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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wes Moore, who is very YIMBY and has been endorsing YIMBYs in races against NIMBYs all over the state and in many county races, endorsed Jawando. Maybe this will put to bed the ridiculous claim that Jawando is anti-housing because he opposed some odious bills.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2026/06/05/moore-endorses-jawando-for-montgomery-county-executive/[/quote]

Wes Moore’s political endorsements in Montgomery County seem to defy intraparty ideology. He endorsed Jawando for county executive but endorsed Morrison for District 1 of County Council (the most Friedson-coded candidate in that race). Any policy-related rationale for the Mooredorsements is pure poppycock — there seems to be something else going on.[/quote]

Or maybe he isn’t myopically focused on just one policy. In the case of county executive, maybe he believes the other two candidates aren’t very good. That could also be part of it. Or maybe the super pac spending against Jawando offended his sensibilities. Probably a combination of all of the above.  [/quote]

Or maybe Jawando was one of the first to endorse Moore when he ran for governor the first time and Morrison works for the state government. This isn’t about being “myopically focused on just one policy” — the endorsements are clearly not policy-based (if they were, they’d be much more coherent).[/quote]

I get why it’s puzzling to you and other people in YIMBY echo chamber, but out here in the real world where developers aren’t going to build themselves to bankruptcy and an executive has to juggle multiple issues (market housing being the one the county government has the LEAST control over), maybe Moore made his decision based on the whole candidate, with policy-based considerations just part of the criteria. [/quote]

Or none of the criteria! You went from arguing Moore’s endorsement made Jawando a YIMBY to arguing Moore endorsed him in spite of his NIMBY housing policy. You should get a degree in sports management because of how adept you are at moving the goalposts![/quote]

I never stopped arguing that Moore’s endorsement means that Jawando is pro housing. Why would Moore endorse someone who would prevent him from achieving his housing goals? All the candidates are pro housing, though.

You seem to be suffering from YIMBY cognitive disorder or maybe something worse. Were you one of the upvotes on the racist post on YIMBY MoCo about this?[/quote]

1. Jawando simply is not a pro-housing candidate. Many posters on this thread alone have said that they are supporting Jawando because they are NIMBYs and want a NIMBY for county exec. He claims to be pro-housing in theory but is not in practice. Look up Bill 29-20 and his rationale for opposing the AHSI (he cited “overburdened schools” at a time when MCPS enrollment is actively declining, creating many problems for the school system). Excuses, excuses, and more excuses that don’t pass the smell test.

2. I’m not aware of the post to which you are referring because I don’t live on this forum. However, I do know that racism 
constituted some NIMBY rationale in the past.[/quote]

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