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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They corrected the early voting results and David Blair gained one vote. [/quote] I don’t think Blair will pull this one off.[/quote]
true, but progressives should take note of the teeny tiny margin that Elrich won by.[/quote]

There are multiple ways to read this.

Elrich is progressive and anti development
Riemer is progressive and pro-development
Blair is moderate and pro-development (but not as much of a hardcore YIMBY as Riemer)

You could say that 60% were agains Elrich, or somewhat more in favor of development, but you could also say 60% wanted a progressive over a moderate. [/quote]
MoCo leans progressive, and the majority of them live in TP/SS area where Elrich won most of the votes.  Go west of 270 and north of ICC, and you will see a lot more Blair support.[/quote]

Blair won 4 of the 7 Council districts.   But Districts 4 and 6 were strongly for Elrich.   Most of the county, geographically, wants Blair.  But I guess they didn't want him enough, or they would have turned out the vote better. [/quote]

I don't love Elrich, but can't get past the fact that Big Development, Inc. has infused so many resources into the county to defeat him and elect someone who is more compliant with their agenda.  They even created an "affordable housing" PAC!  Do you think this is genuine?  It's a pro-market development PAC that is attempting to sound progressive.  The handful of inclusionary zoning units that are included in mega-developments are paltry.[/quote]

I guess I am surprised how development seems to be the dominant issue in the county, and not his mismanagement of the budget, and increased violent crime.   His budget is built on smoke and mirrors and we are going to be in for a world of hurt in the next year or so.   :( [/quote]
+1 we need more higher paying jobs here. That's how you reduce poverty and crime.  That's not going to happen without good  mass rapid transit and an incireasei in crime.  I don't know why people are so against development.  MoCo rental/housing is expensive.  These new developments also have set asides for MC/lower income families, and they are usually built near metro stops.

And agree, higher crime is going to drive out people.

I'm not sure what utopia vision Elrich seems to think he can create with what he's doing, but it's not working.  We need to try something different, and more people agree with me since Elrich's win has a much smaller margin than last time.[/quote]
Some bizarre claims in here. Fairfax has all the jobs. Housing in MoCo is also cheaper than Fairfax. Fairfax also has a lot of roads. MoCo has a better bus system than Fairfax and prior to the new Silver line, had equivalent metro service. MoCo refuses to build roads. Seems like roads are more important than transit for job growth.
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