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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No.  The Council chose the representatives for the Redistricting Commission.    They've cooked the books before it even begins.

Folks do need to wake up if they want any real changes.   And I say this as a moderate Democrat.   [b]You all are about to lose your police department[/b] and I just wonder if anyone is even paying attention.
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Oh good grief. No, we are not about to lose our police department, whatever that would even mean.[/quote]

Yeah, you are.   They are getting it from both sides -- public and politicians.   All the good ones are leaving.  You'll be left with the likes of Baltimore.   [/quote]

Nah, these guys love their good MoCo paycheck that they can take back to more rural parts of MD and PA. The police union huffs & puffs, but where else are these guys gonna work with such a robust tax base?

All talk. They have to deal with independent oversight moving forward. Waaaah, too bad. [/quote]

Actually, the MoCo police department is one of the lowest paid in the region. There used to be hundreds of applicants for the academy each year, but now they are struggling to even fill seats. MoCo is currently an undesirable department because of the working conditions, primarily a very hostile council that doesn’t respect the officers or their contract. [b]It’s easy for us to look in from the outside and criticize[/b], isn’t it?[/quote]

"Us" who? The public, who (a) interacts with the police, and (b) is who the police are supposed to serve and protect?[/quote]

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