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I think that a lot of people are confusing planners, who have some expertise, with people on the MoCo planning board, who clearly are [b]political creatures with political agendas. [/b] Planners and their studies were ignored at various stages of Thrive development in favor of a
political agenda pushed through by the now resigned planning board and MCC.  Now the YIMBYs are again trying to fill the board with people that agree with their bad political agenda.  It’s sleazy, really, if you follow them.[/quote]

All of us are either political creatures with political agendas - or completely uninvolved, uninformed, and unaware. Those are the choices. Housing is a political issue. Land use is a political issue. Transportation is a political issue. Education is a political issue. The environment is a political issue.

It is not sleazy to apply to be on the Planning Board, and it is also not sleazy to express your support for people who have applied to be on the Planning Board. Or, I suppose, your opposition. "Dear County Council, Please do NOT appoint [person], they support things I oppose. Sincerely, a Montgomery County resident"

Your objection isn't sleaze, it's that the County Council appointed people you don't support.[/quote]

^^^or,  more likely, [i]one person[/i] you don't support. Who has professional expertise.[/quote]

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