Anonymous
11/05/2018 14:32
Subject: Who should I vote for? Md, Montgomery county.
Thanks for all the feedback on the amendments, that's really helping me figure out which way to go!
Anonymous
11/05/2018 14:29
Subject: Who should I vote for? Md, Montgomery county.
Anonymous wrote:FWIW, this is how I voted (early):
Q1 looks to be related to school funding attached to gambling. Normally I would say yes to more school funding but mandating money from one source going to schools just means that they would reduce other sources right? It's not like this is going to increase school funding is it? It seems like it would just constrain the state government in a way that doesn't make sense and during down times when gambling revenue is down I could imagine school funding crashing.
Voted Yes -- I'm ok if they reduce funding for other things. Leave school funding alone. I am originally from CA, and they play fast and furious with school funding there, so much so that for years, they raided the school funding to cover other shortfalls. I moved here primarily for the schools, and left CA in part because of the lack of school funding.
Q2 is to allow people to register and vote on election day. I don't know how I feel about that one. On the one hand, it would marginally increase voter turnout but on the other hand, they can already register up to the day right before the election.
Voted No -- I would think this might leave room for voter fraud. Maybe I'm wrong. But I agree people have plenty of time to register, and it's not hard to do it.
QA is written in an absurdly complex manner. A normal human can't understand it after the first reading. I can't tell if they're trying to do something or undo something.
Vote Yes
The way I read it, the committee that decides boundaries should be made up of the "majority" in the area - " four members of political parties that received 15 percent of total votes in the closest preceding election". So, that means that in heavily liberal MoCo, most of these folks will be Dem. Though that may seem more partisan, it would reflect the area.
QB this seems to be a change that would require a unanimous vote for property tax hikes. I'm against this because we would never have another tax hike. While that sounds great for now, it will be very bad down the road.
Voted No -- the way I read it, they want to be able to hike the taxes without all 9 members. So, if there was a vacancy, or the person was not available, they wouldn't be able to vote for the tax hike.
QC looks like opening the door for a spoils system so I'm voting no on that.
Voted No -- Council members don't need more than 1 aide. They are not *that* busy. Those aides may not be "merit-based" but they would still potentially use up county, ie, taxpayer, resources.
More info here:
https://wamu.org/story/18/10/18/ballot-questions-101-guide-maryland-voters-will-decide-november/
Thank you for this and the other PP!
Agree that the one question seems so complex.
Anonymous
11/05/2018 14:19
Subject: Who should I vote for? Md, Montgomery county.
FWIW, this is how I voted (early):
Voted Yes -- I'm ok if they reduce funding for other things. Leave school funding alone. I am originally from CA, and they play fast and furious with school funding there, so much so that for years, they raided the school funding to cover other shortfalls. I moved here primarily for the schools, and left CA in part because of the lack of school funding.
Voted No -- I would think this might leave room for voter fraud. Maybe I'm wrong. But I agree people have plenty of time to register, and it's not hard to do it.
Vote Yes
The way I read it, the committee that decides boundaries should be made up of the "majority" in the area - " four members of political parties that received 15 percent of total votes in the closest preceding election". So, that means that in heavily liberal MoCo, most of these folks will be Dem. Though that may seem more partisan, it would reflect the area.
Voted No -- the way I read it, they want to be able to hike the taxes without all 9 members. So, if there was a vacancy, or the person was not available, they wouldn't be able to vote for the tax hike.
Voted No -- Council members don't need more than 1 aide. They are not *that* busy. Those aides may not be "merit-based" but they would still potentially use up county, ie, taxpayer, resources.
More info here:
https://wamu.org/story/18/10/18/ballot-questions-101-guide-maryland-voters-will-decide-november/
Q1 looks to be related to school funding attached to gambling. Normally I would say yes to more school funding but mandating money from one source going to schools just means that they would reduce other sources right? It's not like this is going to increase school funding is it? It seems like it would just constrain the state government in a way that doesn't make sense and during down times when gambling revenue is down I could imagine school funding crashing.
Voted Yes -- I'm ok if they reduce funding for other things. Leave school funding alone. I am originally from CA, and they play fast and furious with school funding there, so much so that for years, they raided the school funding to cover other shortfalls. I moved here primarily for the schools, and left CA in part because of the lack of school funding.
