Anonymous
01/26/2022 19:32
Subject: Elrich Leads MoCo CE Polls by Large Margin
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Blair hasn't articulated his position on many issues. Where does he stand on the vaccine passport proposal?
I thought he was against it because it hurts business
He praised the council President for delaying action.
Okay. But that’s not a position on the substance. That’s a position on the process.
What’s his position on the the county instituting a vaccine mandate to enter local businesses? Crickets?
If everything with Blair is going to be like this, then he’s going to find himself losing support really quick.
Unless you're being intentionally obtuse it's pretty easy to infer that he doesn't think the county should have a mandate under the current circumstances. I wouldn't want an ideologue candidate (like Hucker, Riemer, or Elrich) who's not willing to change their positions as facts change.
According to you I am being obtuse but it is the candidate himself that is playing the semantic games.
The idea that someone should have to infer a candidate’s position is ridiculous.
He’s like this on every issue. Trying to be too clever by half. It’s transparently obnoxious.
He retweeted a story about the council delaying the passport and said: "Appreciate the Council President's thoughtful approach. COVID is rapidly changing and we need to better understand what is reasonable to ask of local businesses in implementing a mandate." That's not clever at all. It's really straight forward.
Anonymous
01/26/2022 19:26
Subject: Elrich Leads MoCo CE Polls by Large Margin
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Blair hasn't articulated his position on many issues. Where does he stand on the vaccine passport proposal?
I thought he was against it because it hurts business
He praised the council President for delaying action.
Okay. But that’s not a position on the substance. That’s a position on the process.
What’s his position on the the county instituting a vaccine mandate to enter local businesses? Crickets?
If everything with Blair is going to be like this, then he’s going to find himself losing support really quick.
Unless you're being intentionally obtuse it's pretty easy to infer that he doesn't think the county should have a mandate under the current circumstances. I wouldn't want an ideologue candidate (like Hucker, Riemer, or Elrich) who's not willing to change their positions as facts change.
According to you I am being obtuse but it is the candidate himself that is playing the semantic games.
The idea that someone should have to infer a candidate’s position is ridiculous.
He’s like this on every issue. Trying to be too clever by half. It’s transparently obnoxious.
Anonymous
01/26/2022 19:19
Subject: Elrich Leads MoCo CE Polls by Large Margin
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Blair hasn't articulated his position on many issues. Where does he stand on the vaccine passport proposal?
I thought he was against it because it hurts business
He praised the council President for delaying action.
Okay. But that’s not a position on the substance. That’s a position on the process.
What’s his position on the the county instituting a vaccine mandate to enter local businesses? Crickets?
If everything with Blair is going to be like this, then he’s going to find himself losing support really quick.
Unless you're being intentionally obtuse it's pretty easy to infer that he doesn't think the county should have a mandate under the current circumstances. I wouldn't want an ideologue candidate (like Hucker, Riemer, or Elrich) who's not willing to change their positions as facts change.
Anonymous
01/26/2022 17:16
Subject: Elrich Leads MoCo CE Polls by Large Margin
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Blair hasn't articulated his position on many issues. Where does he stand on the vaccine passport proposal?
I thought he was against it because it hurts business
He praised the council President for delaying action.
Okay. But that’s not a position on the substance. That’s a position on the process.
What’s his position on the the county instituting a vaccine mandate to enter local businesses? Crickets?
If everything with Blair is going to be like this, then he’s going to find himself losing support really quick.
Anonymous
01/26/2022 17:13
Subject: Elrich Leads MoCo CE Polls by Large Margin
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Blair hasn't articulated his position on many issues. Where does he stand on the vaccine passport proposal?
I thought he was against it because it hurts business
He praised the council President for delaying action.
Anonymous
01/26/2022 15:27
Subject: Elrich Leads MoCo CE Polls by Large Margin
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Blair hasn't articulated his position on many issues. Where does he stand on the vaccine passport proposal?
I thought he was against it because it hurts business
You would presume and your presumption is probably correct but damned if he’s going to tell you. In the end though, despite my reticence, I’ve got to vote for Blair because things need to change and they need to change badly. This county is sitting at a dangerous precipice and I’m afraid that this might be our last chance to pull ourselves back from the brink.
I will admit that I like Elrich. I think he’s sincere. I think he genuinely cares about every part of this county. I think he tries to be inclusive, consistent and fair. I just don’t think he’s effective as a leader.
Riemer and Hucker are just the worst possible stereotype of self-centered, smug, entitled and hypocritical liberals. I actually fault that duo more for our current malaise than Elrich because they have been more influential than Elrich the last decade in terms of policies and that’s why we are where we are.
That's fair.
I would vote for just about anybody besides Elrich at this point, but we should give him credit: he doesn't try to pretend to be something that he's not. He told us up front who he is. And that's how he's operated in his admin.
Agree that Reimer and Hucker are worse. They will look at you and tell you what they think you want to hear, but then turn around and do the opposite.
At least Elrich has the guts to be honest about where he stands, even if I disagree with.
