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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]And yet from perusing this particular forum, I get a sense that people are more fiscally moderate/conservative while socially liberal. A lot of Hogan/Floreen voters it seems.

FWIW, I have no dog in this fight, I live in Chevy Chase DC. 
I just wonder out of curiosity if something in particular made this rightward turn, or if it is just this DCUM demographic.[/quote]

Montgomery County has always had a majority of fiscally moderate/socially liberal voters. I don't think they have moved to the right but that the county level Democratic Party has moved further to the left and more importantly is really perceived to only care about and represent a small area Ehrlich -eastern county and Jealous-Blatimore. The leaders and policies are so concentrated in the east that there is dangerous bubble/echo chamber over there and they don't realize that they have lost the rest of the county.

Up county voters are frustrated that everything in the county funnels to the east. The county, BOE and MCPS basically ignore them even though there are schools in up county that have just as much poverty and crime as schools in the east. Up county voters see resources being taken away from their schools and poured into the eastern schools. They see that those resources end up being split between the needy kids in the DCC and providing special magnets or pull outs to convince wealthier DCC residents to stay in the area. The same goes for transportation where investment always goes into the east and up county is forgotten. They feel ignored and used.

West county voters are frustrated with the BOE/MCPS ignoring their needs and being at best antagonistic/worst hostile toward any needs from the west. Why support a candidate that is heavily connected to a group of people that hate you, want to take down your schools and get whatever they can from you?

If the county/BOE put forward a targeted increase that would shrink class sizes and improve teacher/student ratios -equally across the county, it would win in a heart beat. Even if for some reason it didn't pass, just the appearance that someone in the county council or BOE have two hoots about the rest of the county would go far. However with the current leadership, this would never happen. It would be turned into Saturday school only for Silver Spring or expansion of a magnet only in the DCC. A vote for "education" would never improve the education in your area -in fact chances are that you would be voting to lesson the quality of education in your area. [/quote]

Yes, but what would keep Nancy Navarro from ‘crying on the dais’ about her poor suffering constituents and getting all of the money for Silver Spring schools only? A good crying fit always wins you know.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2018/Council-Members-Seek-Alternative-To-Delaying-Renovations-at-Col-E-Brooke-Lee-Middle/[/quote]

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