Q2 is to allow people to register and vote on election day. I don't know how I feel about that one. On the one hand, it would marginally increase voter turnout but on the other hand, they can already register up to the day right before the election.
Voted No -- I would think this might leave room for voter fraud. Maybe I'm wrong. But I agree people have plenty of time to register, and it's not hard to do it.
QA is written in an absurdly complex manner. A normal human can't understand it after the first reading. I can't tell if they're trying to do something or undo something.
Vote Yes
The way I read it, the committee that decides boundaries should be made up of the "majority" in the area - " four members of political parties that received 15 percent of total votes in the closest preceding election". So, that means that in heavily liberal MoCo, most of these folks will be Dem. Though that may seem more partisan, it would reflect the area.
QB this seems to be a change that would require a unanimous vote for property tax hikes. I'm against this because we would never have another tax hike. While that sounds great for now, it will be very bad down the road.
Voted No -- the way I read it, they want to be able to hike the taxes without all 9 members. So, if there was a vacancy, or the person was not available, they wouldn't be able to vote for the tax hike.
QC looks like opening the door for a spoils system so I'm voting no on that.
Voted No -- Council members don't need more than 1 aide. They are not *that* busy. Those aides may not be "merit-based" but they would still potentially use up county, ie, taxpayer, resources.
More info here:
https://wamu.org/story/18/10/18/ballot-questions-101-guide-maryland-voters-will-decide-november/
Anonymous
11/05/2018 14:02
Subject: Who should I vote for? Md, Montgomery county.
Anonymous wrote:What's the deal with the Constitutional Amendments?
Q1 looks to be related to school funding attached to gambling. Normally I would say yes to more school funding but mandating money from one source going to schools just means that they would reduce other sources right? It's not like this is going to increase school funding is it? It seems like it would just constrain the state government in a way that doesn't make sense and during down times when gambling revenue is down I could imagine school funding crashing.
Q2 is to allow people to register and vote on election day. I don't know how I feel about that one. On the one hand, it would marginally increase voter turnout but on the other hand, they can already register up to the day right before the election.
QA is written in an absurdly complex manner. A normal human can't understand it after the first reading. I can't tell if they're trying to do something or undo something.
QB this seems to be a change that would require a unanimous vote for property tax hikes. I'm against this because we would never have another tax hike. While that sounds great for now, it will be very bad down the road.
QC looks like opening the door for a spoils system so I'm voting no on that.
Anyone else read these and come up with these thoughts or am I totally off-base here?
No kidding -- it's difficult to understand.
Q1 vote Yes. It actually won't change the money going to schools, but just ensure the pot it comes from.
Q2 I wasn't feeling storngly either way, but chose Yes.
QA vote Yes. It makes the redistricting council less partisan by allowing more independents (I think?)
QB definitely No. What it means is that if a Council member dies so thehy're down to 8, they can't currently pass a tax increase above the charter limit because it requires a vote of all 9. The Council is just looking for ways to make it easier to cop out and raise taxes instead of taking the more difficult but noble path of cutting spending.
QC vote No. Your're rights, it's patronage.
Anonymous
11/05/2018 14:00
Subject: Who should I vote for? Md, Montgomery county.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: Hogan and I would rather vote for Floreen than Ehrlich
Agree.
- democrat
what about school board?
Discussion here:
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/15/762191.page
District at Large: Reiley
District 1 Maria Blaeuer
District 3 Lynn Amano
District 5 - Brenda Wolfe
Anonymous
11/05/2018 13:58
Subject: Who should I vote for? Md, Montgomery county.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Elrich is the progressive Democrat and Floreen is essentially in the role of a Republican. Elrich will probably win because there aren’t actually that many Republicans here and some will vote for Ficker.
You nailed it.
IMO, Floreen is more moderate than a R.
-signed a former R
Anonymous
11/05/2018 13:44
Subject: Who should I vote for? Md, Montgomery county.
What's the deal with the Constitutional Amendments?
Q1 looks to be related to school funding attached to gambling. Normally I would say yes to more school funding but mandating money from one source going to schools just means that they would reduce other sources right? It's not like this is going to increase school funding is it? It seems like it would just constrain the state government in a way that doesn't make sense and during down times when gambling revenue is down I could imagine school funding crashing.
