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Hey quick question- do any of you have any thoughts o whether or not it is a good idea to have term limits for a county executive?[/quote]
The people have decided that term limits are a good idea for the county executive. I think it’s arguable that the executive position has much more power than the council positions so it’s arguable that a shorter limit for the executive is appropriate.[/quote]

^^^^ Rapacious developer[/quote]

Or more likely, a Republican who is upset because the Republicans can't win elections in Montgomery County.[/quote]
Hahahahahahaha I’m the least Republican person ever and not at all a developer. WTF is wrong with you people.[/quote]

Whether or not you're a Republican, the fact remains that the county Republicans are the force behind the ballot measure.[/quote]

The Republicans and the YIMBYs. [/quote]

No, just the Republicans.[/quote]

The YIMBYs and the Republicans are aligned on term limits, as they are aligned on many things. [/quote]

It’s not just Republicans. I’m a Democrat and I approve 2 term limits. I commented on the locked thread that term limits apply to presidents, governors, and as an executive it should also apply to county executives.[/quote]

The county executive already has term limits, just like the county council.[/quote]

2 terms?[/quote]

3 terms, just like the county council.[/quote]

But what I support is a 2 term limit just like the other executive branches.[/quote]

Based on George Washington's decision in the 1790s, and the Republicans' hatred for FDR's success with voters (1932-1945). Which, actually, has an echo in this ballot initiative, although Elrich is no FDR.[/quote]

My opinion is not based on a 1790s decision. I just think a two term limit for any executive in government is a good idea.

And up until I opened this thread did I learn it was a democrat versus republican issue. Which is strange to me because in my neighborhood, there are many Harris/Walz signs and signs supporting the term limits right next to them. I don’t think this is as straightforward D vs R as DCUM posters want to make it seem.[/quote]

See above about the Republican-aligned interests, in this case, of YIMBYs and those Dems on the County Council who are funded disproportionately by developers and would like to supplant Elrich at the first available opportunity.  Not too many Republican YIMBYs -- those trend blue or green instead of red.

Meanwhile, development interests who might be Republican, including real estate agents, title companies, rental management companies, etc., who stand to benefit from increased activity associated with the YIMBY-supported density push, might well be termed YIYBYs, relatively safe in their less- or un-affected neighborhoods.  For them, a more restrictive term limit would provide double benefit.  First by getting Elrich, himself, out of the way from a development perspective, and second by limiting the effectiveness of any Dem executive to come (as a Republican win in the county, given continuing demographic shifts, remains unlikely for some long time).[/quote]

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