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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Very curious too.  Thanks for the thread. [b]I'm voting against all up zone supporters.[/b] [/quote]

[b]Zero people in county government are on the ballot.[/b]

On the MCPS forum, there are always posts about people who supposedly value education (the DCUM demographics) and people who supposedly don't value education (the non-DCUM demographics), but for people who supposedly value education, there is a whole lot of ignorance about the basics of local and state government. Whatever education the DCUM demographics supposedly value, it obviously isn't education in civics. [/quote]

But, as noted, Elrich is effecrively on the ballot as they are seeking to exclude him from a third term.  During his time as County Executive, his stance vis-a-vis development seems to have been to object to measures giving developers unnecessary benefit without equivalent (or more) benefit accruing to the populace of the county.  His vetoes on those items often have been countered by Council overrides, with all or nearly all Councilmembers then allowing the effective/relative private benefit at public expense.

They, who have a three-term limit [i]just as he does already[/i], want him out just as much as the Republicans, with several of them hoping to succeed him sooner rather than later.  If it weren't for a modicum of party decorum, there would be much greater public avowal of that.  Honestly, with the preponderance of the voting public not always well informed, especially about local issues, his narrow victories have more to do with the weight of Council action (and inaction, in some cases) that ends up incorrectly attributed to him as the most visible local politician in office than anything positive about his opposition.

As others have noted, here, voting NO on the term limit question would be a counter of sorts to the densification push.  It would be a minimal one, with no Councilmembers up for reelection and with the avenue that the Council plans to utilize, a Zoning Text Amendment (not envisioned to allow such sweeping change, but not forbidding it), not subject to County Executive veto.  [b]However, it could send a signal.[/b][/quote]

Please explain how this signal-sending would work. All the steps between someone voting for Hogan as a "protest", and the County Council rejecting the proposed zoning changes.[/quote]

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