I’m disappointed Elrich won, although all our choices seemed bad. If our taxes go up (the county surcharge) we are seriously considering moving to Virginia or DC. Kids are now out of school so we don’t need the school system anymore. And if I see one more listserv message in my neighborhood complaining about the Westbard redevelopment, which is despatately needed, I’m going to scream.

Anonymous wrote:Poor OP-are you in shock that Ficker didn’t win? People don’t vote for men who assault women (President POTUS being an exception) and have been disbarred 5 times.

Not op but, I voted Floreen.

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Anonymous wrote:It means more jobs going to Fairfax over Maryland. It means no road expansion. It means buses from Frederick that no one will take. It means more people driving on the beltway into Virginia to work at the jobs that won't come to MoCo.

I haven’t noticed an unemployment crisis in MoCo. And making the 270 even wider is ridiculous.

That's because people are working in Northern Virginia. Let me guess, you've never seen the beltway going towards Northern VA in the morning and back to MD in the evening? Let me fill you in, it's horrible. The reverse commute is going VA to MD in the morning and MD to VA in the afternoon. Smooth sailing. The jobs are going to Northern Virginia.

Including the Amazon HQ. The school board results (Silvestre, O Neill. Docca) will mean that MCPS will continue on its path towards a second tier school system constantly lowering the bar to reduce the achievement gap.

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Anonymous wrote:It means more jobs going to Fairfax over Maryland. It means no road expansion. It means buses from Frederick that no one will take. It means more people driving on the beltway into Virginia to work at the jobs that won't come to MoCo.

I haven’t noticed an unemployment crisis in MoCo. And making the 270 even wider is ridiculous.

That's because people are working in Northern Virginia. Let me guess, you've never seen the beltway going towards Northern VA in the morning and back to MD in the evening? Let me fill you in, it's horrible. The reverse commute is going VA to MD in the morning and MD to VA in the afternoon. Smooth sailing. The jobs are going to Northern Virginia.

That really isn't the full story. MD has some large employers--Marriott, AstraZeneca/Medimmune, Hyatt, Medstar, etc.--but Northern Virginia has the vast majority of the federal government infrastructure and defense contractors, outside of NSA (which obviously doesn't impact MoCo). That's the real difference maker, and it's a legacy from decades ago. Combine that with the fact that MoCo development has been very different than Northern VA (ag reserve taking up half the county vs unfettered concrete jungle) and you get what we have now. If you want MoCo to really compete with Northern Virginia on the jobs front, get rid of the ag reserve and give incentives for the federal government to build there.

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Anonymous wrote:It means more jobs going to Fairfax over Maryland. It means no road expansion. It means buses from Frederick that no one will take. It means more people driving on the beltway into Virginia to work at the jobs that won't come to MoCo.

I haven’t noticed an unemployment crisis in MoCo. And making the 270 even wider is ridiculous.

Then what's your solution to the traffic hell on the bridge and 270? It takes an hour to go 20 miles. This isn't a sustainable or acceptable situation.

Better public transport. And carbon pricing.

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Anonymous wrote:It means more jobs going to Fairfax over Maryland. It means no road expansion. It means buses from Frederick that no one will take. It means more people driving on the beltway into Virginia to work at the jobs that won't come to MoCo.

And you know this because??

Because that's basically what he campaigned on? He didn't say that he wants to create jobs in Northern VA obviously but that will be the results of policies making it harder to build.

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Anonymous wrote:It means more jobs going to Fairfax over Maryland. It means no road expansion. It means buses from Frederick that no one will take. It means more people driving on the beltway into Virginia to work at the jobs that won't come to MoCo.

I haven’t noticed an unemployment crisis in MoCo. And making the 270 even wider is ridiculous.

That's because people are working in Northern Virginia. Let me guess, you've never seen the beltway going towards Northern VA in the morning and back to MD in the evening? Let me fill you in, it's horrible. The reverse commute is going VA to MD in the morning and MD to VA in the afternoon. Smooth sailing. The jobs are going to Northern Virginia.

Anonymous wrote:It means more jobs going to Fairfax over Maryland. It means no road expansion. It means buses from Frederick that no one will take. It means more people driving on the beltway into Virginia to work at the jobs that won't come to MoCo.

And you know this because??

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Anonymous wrote:It means more jobs going to Fairfax over Maryland. It means no road expansion. It means buses from Frederick that no one will take. It means more people driving on the beltway into Virginia to work at the jobs that won't come to MoCo.

I haven’t noticed an unemployment crisis in MoCo. And making the 270 even wider is ridiculous.

Then what's your solution to the traffic hell on the bridge and 270? It takes an hour to go 20 miles. This isn't a sustainable or acceptable situation.

Anonymous wrote:It means more jobs going to Fairfax over Maryland. It means no road expansion. It means buses from Frederick that no one will take. It means more people driving on the beltway into Virginia to work at the jobs that won't come to MoCo.

I haven’t noticed an unemployment crisis in MoCo. And making the 270 even wider is ridiculous.

Poor OP-are you in shock that Ficker didn’t win? People don’t vote for men who assault women (President POTUS being an exception) and have been disbarred 5 times.

Anonymous wrote:It means more jobs going to Fairfax over Maryland. It means no road expansion. It means buses from Frederick that no one will take. It means more people driving on the beltway into Virginia to work at the jobs that won't come to MoCo.

+1,000,000 It means disaster.

It means more jobs going to Fairfax over Maryland. It means no road expansion. It means buses from Frederick that no one will take. It means more people driving on the beltway into Virginia to work at the jobs that won't come to MoCo.

Anonymous wrote:https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2018/11/2018-election-montgomery-county-executive-marc-elrich-nancy-floreen-robin-ficker/

Looks like the anti Elrich sentiment on DCUM (which I contributed to) was not reflective of the overall voting population

Now that he's in, I will just hope for the best.

I am not so optimistic.

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2018/11/2018-election-montgomery-county-executive-marc-elrich-nancy-floreen-robin-ficker/

Looks like the anti Elrich sentiment on DCUM (which I contributed to) was not reflective of the overall voting population

Now that he's in, I will just hope for the best.