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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a Robin Ficker amendment,  which alone is just about enough to convince me to vote against it.

But if you want a more nuanced view, here is what the Washington Post has to say about why they're a bad idea for county governance:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/term-limits-would-pointlessly-purge-montgomery-county-council-members/2016/10/19/394ed9e8-9600-11e6-bb29-bf2701dbe0a3_story.html?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.8ab134b11497[/quote]

Yeah, I bought the "anything Ficker is bad" line from the nice ladies outside my polling place many years ago. After seeing this County go downhill; we need a change. Traffic, taxes, school system - all bad and getting worse. Meanwhile our local politicians and Board of Ed spend time on things like divestment and protesting Labor Day start instead of LISTENING to voter concerns. (Real voters, not the transient people recruited by Planning Board to participate in planning "happy hours."  Voting for term limits.[/quote]

NP and long-time resident here. I've also rolled my eyes at Ficker over the years and refused to sign his petitions. But this time, I agree with him. It's time for some changes. We need to get some new blood in there, people who aren't in cahoots with the developers and who will listen to the citizens. At least we know we'll be getting a new county executive, as Leggett said he won't seek a 4th term.
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