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[quote=Anonymous]I've lived in several states and would have been considered a deep blue liberal hippy democrat in many (red states) I lived in.  Meanwhile in MoCo apparently I'm a centrist (or possibly slightly right?!).  That just shows how far MoCo is to the left.

In most of the country, "developers" aren't really a political issue because people WANT development.  They want housing and businesses.

Only in MoCo do people want fewer homes for others to live in and businesses for them to work at or shops to buy things.  You don't "tax a developer" $20,000 for a new house, that developer doesn't pay the tax they simply charges $20,000 more for the home.  It an additional tax on home ownership.  NIMBYism is the reason San Francisco is such a mess right now.  They won't let people build new housing so prices have skyrocketed.

I was reading Floreen's site and she's for expanding I-270 to the North.  That makes a lot of sense to me.  One of the big problems with 270 is that it quickly drops the number of lanes.  Expanding the lanes where it's already widest isn't going to do much if you don't expand where it's narrowest.

State liquor stores - dumb.  'nuff said.

I'm probably going to vote for Floreen.

For governor, I just can't see myself voting for Hogan (or any Republican) but Ben Jealous wants a $15 minimum wage state-wide.  I can understand the argument for a $15 minimum wage in Montgomery County and even agree it's probably necessary.  This is the most expensive part of the state and housing here is very expensive.  A place like Hagerstown for example isn't as expensive as Bethesda and it's close enough to other states that businesses will pack up and move a few miles away to get a lower minimum wage.  If they wanted to adjust minimum wage on a county-by-county basis and use that each county's cost of living to adjust the minimum wage then count me in but to say $15 for every county is just stupid.

I'll vote for Jealous anyway since I don't want to vote Republican but I doubt he's going to win.  I think Hogan will be reelected.  [/quote]

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