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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only rational choice is Blair. Elrich is in over his head, and Riemer lies so much that it makes him look malevolent. [/quote]
I have to agree that Elrich is in over his head, but to be specific, he’s showing himself to be a more competent manager than I expected but is just a piss-poor leader. Elrich’s biggest problem is that he lets the council jerk him around, which demonstrates a lack of leadership. The main reason that this happens is that he shares the same base with most of the council, which makes him susceptible to political pressure.

I don’t think there is anyone who would argue that Hans Riemer would be a competent manager and in fact he’s well known for being flatly incompetent. That means that it is guaranteed that Riemer as CE would lead to a serious deterioration of public services. Do you like poor garbage collection, un-maintained and deteriorating parks, even higher crime, slow 911 response, potholes, broken sidewalks, etc well Hans Riemer will certainly bring that to Moco. And while he fancies himself a “leader” there are few, if any, people who actually respect him.

Having a CE who has a political base not beholden to the same old tired people who have led this county into the ditch would be a huge relief. While Blair seems to have qualities of a competent manager and a leader, the only thing that worries me is that he is too close with Silverman who represents the old power center that led us into the last ditch.

So I cannot decide between Blair or Elrich right now.[/quote]

Can you give some examples of how he's a good manager?  Many, MANY county workers are so over his micromanaging his pet projects. [/quote]
The answer is in the counterfactual. Is there a specific public service in this county that runs poorly right now? And while it would be easier to say that he’s just riding the momentum from Leggett, in actual fact there are several things better now than when Leggett was CE. First off, there was the shady trash collection contract with Potomac which led to my house and others not having regular garbage collection for months. Second and indisputably ABS is actually not screwing up and seems to be running fine now. We could use more capital budget for roads, but that’s more on the Council. The only serious governance problem that I know of in Moco right now is MCPS and that’s not the CE’s responsibility. Notably the Council, including Riemer, has oversight over MCPS so that should give a lot of pause for concern. [/quote]

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