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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s fairly clear to me that Elrich and his supporters are now trying to sell him as a moderate. I’ve lived in Takoma Park too long to buy that.

I want businesses to locate here. I want younger people to want to move here. I want the tax base to increase. I want a county executive who will be able to work with other leaders, not alienate them. Elrich is not the right person. [/quote]

Yeah, this

Elrich built his career by being on the far left and building up an anti business reputation. Good enough for council but not moderate enough for county exec[/quote]

Yeah - all of the business owners are anti Elrich because they are afraid of a $15 minimum wage. It’s that simple. Businesses will always be here because there’s a lot of money here, they just want more for themselves. Too bad - buck up!! 
Even amazon is bowing to political pressure and is offering their lowest level workers higher wages. You shouldn’t be working full time and still need food stamps , utility assistance and Medicaid. That’s called businesses living off the dole![/quote]

When one county tells businesses too bad!" and the counties next door tell businesses "how can we help?" you're gonna get some problems[/quote]

No one is going to head to Frederick or PG county by choice and DC is phasing in a $15/hour minimum (and the sky has not fallen) . As long as they don’t turn MoCo into Crystal City with its hideous sky scrapers everywhere (which Floreen tries to do to Bethesda every waking second she has) MoCo will thrive .

Not having decent schools, non clogged roads, parks & Rec and endless high rises looming over your neighborhood without appropriate infrastructure (community center, ball fields for games & practices, parks to walk dog, unclogged roads, schools) is what will drive people away to other towns. Paying for goods and services is something that people can do here. I mean we already pay these absurd recordation taxes, high real estate taxes, MoCo piggy back tax state taxes and a 6% sales tax - and the govt still wants more? Where does it go???

Thousands and thousands of dollars goes to the government from each person and people aren’t happy with what the government DOES with the money.
But you think that paying people $15/hour is going to ruin the economy? That’s entirely the perspective of a business owner that wants to pay his/her employees a very low wage. You are worried about your profit. But you know what? If you can’t do it and you go under someone else will come in and do it better.

If I were a business owner I’d be less worried about paying a semi decent wage and more worried about our backwards liquor laws . Those are ridiculous and anti business  but many are still in place. Montgomery county literally hounds, fines , fees and regulates businesses to death (and we citizens pay for them to do so with our taxes) which should worry you more. [/quote]
You know Elrich is not on your side with the liquor thing, right?

You’re not going to convince anyone. And “literally hounds” is hilarious. [/quote]

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