Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I was in your council district, I would vote:
- Blair
- Albornoz (will probably leave other selections blank)
- Koroma

If you’re voting for Albornoz, why not Goldberg too? He seems more moderate than some of the other candidates. Otherwise we are likely to end up with Hucker or Jawando again.

I read his website and Goldberg’s policies seemed to be very much a clone of Riemer. Was hoping to see someone bring something different to the table, so I was disappointed.

At the end of the day, if your goal is to unseat Jawando I think you will be disappointed. The At Large vote count will probably end up:
1. Albornoz
2. Jawando
3. Glass

The forth spot is really the question. With Hucker now running At Large (and a late entry at that) he is not a shoe-in and I think Goldberg does have a chance gauging by the fact that he seemingly has broad support across the county, gauging by yard signs. So that’s probably a toss up.

I would just hate to end 12 years of Riemer with a Riemer clone.

Goldberg seems slimy to me, but that's more in my experience with him through his business and not as a politician.

I’ve known Goldberg for years, including watching him do business, and he’s not at all slimy. He offered properties for free to Aghan refugees and to victims of the flooded out apartments in Twinbrook last summer.

DP. I don’t care about what he does in his free time, I care about what he will do on the council. What will he bring to the table?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I was in your council district, I would vote:
- Blair
- Albornoz (will probably leave other selections blank)
- Koroma

If you’re voting for Albornoz, why not Goldberg too? He seems more moderate than some of the other candidates. Otherwise we are likely to end up with Hucker or Jawando again.

I read his website and Goldberg’s policies seemed to be very much a clone of Riemer. Was hoping to see someone bring something different to the table, so I was disappointed.

At the end of the day, if your goal is to unseat Jawando I think you will be disappointed. The At Large vote count will probably end up:
1. Albornoz
2. Jawando
3. Glass

The forth spot is really the question. With Hucker now running At Large (and a late entry at that) he is not a shoe-in and I think Goldberg does have a chance gauging by the fact that he seemingly has broad support across the county, gauging by yard signs. So that’s probably a toss up.

I would just hate to end 12 years of Riemer with a Riemer clone.

Goldberg seems slimy to me, but that's more in my experience with him through his business and not as a politician.

I’ve known Goldberg for years, including watching him do business, and he’s not at all slimy. He offered properties for free to Aghan refugees and to victims of the flooded out apartments in Twinbrook last summer.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I was in your council district, I would vote:
- Blair
- Albornoz (will probably leave other selections blank)
- Koroma

If you’re voting for Albornoz, why not Goldberg too? He seems more moderate than some of the other candidates. Otherwise we are likely to end up with Hucker or Jawando again.

I read his website and Goldberg’s policies seemed to be very much a clone of Riemer. Was hoping to see someone bring something different to the table, so I was disappointed.

At the end of the day, if your goal is to unseat Jawando I think you will be disappointed. The At Large vote count will probably end up:
1. Albornoz
2. Jawando
3. Glass

The forth spot is really the question. With Hucker now running At Large (and a late entry at that) he is not a shoe-in and I think Goldberg does have a chance gauging by the fact that he seemingly has broad support across the county, gauging by yard signs. So that’s probably a toss up.

I would just hate to end 12 years of Riemer with a Riemer clone.

Goldberg seems slimy to me, but that's more in my experience with him through his business and not as a politician.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I was in your council district, I would vote:
- Blair
- Albornoz (will probably leave other selections blank)
- Koroma

If you’re voting for Albornoz, why not Goldberg too? He seems more moderate than some of the other candidates. Otherwise we are likely to end up with Hucker or Jawando again.

I read his website and Goldberg’s policies seemed to be very much a clone of Riemer. Was hoping to see someone bring something different to the table, so I was disappointed.

At the end of the day, if your goal is to unseat Jawando I think you will be disappointed. The At Large vote count will probably end up:
1. Albornoz
2. Jawando
3. Glass

The forth spot is really the question. With Hucker now running At Large (and a late entry at that) he is not a shoe-in and I think Goldberg does have a chance gauging by the fact that he seemingly has broad support across the county, gauging by yard signs. So that’s probably a toss up.

I would just hate to end 12 years of Riemer with a Riemer clone.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are crowd sourcing who you should vote for because you "don't have time" to actually research and form your own opinion?
You are exactly the reason why some type of competency test should be required for voting.

NP.. eh, nothing wrong with seeking opinions.

I usually google these people, but there's a lot to read. DC area has a lot of people involved in politics, so I assume these people are more attuned to and plugged in to the goings on of who's who in politics.

I'm originally from CA, and we used to get a huge pamphlet of all the Props with the pros/cons and rebuttals. I read through all of them, but I still don't think there's anything wrong with crowdsourcing. It's like discussing it at a dinner party with your friends.

Thanks for starting the thread, OP. I, too, am clueless about who's who. All I know is that I won't be voting for Elrich.

pp you quoted.
Yes, I am also originally from CA and remember those pamphlets. But OP's post is nothing like a discussion at a dinner party.

Dinner party discussion: What do you all think of Robinson's policy on crime? I really like that he values XYZ and think it will benefit us because of.....

