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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No way it will be Calvin Ball. Howard County had a moderate (Republican) County Executive, but voted Democratic and are now outraged with what they got.

He is so unpopular in HoCo because of development and redistricting, I can't see him as a viable Gubernatorial candidate.[/quote]

He is [b]extremely[/b] popular in HoCo- what are you even  talking  about? And your comments about developers and redistricting are flat out untrue.

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There are a lot of people in HoCo pissed about redistricting, but they tend to blame the school board as opposed to Ball. Ball is somewhat responsible for the overcrowding in schools though. Too much unchecked development in HoCo, and developers haven’t been made to contribute enough capital to building new schools. That’s poor planning.[/quote]

Let's explore that.  He's been a CE for such a short time, and not at all during high growth periods  here. He actually purchased the property in EC zoned for massive development from the Girl Scouts, so it wouldn't be developed.  There's been extremely low building construction in the last 4 years.

All counties grow in population,  Howard is no different. What is causing overcrowding has nothing  to do with Calvin Ball.  The entire western part of this county was developed before he was even in college. 
And, again, schools have to be redistricted,  and it has nothing to do with unchecked development right now. In fact, in the older sections of Columbia,  there's been virtually no new housing.  Redistricting is  a loaded issue here because it involves income and racial disparity. All the blame going to Ball has absolutely no merit or fact, and yet there's always this trope about developers when it comes up.  I saw all the ridiculous suppositions and lies during the last redistricting, it was all racially based. Pretty scary stuff on those FB platforms. We are redistricting again...new high school - you want a new high school,  right? And another one, right? Well, then shut up about who will go to them.  This is how it works.

But, yes. He will be elected again because, unlike your opinion, he is a very good CE. Get off those toxic FB pages and find out what is actually going on yourself. [/quote]

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