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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven't decided who I'll vote for yet (other than not Ficker) but I don't understand this "party unity" nonsense. I'm a registered Democrat, but I will vote for the best candidate, regardless of party. The idea of party first is one of the major problems in our country today - haven't we all wondered why none of the Republicans in Congress are standing up to Trump? It's because of "party unity" and it's terrible. Life and people don't fit into just 2 categories, and we shouldn't blindly follow someone just because they happen to have a D or an R next to their name.

In fact, as I'm writing this, I'm getting really irked at the Elrich supporters who I've heard making this argument and calling Floreen undemocratic. What in the world is undemocratic about running for office? Like I said, I haven't decided who to vote for (I voted Frick in primary) but this argument is a strike against Elrich for me. He is not entitled to the office. The Democratic process is not being undermined by the inclusion of an independent. [/quote]

Because if you are a minority, you are getting truly hurt by the Republicans.  If you care about minorities and civil rights for all, you’ll vote democrat until we can solidify those rights again for everyone. This is in all offices, not just federal.

It’s not about Elrich specifically. [/quote]

But Floreen is a Democrat and [b]will enact Democratic policies.[/b]  The "I" next to her name doesn't change that.[/quote]

This is county government. County government is primarily concerned with trash pick-up, potholes, permits, and school funding. What are Democratic vs. Republican policies on these issues?
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You obviously aren’t following MoCo closely enough. It’s about whether we “build it and they will come” or whether we stage development to ensure our roads, schools, sewers, etc work. Build it and be damned is Republican/ Floreen. Ensuring we have appropriate growth and infrastructure is Elrich. He has never taken a cent from developers. Floreen is at their beck and call. [/quote]

Yummy, kool aide, perfect for a summer day.  Not so perfect for a county that needs jobs and a viable tax base.[/quote]

Here’s some kool aid for you Floreen supporters: do you want the upper middle class of Bethesda and Potomac to flee the county, the same way the middle class fled to Howard? Now Howard has better schools than MoCo. Our taxes are going up because the wealthy are leaving MoCo and are not being replaced. People are choosing to stay in DC, where they somehow manage to build, yet keep tree-lined streets, time pedestrian signals so people have sufficient time to cross the street, and they allow parents to contribute directly to their elementary schools. Some people call Elrich a NIMBY - well, he recognizes that residents have a voice in their community and should have a role in shaping it. Floreen consistently backed the MoCo Planning Board and developers,  instead of listening to resident input. Her attitude, at a Bethesda community meeting I attended, was “Traffic is not as bad here as in Germantown or Silver Spring, so Bethesda can bear this.” Really? People who can afford to buy in Bethesda or Potomac, Chevy Chase, etc, chose NOT to live in other parts of the County. These financially savvy doctors, lawyers, non-profit workers, businesspeople, and yes, government employees, teachers, etc came to Bethesda to enjoy walkable streets and trees. Nancy believes Bethesdans should have it just as bad as those other areas of the county with bad traffic, few trees, etc. Well, that is a recipe for more well off families to flee Bethesda for the District. It’s happened in our close-in Bethesda neighborhood already. Potomac retirees buy in Bethesda and then realize what a mess it is now, and sell (even at a loss) to go to DC.  Frankly, Elrich is better positioned to negotiate with the unions and to promote collaboration among residents. Floreen just hides out in her tree lined, incorporated neighborhood. She will be a disaster for the remaining upper middle class in MoCo. This is part of the reason I support Elrich. He was the ONLY council member to proactively help our Bethesda neighborhood. The rest of the players - including Namby Pants Hans Reimer - just want us to go f*^% ourselves. Even Berliner, who finally got engaged, had to justify WHY he was working to listen to Bethesda residents’ complaints to Council Members Floreen and Leventhal, who were the worst of the worst. He APOLOGIZED for representing his district’s issues, saying something along the lines of: I know i’s hard to understand, these are very privileged people,  but  this is their neighborhood and these are legitimate concerns. Nancy, on the other hand, feels that if one chooses to live in MoCo by moving to an affluent neighborhood, you just should shut up and say nothing because you’re far better off than the rest of the County. WTF? At least Elrich values the community work done by women like Meredith Wellington, who ran for Council for Berliner’s district but lost. Elrich will not ignore constituents from Bethesda, North Bethesda, Potomac, Chevy Chase, Darnestown, etc, because we are somehow privileged “enough” and therefore should shut the hell up about the declining quality of life in this County. Elrich is being targeted with a smear campaign by big money interests like the developers who handed Florence nearly $200k because they know he will cause them to slow down their development plans while resident concerns about sidewalks, school capacity, traffic work through, storm water, etc, are addressed. [/quote]

Elrich doesn’t give a damn about upcounty.[/quote]

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