, across the board.

-Not every neighborhood wants tons of density.   Those of us who chose to move farther out of city centers for more land, more space, etc- dont neccesarily want tons of density right in our backyard.  Again- it's fine that he does, but he seems to never consider the viewpoints of those who dont agree with him in lockstep.

BTW- the idea from an above poster that Marc Elrich somehow isnt progressive *enough* is borderline scary. He has at times referred to himself a socialist for godsakes. [/quote]

I'm scratching my head about this.

The reality is that a lot of us in Gaithersburg and beyond depend on cars because transit in Gaithersburg and beyond is lousy. We're [i]forced[/i] into cars (those of us who can afford them).

Also, although Elrich is at times referred to himself as a socialist, it's also true that

(1) he has never (to my knowledge) proposed nationalizing the means of production.
(2) he almost always votes with the civic associations, against change.[/quote]

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