Elrich was very disrespectful to my husband at a meet and greet.

I have been a Democrat my whole life, my husband is an independent who leans liberal. He's also a PhD in Electrical Engineering so he's also very inquisitive. At a casual meet and greet he asked Elrich to elaborate on a specific part of his transportation plan and while my husband spoke, Elrich had this look on his face like he couldn't stand to be around us. I felt really uncomfortable. Elrichs only response was "we will take care of it" and then turned his back to us and started talking to other people as if we did not even exist.

I was really taken back by this. My husband was polite and we were even considering donating to Elrich because we heard he was a compassionate person who wanted the best for the county. But this experience really put a bad taste in my mouth. I spoke to other people and Elrich is a guy who can be very sweet at one moment but then be completely cold and callous the next.

I feel like the Democrats assume people like my husband and I are guaranteed voters so they can treat us however they want. I have personally never voted for a Republican, but I am really tempted this time.

It's very telling that you bolded your entire post. Thought you were being subtle, huh?

Nah. Your racism came shining right through. In Black letters.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those of you (or the one of you who have posted several times?) who want to vote Ficker for the "hand grenade" effect:

Please tell me when "hand grenade" politics has worked?

Remind me again, how do they define "insanity" ?

Oh, that's right - doing the same thing, over and over again, and expecting a different outcome.


Well, here we've been voting for the same people, and the same *kind* of people, over and over again.... and expecting a different outcome.


This insanity feedback-loop has to be interrupted. That's where Ficker comes in. He's so polar-opposite from the council that it might shake things up enough to get some new ideas going. If it doesn't work, we can go back to electing the automatons we have now.

But expecting things to get any better while we keep the same people in charge is asinine.

Totally agree, people act like they can’t try something new. Newsflash MoCo keeps voting in the same people without much results. Personally, I believe that no candidate should coast to election..... make it a real battle.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ficker as CE will turn us into Prince George’s County.

I don't follow, please elaborate?

Sounds vaguely racist to me. As if Montgomery democrats somehow need to be concerned that their beloved county will somehow become less white, and resemble Prince George's?

It's certainly a very odd thing to say.

I think they meant dysfunctional.

Prince George's county isn't dysfunctional. It balances its budget every year, keeps the roads plowed and paved, picks up the trash, maintains a public school system, police department, fire department, and performs all the other functions of a large municipality.

There's absolutely no part of it that isn't functional.


So no, I don't think the racist poster had any intention of simply calling it "dysfunctional". Otherwise that's what they would have said.


No. They said "turn it into Prince George's". That implies a physical change.

Feel free to move to Prince George’s county then. If you already live here please tell me why business’s have a hard time growing there, why are the schools performing so poorly and why do the home values slide up and down without much consistency?

Anonymous wrote:Those of you (or the one of you who have posted several times?) who want to vote Ficker for the "hand grenade" effect:

Please tell me when "hand grenade" politics has worked?

Remind me again, how do they define "insanity" ?

Oh, that's right - doing the same thing, over and over again, and expecting a different outcome.


Well, here we've been voting for the same people, and the same *kind* of people, over and over again.... and expecting a different outcome.


This insanity feedback-loop has to be interrupted. That's where Ficker comes in. He's so polar-opposite from the council that it might shake things up enough to get some new ideas going. If it doesn't work, we can go back to electing the automatons we have now.

But expecting things to get any better while we keep the same people in charge is asinine.

Those of you (or the one of you who have posted several times?) who want to vote Ficker for the "hand grenade" effect:

Please tell me when "hand grenade" politics has worked?

Sure.

Someone who has worked for the county govt for 18 years is just going to up and quit because a republican got elected. Right. Sure. Anything you say.



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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ficker as CE will turn us into Prince George’s County.

I don't follow, please elaborate?

Sounds vaguely racist to me. As if Montgomery democrats somehow need to be concerned that their beloved county will somehow become less white, and resemble Prince George's?

It's certainly a very odd thing to say.

I think they meant dysfunctional.