Q2 is to allow people to register and vote on election day. I don't know how I feel about that one. On the one hand, it would marginally increase voter turnout but on the other hand, they can already register up to the day right before the election.
QA is written in an absurdly complex manner. A normal human can't understand it after the first reading. I can't tell if they're trying to do something or undo something.
QB this seems to be a change that would require a unanimous vote for property tax hikes. I'm against this because we would never have another tax hike. While that sounds great for now, it will be very bad down the road.
QC looks like opening the door for a spoils system so I'm voting no on that.
Anyone else read these and come up with these thoughts or am I totally off-base here?
Q1 looks to be related to school funding attached to gambling. Normally I would say yes to more school funding but mandating money from one source going to schools just means that they would reduce other sources right? It's not like this is going to increase school funding is it? It seems like it would just constrain the state government in a way that doesn't make sense and during down times when gambling revenue is down I could imagine school funding crashing.
Q2 is to allow people to register and vote on election day. I don't know how I feel about that one. On the one hand, it would marginally increase voter turnout but on the other hand, they can already register up to the day right before the election.
QA is written in an absurdly complex manner. A normal human can't understand it after the first reading. I can't tell if they're trying to do something or undo something.
QB this seems to be a change that would require a unanimous vote for property tax hikes. I'm against this because we would never have another tax hike. While that sounds great for now, it will be very bad down the road.
QC looks like opening the door for a spoils system so I'm voting no on that.
Anyone else read these and come up with these thoughts or am I totally off-base here?
Anonymous
11/05/2018 13:38
Subject: Who should I vote for? Md, Montgomery county.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: Hogan and I would rather vote for Floreen than Ehrlich
Agree.
- democrat
what about school board?
Another Dem here who voted Hogan and Floreen. For school board I did Reilly and Blaeuer. Didn't vote between O'Neill and Amano because I really dislike them both. Obviously, one of them will be in, but I truly couldn't decide who was the least terrible.
Anonymous
11/05/2018 13:29
Subject: Who should I vote for? Md, Montgomery county.
Anonymous wrote: Hogan and I would rather vote for Floreen than Ehrlich
Agree.
- democrat
what about school board?
Anonymous
11/05/2018 12:04
Subject: Who should I vote for? Md, Montgomery county.
Anonymous wrote:Floreen if you are rich and prioritize protecting your wallet. Elrich if you prioritize anything else.
Not a big Floreen fan, but I have to admit that Floreen will likely be better for jobs, too.
Anonymous
11/05/2018 08:36
Subject: Who should I vote for? Md, Montgomery county.
Floreen if you are rich and prioritize protecting your wallet. Elrich if you prioritize anything else.
Anonymous
11/04/2018 23:22
Subject: Who should I vote for? Md, Montgomery county.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Jealous and Elrich
Yes. Now if only the school board candidates choice was as clear cut.
Reilly for school board
Anonymous
11/04/2018 22:56
Subject: Who should I vote for? Md, Montgomery county.
Anonymous wrote:Jealous and Elrich
Yes. Now if only the school board candidates choice was as clear cut.
Anonymous
11/04/2018 21:49
Subject: Who should I vote for? Md, Montgomery county.
Jealous and Elrich
Anonymous
11/04/2018 20:54
Subject: Who should I vote for? Md, Montgomery county.
Anonymous wrote:So, yes, I have no idea. Give me advice. One thing I like is that Hogan moved the school year after Labor Day because I was unhappy with mcps for constant days off, as soon as school started, and I am appalled by mcps board using our kids as pawns in their "fight" against Hogan.(plus look what is happening with mcps principals and athletics acting like bullies and covering up everything!) Otherwise I am, well, technically a socialist with some conservative streaks. I am all for sanctuary cities once people are here. I am against illegal immigration and all for legal immigration, being a legal immigrant myself. But, I am for illegal kids attending public schools. I am for pot legalization,(from CO prior to here) and severe gun control, I am in fact against anyone being able to buy a gun...I am for rights for all people, LGBTQ and equality in every way for all races, ethnic groups, etc... I think higher taxes are generally good if they pay for schools and other improvements. So, if you have the time, any advice? Thanks!
Confused about how school starting later helped...we didn’t have a full week of school in MCPS until like the 4th week of school.