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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I like Friedson more than Glass. Glass has a tendency to promote pointless performative initiatives. [b]Friedson definitely gets funding from developers and it shows but he is someone who is pretty serious and knowledgeable about politics and policy.[/b] [/quote]

So you like putting a dangerous weapon in the hands of an adversary?  SMH...[/quote]

The unions seem to cause more trouble than developers.  And it's quite obvious who's in the union pockets. [/quote]

You must mean the member who sponsored the bill to give the unions full control over the pension funds while leaving taxpayers on the hook for any shortfalls and the expensive new offices. That one even made Elrich blush.

And I disagree that Friedson seems knowledgeable. He is OK in soundbytes but he totally falls apart as soon as he has to go off script. I lost count of how many times his colleagues and council staff corrected him on facts during the budget. [/quote]

I have watched quite a few meetings and I absolutely find Friedson knowledgeable. No he isn't always right (none of them are). I don't like that he is in bed with developers. But Jawando wants to "partner" with the unions which means giving them everything they want (they sure af aren't "partnering" with the county) and Glass is just the prototypical performative and ineffectual liberal who offers no real solutions, just gimmicks that themselves can be costly and/or harmful.[/quote]

Agree to disagree on Friedson being knowledgeable. He’s more knowledge than Glass, Balcombe, and Sayles. He’s less knowledgeable than Mink, who I vehemently disagree with, but I have to admit that she does her homework. Jawando when he’s tuned in (which is definitely not all the time) is better than all but Mink, but I disagree with him almost as often as I disagree with Mink. [/quote]

Sounds like by knowledgeable you actually mean "ideologically similar to me".

If you were actually talking about how knowledgeable they are you would recognize how utterly ignorant Sayles is. Her ignorance is on another level but you lump her in with Glass and Balcombe who while not my favorites, are generally prepared for meetings and not constantly derailing them.[/quote]

Balcombe said multiple times you had to use an accountant to get the ITOC. I got mine by filling out the form the county sent me and mailing it back. I’m no accountant.

And, yes, I’d rank Sayles below Balcombe and Balcombe below Glass. Nothing ideological about it. [/quote]

Not just below. She is in another universe.

Jawando and Mink have also said a lot of stupid sh$t. They are on camera for many hours each week. Everyone is going to say something stupid at some point.

Kind of like you not admitting that Sayles is much, much more ignorant than any of the other councilmembers. Suggesting she is even in the same universe as the others suggests you only watch soundbytes and aren't paying that much attention.[/quote]

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