Prince George's county isn't dysfunctional. It balances its budget every year, keeps the roads plowed and paved, picks up the trash, maintains a public school system, police department, fire department, and performs all the other functions of a large municipality.

There's absolutely no part of it that isn't functional.


So no, I don't think the racist poster had any intention of simply calling it "dysfunctional". Otherwise that's what they would have said.


No. They said "turn it into Prince George's". That implies a physical change.

OMG it’s not about race. Ficker is white. It’s about incompetent government. No self respecting professional would work for him....so you’d get a Trump effect. And public services would degrade. PG county’s public transportation sucks, for example. You need smart people to run government. Ficker will have no clue.

And as public services degrade, so do your home values.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ficker as CE will turn us into Prince George’s County.

I don't follow, please elaborate?

Sounds vaguely racist to me. As if Montgomery democrats somehow need to be concerned that their beloved county will somehow become less white, and resemble Prince George's?

It's certainly a very odd thing to say.

I think they meant dysfunctional.

Prince George's county isn't dysfunctional. It balances its budget every year, keeps the roads plowed and paved, picks up the trash, maintains a public school system, police department, fire department, and performs all the other functions of a large municipality.

There's absolutely no part of it that isn't functional.


So no, I don't think the racist poster had any intention of simply calling it "dysfunctional". Otherwise that's what they would have said.


No. They said "turn it into Prince George's". That implies a physical change.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ficker as CE will turn us into Prince George’s County.

I don't follow, please elaborate?

Sounds vaguely racist to me. As if Montgomery democrats somehow need to be concerned that their beloved county will somehow become less white, and resemble Prince George's?

It's certainly a very odd thing to say.

I think they meant dysfunctional.

DCUM has turned me into a republican

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ficker as CE will turn us into Prince George’s County.

I don't follow, please elaborate?

Sounds vaguely racist to me. As if Montgomery democrats somehow need to be concerned that their beloved county will somehow become less white, and resemble Prince George's?

It's certainly a very odd thing to say.

Anonymous wrote:

The county council would appoint an interim county executive until the next election. The Dems are so desperate to please certain backers I would honestly be worried for my safety some if I were a Republican Executive.
The county council?? Shudder.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/bs-md-baltimore-county-next-executive-20180510-story,amp.html

What is "shudder" about the likely County Council next term? I'm feeling pretty good about it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I won't vote for Ficker though it is tempting and I understand why some are. It is SO frustrating to have Elrich and Floreen as our options. This County desperately needs a new direction, and no one on the current council should be CE. We had a few decent options, but, as is the Democratic way, we couldn't get our act together behind one consensus choice and they split the damn vote! And now, we have 3 truly lousy options. I swear, we are our own worst enemy.

FWIW, I'll be grudgingly voting for Floreen as the lesser of 3 evils. But really, we're screwed no matter what.

Flicker! Flicker!!

Does he maybe have a backup should he get sick or something and need to bow out shortly after the election? Is there a lieutenant County Exec?

The county council would appoint an interim county executive until the next election. The Dems are so desperate to please certain backers I would honestly be worried for my safety some if I were a Republican Executive.
The county council?? Shudder.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/bs-md-baltimore-county-next-executive-20180510-story,amp.html

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I won't vote for Ficker though it is tempting and I understand why some are. It is SO frustrating to have Elrich and Floreen as our options. This County desperately needs a new direction, and no one on the current council should be CE. We had a few decent options, but, as is the Democratic way, we couldn't get our act together behind one consensus choice and they split the damn vote! And now, we have 3 truly lousy options. I swear, we are our own worst enemy.

FWIW, I'll be grudgingly voting for Floreen as the lesser of 3 evils. But really, we're screwed no matter what.

Flicker! Flicker!!

Does he maybe have a backup should he get sick or something and need to bow out shortly after the election? Is there a lieutenant County Exec?

The county council would appoint an interim county executive until the next election. The Dems are so desperate to please certain backers I would honestly be worried for my safety some if I were a Republican Executive.
The county council?? Shudder.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/bs-md-baltimore-county-next-executive-20180510-story,amp.html