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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He'll be more like Hogan than Jealous, but not for future aspirations, but for the simple fact he realizes that's what gets business to flourish in the state, to save Baltimore and to make MD more competitive.

Sorry activists.[/quote]

Hogan hated Baltimore.[/quote]
That’s probably going to be the key differentiator between the two. The outcome of that is that Montgomery County will be the cash machine for fiscal transfers to Baltimore. Wes Moore also doesn’t really care about MoCo. The entire political leadership backed Perez or stood on the fence (ahem, Riemer), Perez won the county and there’s no way he’s going to lose votes from the county is a reelection campaign. Conversely, Hogan won a much higher vote share in the county than expected and did a lot to force along progress on critical infrastructure that the county has had its head in the sand on for a couple decades. In summary, there will be a substantial reduction in available transportation funding for the county so there will be no backtracking on Hogans PPP plan for the ALB and 270 (although maybe some 270 design changes) and the county should not count on state support for anything else, such as the unfunded Bethesda bike tunnel that now probably won’t be realized for at least another decade. Any hope for state grant eligibility for MCPS school construction and capital improvements, because all of those resources will be directed to Baltimore. Economic development grants? Again, Baltimore. Etc, etc. The main difference between now and the past is that Montgomery County can no longer afford to be the cash machine for the state government. So good times ahead. [/quote]

Hogan hated Montgomery County too. He just hated Baltimore more.[/quote]

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