OPs post: I'm clueless! Tell me who to vote for!
DCUM: Vote for Smith
OP: Ok!

Eh, I took OP’s post as trying to come up with a starting point. So many of the candidates say the same or similar things and it’s hard to truly differentiate, particularly when there are so many. And they did list some issues that were important to them. If you don’t want to help educate voters, don’t, but then don’t complain when turnout is low or everyone just votes for the incumbents they recognize.

OP I’m not in the same district as you and still becoming familiar with some of the council candidates but am voting for Blair at least. Enrich has been unsatisfactory, Reimer is slimy, and Blair is more moderate than either.

Anonymous wrote:If I was in your council district, I would vote:
- Blair
- Albornoz (will probably leave other selections blank)
- Koroma

If you’re voting for Albornoz, why not Goldberg too? He seems more moderate than some of the other candidates. Otherwise we are likely to end up with Hucker or Jawando again.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are crowd sourcing who you should vote for because you "don't have time" to actually research and form your own opinion?
You are exactly the reason why some type of competency test should be required for voting.

NP.. eh, nothing wrong with seeking opinions.

I usually google these people, but there's a lot to read. DC area has a lot of people involved in politics, so I assume these people are more attuned to and plugged in to the goings on of who's who in politics.

I'm originally from CA, and we used to get a huge pamphlet of all the Props with the pros/cons and rebuttals. I read through all of them, but I still don't think there's anything wrong with crowdsourcing. It's like discussing it at a dinner party with your friends.

Thanks for starting the thread, OP. I, too, am clueless about who's who. All I know is that I won't be voting for Elrich.

pp you quoted.
Yes, I am also originally from CA and remember those pamphlets. But OP's post is nothing like a discussion at a dinner party.

Dinner party discussion: What do you all think of Robinson's policy on crime? I really like that he values XYZ and think it will benefit us because of.....

OPs post: I'm clueless! Tell me who to vote for!
DCUM: Vote for Smith
OP: Ok!

Anonymous wrote:You are crowd sourcing who you should vote for because you "don't have time" to actually research and form your own opinion?
You are exactly the reason why some type of competency test should be required for voting.

NP.. eh, nothing wrong with seeking opinions.

I usually google these people, but there's a lot to read. DC area has a lot of people involved in politics, so I assume these people are more attuned to and plugged in to the goings on of who's who in politics.

I'm originally from CA, and we used to get a huge pamphlet of all the Props with the pros/cons and rebuttals. I read through all of them, but I still don't think there's anything wrong with crowdsourcing. It's like discussing it at a dinner party with your friends.

Thanks for starting the thread, OP. I, too, am clueless about who's who. All I know is that I won't be voting for Elrich.

You are crowd sourcing who you should vote for because you "don't have time" to actually research and form your own opinion?
You are exactly the reason why some type of competency test should be required for voting.

My dream slate:

Blair

1. Friedson
2. Balcombe
3. Katz
4. ?
5. Koroma
6. Lazo
7. Manger

At Large
Albornoz
Glass
Goldberg
Sayles

States Attorney
Tom DeGonia

Sheriff
Max Uy

Clerk of the Court
Karen Bushell

If I was in your council district, I would vote:
- Blair
- Albornoz (will probably leave other selections blank)
- Koroma

County Executive

David Blair (D) 5 will be rational on crime, will support the Police Chief and the department.
Marc Elrich* (D) 1 not tough on crime, very damaging to police department
Peter James (D) no idea
Hans Riemer* (D) 3
Shelly Skolnick (R) no idea
Reardon Sullivan (R) 8 will be tough on crime. will bring back SROs, and will help foster a healthy police department.

County Council At-large (Entire county)

Gabe Albornoz*(D) 5, rational, pro-public safety without over policing and over criminalizing
Brandy Brooks (D) 1 embroiled in a sexual harassment complaint
Dana Gassaway (D) no idea
Evan Glass* (D) 2
Scott Goldberg (D) 5
Tom Hucker* (D) 2, waffles, sells out, HORRIBLE constituent services
Will Jawando* (D) 1, hates police, doesn't work well with others, self-promoting
Laurie-Anne Sayles (D) 3
Chris Fiotes (R) No idea
Len Lieber (R) No idea
Dwight Patel (R) No idea

County Council District 5 (Four Corners, White Oak, Colesville, Burtonsville)

Brian Anleu (D) 3
Fatmata Barrie (D) 1 worked for Jawando in the past
Chris Bolton (D) no idea
Daniel Koroma (D) 5 pro business, pro small business, pro minority owned business, good on public safety
Cary Lamari (D) 6 pro public safety
Kristin Mink (D) no idea
William “Chip” Montier (D) no idea
Jeremiah Pope (D) 2, he concerns me because he espouses policies that will address racial equity but doesn't look at best pratices.
Kate Woody (R) no idea.


State Senate, District 20 (Silver Spring, Takoma Park, White Oak)

Enoch Bevel (D)
Will Smith* (D)


State delegate, District 20

Lorig Charkoudian* (D)
David Moon* (D)
John Walsh (D)
Jheanelle Wilkins* (D)