My guess is there was no "unethical behavior" since there was no response on an anonymous forum.

I'd definitely like to know. I voted for her. It could certainly impact my vote in the future.

Anonymous wrote:Tell me about Mark Pierzchala. I cannot stomach voting for Monique Ashton after some unethical behavior by her as part of an elementary school PTA several years ago. If she would take advantage there, I can't trust her. Trying to decide whether to vote against her or sit it out.

So I suppose OP isn’t going to tell us what the unethical behavior was. Even though the unofficial results indicate Monique was elected.

https://www.rockvillemd.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2097

Mark. I know both fairly well.

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Anonymous wrote:Who is the more progressive of the two?

Mark or Monique? I'm not sure that we necessarily know the answer to that. The main difference is that when you ask who wants to build more housing in the city, it's Pierzchala. He's pro-building housing. Ashton is also for building but not as much or to that same degree. This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that's familiar with city politics though.

If you watch the video, they ask about ballot question 4 and Ashton refuses to answer. Pierzchala says he's for having some at large seats and some districts like the county does. He also suggests having an even larger council with even more seats so that there can be more than a couple very large districts. I think this is a good answer so that people can have better representation.

He suggested this back in Feb or March 2023 (I THINK) when the Mayor and Council were discussing these questions/ suggestions from the Charter Review. The idea of having a Mayor and Council of up to 11 people is crazy (which he suggested earlier in the year). The Montgomery County council (population 1M) is 11 members. Rockville population is less than 70K.

Why is it inherently ‘crazy’ to have more representation? Having nearly every council member from the area between 355 and 270 seems problematic.

NP, but that is not what PP said. More representation is fine, for exactly the reason you said. What is not reasonable is ELEVEN, for exactly the reason PP said.

You handle the representation problem by creating districts with the seven we have. You create chaos by having eleven for a city of 70k.

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Anonymous wrote:Who is the more progressive of the two?

Mark or Monique? I'm not sure that we necessarily know the answer to that. The main difference is that when you ask who wants to build more housing in the city, it's Pierzchala. He's pro-building housing. Ashton is also for building but not as much or to that same degree. This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that's familiar with city politics though.

If you watch the video, they ask about ballot question 4 and Ashton refuses to answer. Pierzchala says he's for having some at large seats and some districts like the county does. He also suggests having an even larger council with even more seats so that there can be more than a couple very large districts. I think this is a good answer so that people can have better representation.

He suggested this back in Feb or March 2023 (I THINK) when the Mayor and Council were discussing these questions/ suggestions from the Charter Review. The idea of having a Mayor and Council of up to 11 people is crazy (which he suggested earlier in the year). The Montgomery County council (population 1M) is 11 members. Rockville population is less than 70K.

Why is it inherently ‘crazy’ to have more representation? Having nearly every council member from the area between 355 and 270 seems problematic.

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Anonymous wrote:Who is the more progressive of the two?

Mark or Monique? I'm not sure that we necessarily know the answer to that. The main difference is that when you ask who wants to build more housing in the city, it's Pierzchala. He's pro-building housing. Ashton is also for building but not as much or to that same degree. This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that's familiar with city politics though.

If you watch the video, they ask about ballot question 4 and Ashton refuses to answer. Pierzchala says he's for having some at large seats and some districts like the county does. He also suggests having an even larger council with even more seats so that there can be more than a couple very large districts. I think this is a good answer so that people can have better representation.

He suggested this back in Feb or March 2023 (I THINK) when the Mayor and Council were discussing these questions/ suggestions from the Charter Review. The idea of having a Mayor and Council of up to 11 people is crazy (which he suggested earlier in the year). The Montgomery County council (population 1M) is 11 members. Rockville population is less than 70K.

1:12:10 in the video.

Four candidates are for lowering the voting age in city elections to 16. Fulton, Valeri, Belay, and Shaw. Neither candidate for Mayor raises their hands.

Permit non-citizens to vote Jackson, Valeri, Scott, and Shaw. Neither candidate for Mayor raises their hands.

Everyone is in favor of term limits EXCEPT for Scott and Pierzchala who do not want them.

Everyone is in favor of having representitive districts EXCEPT for Ashton and Mui (Republican).

My personal opinion on these matters is: Yes, Yes, No, Yes

I think allowing 16 and 17 year olds to vote in city elections is an amazing idea. I have no problem allowing non-citizens to vote for the city elections. Obviously they're never going to vote for President or Congress but to me the city is a different situation and our non-citizen neighbors are important parts of our community and I think their voices should be heard. I don't think term limits are generally good just because I want people to plan for long term and I don't think term limits have been especially successful in a lot of ways when they've been tried elsewhere. Lastly, I'm definitely in favor of representative districts. Right now the council is basically all from west Rockville and I believe giving people in other parts of the city a voice is important. The wealthier and whiter area has far more voter turn out. It's incredibly difficult to get people with other viewpoints or priorities for parts of the city (like East Rockville) elected without representative districts. I live between town center and 270 so I say this as part of the over-represented population.

Anonymous wrote:Who is the more progressive of the two?

Mark or Monique? I'm not sure that we necessarily know the answer to that. The main difference is that when you ask who wants to build more housing in the city, it's Pierzchala. He's pro-building housing. Ashton is also for building but not as much or to that same degree. This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that's familiar with city politics though.

If you watch the video, they ask about ballot question 4 and Ashton refuses to answer. Pierzchala says he's for having some at large seats and some districts like the county does. He also suggests having an even larger council with even more seats so that there can be more than a couple very large districts. I think this is a good answer so that people can have better representation.

Who is the more progressive of the two?

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Anonymous wrote:Is he a progressive?

How would you define progressive on City Council? They are non partisan.

Please... proposals to allow 16 year olds to vote? Non citizens to vote? Lots of Rockville money spent promoting events to celebrate pride, non European heritage, etc.

wow, so only progressives acknowledge and support non white people? You have to be a MAGA racist.

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Anonymous wrote:Skip to 41:25. This is supposed to be a fun neutral question that really shouldn't get more votes or less votes. Mark answers it then Monique comes off as a mean girl. I really don't want someone like this as Mayor.

Interesting you mention this debate. How about 1:02:20 where Mark gets into an argument with a resident and raises his voice?

It doesn't seem that bad to me. He obviously has more knowledge about this than the audience member.