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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Observation:  This thread is almost entirely focused on the YIMBY/NIMBY debate.  I'm sure DCUM is not a representative sample, but it surprises me that there aren't a lot of other issues that come up in making this decision....[/quote]

There’s been a lot on taxes too. Who would be best on the budget is not clear. Friedson claims to be the budget expert but Fani-Gonzalez said Friedson “didn’t engage” except to oppose cuts. That does not square with his ads or mailers.

She’s the last person I’d expect to do a hit job on him and I thought she would endorse him for a while, so her complaints about him carry a lot of weight with me. [/quote]

I think they all weaponized NFG's proposed approach to the budget.  Jawando didn't think the progressive income tax went far enough.  Friedson didn't like removing the ITOC.  I do think Friedson was OK with not fully funding MCPS.  But I have no idea what they all spoke about behind closed doors. I think it brought out the ugliest side of them all, honestly.  And I've posted this before here.  A bunch of men who bristled at taking direction from a female Council President.

Regardless of who wins, they are in for a world of hurt when they realize they won't be able to do anything on the CEX side of the street without causing pain.  And that pain will fall on the unions if the next exec has any backbone at all.  [/quote]

Is the council president really their boss? I don’t think one member should be allowed to determine the budget when we’re all represented by a district council member and a four at-large representatives.

Objectively, the package overall was regressive for homeowners, which represent a large swath of taxpayers in this county. You can argue about whether homeowners “deserve” a regressive tax increase, but it was in fact regressive.

But none of this changes the fact that Friedson didn’t do anything to help the situation, and that’s a weird approach given that this hurt a lot of people in his district. [/quote]

Of course she's the boss. Like the speaker of the house or the senate majority leader.

Her approach was a good one as a whole. They should have reduced compensation. But all of them - all three - tailored their approach to the budget to best support their campaign messaging - rather than doing what's best for the county. [/quote]

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