And I do disagree with it, and will be voting for Blair. But if Blair wasn't in the race, I'm not sure what I would do
Anonymous
01/26/2022 15:14
Subject: Elrich Leads MoCo CE Polls by Large Margin
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Blair hasn't articulated his position on many issues. Where does he stand on the vaccine passport proposal?
I thought he was against it because it hurts business
You would presume and your presumption is probably correct but damned if he’s going to tell you. In the end though, despite my reticence, I’ve got to vote for Blair because things need to change and they need to change badly. This county is sitting at a dangerous precipice and I’m afraid that this might be our last chance to pull ourselves back from the brink.
I will admit that I like Elrich. I think he’s sincere. I think he genuinely cares about every part of this county. I think he tries to be inclusive, consistent and fair. I just don’t think he’s effective as a leader.
Riemer and Hucker are just the worst possible stereotype of self-centered, smug, entitled and hypocritical liberals. I actually fault that duo more for our current malaise than Elrich because they have been more influential than Elrich the last decade in terms of policies and that’s why we are where we are.
Anonymous
01/26/2022 14:28
Subject: Elrich Leads MoCo CE Polls by Large Margin
Anonymous wrote:Blair hasn't articulated his position on many issues. Where does he stand on the vaccine passport proposal?
I thought he was against it because it hurts business
Anonymous
01/26/2022 01:22
Subject: Elrich Leads MoCo CE Polls by Large Margin
Blair hasn't articulated his position on many issues. Where does he stand on the vaccine passport proposal?
Anonymous
01/23/2022 13:09
Subject: Re:Elrich Leads MoCo CE Polls by Large Margin
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Vote Blair unless you want any SFH neighborhood in Bethesda and silver spring to be completely ruined
Seeing that Blair has not actually stated a position on Thrive it’s hard to draw this conclusion.
He stated how duplexes have not been a sustainable way to increase number of units. He specified he wants to encourage density development around metro stations and promote mixed-use projects, indicating a focus towards adding residential units to commercial areas, not the other way around.
Everyone knows that the talk of duplexes is a red herring. Just like the Jawando ZTA, when the Thrive ZTA is proposed it will be four-plexes that get approved. So it’s not really useful to know his position on duplexes specifically. Thrive calls for supporting “all housing types”.
Good point. It would be good to hear his position on Thrive not duplexes. If he doesn’t think duplexes create enough housing then he could think that four-plexes do.
Anyone know if Blair will ever answer questions and provide more specifics?
Anonymous
01/22/2022 20:31
Subject: Re:Elrich Leads MoCo CE Polls by Large Margin
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Vote Blair unless you want any SFH neighborhood in Bethesda and silver spring to be completely ruined
Seeing that Blair has not actually stated a position on Thrive it’s hard to draw this conclusion.
He stated how duplexes have not been a sustainable way to increase number of units. He specified he wants to encourage density development around metro stations and promote mixed-use projects, indicating a focus towards adding residential units to commercial areas, not the other way around.
Everyone knows that the talk of duplexes is a red herring. Just like the Jawando ZTA, when the Thrive ZTA is proposed it will be four-plexes that get approved. So it’s not really useful to know his position on duplexes specifically. Thrive calls for supporting “all housing types”.
Good point. It would be good to hear his position on Thrive not duplexes. If he doesn’t think duplexes create enough housing then he could think that four-plexes do.
Anonymous
01/21/2022 20:45
Subject: Re:Elrich Leads MoCo CE Polls by Large Margin
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Vote Blair unless you want any SFH neighborhood in Bethesda and silver spring to be completely ruined
Seeing that Blair has not actually stated a position on Thrive it’s hard to draw this conclusion.
He stated how duplexes have not been a sustainable way to increase number of units. He specified he wants to encourage density development around metro stations and promote mixed-use projects, indicating a focus towards adding residential units to commercial areas, not the other way around.
Everyone knows that the talk of duplexes is a red herring. Just like the Jawando ZTA, when the Thrive ZTA is proposed it will be four-plexes that get approved. So it’s not really useful to know his position on duplexes specifically. Thrive calls for supporting “all housing types”.
Anonymous
01/21/2022 16:52
Subject: Re:Elrich Leads MoCo CE Polls by Large Margin
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Vote Blair unless you want any SFH neighborhood in Bethesda and silver spring to be completely ruined
Seeing that Blair has not actually stated a position on Thrive it’s hard to draw this conclusion.
He stated how duplexes have not been a sustainable way to increase number of units. He specified he wants to encourage density development around metro stations and promote mixed-use projects, indicating a focus towards adding residential units to commercial areas, not the other way around.
Anonymous
01/21/2022 04:20
Subject: Re:Elrich Leads MoCo CE Polls by Large Margin
Anonymous wrote:Vote Blair unless you want any SFH neighborhood in Bethesda and silver spring to be completely ruined
Seeing that Blair has not actually stated a position on Thrive it’s hard to draw this conclusion.
Anonymous
01/20/2022 22:08
Subject: Re:Elrich Leads MoCo CE Polls by Large Margin
Vote Blair unless you want any SFH neighborhood in Bethesda and silver spring to be completely ruined