Think it through, little buddy.

If MoCo changes its arcane law regarding alcohol sales, then it will lose significant revenue...and thus, your county taxes will go up. Get it?

So what do you want: cute booze shops in Bethesda and increased county taxes? Or, maintain the status quo?

Actually, there was a study at some point that showed the majority of revenue went toward funding the department that runs the program. If the county no longer ran the alcohol sales then the county would not need the large departments that runs the sales. There would be nothing prohibiting an alcohol tax if revenue was an issue and this would be cheaper that the more expensive prices consumers are paying now in Montgomery County with no competition.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope, he won't be reelected. Republicans are going the way of the horse and carriage.

Agreed

You two must live in Montgomery County. That's probably the only county in the state where it even looks remotely like Hogan won't win. Outside of MoCo, the rest of the state is a pretty solid lock for Hogan. He has like a 70% approval rating across the state, but well over 80% outside of MoCo.

This article is from June 5:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/post-umd-poll-jealous-baker-lead-in-democratic-race-overshadowed-by-hogan/2018/06/04/b6ad4586-6800-11e8-bf8c-f9ed2e672adf_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3c2b6c806632

Anonymous wrote:Nope, he won't be reelected. Republicans are going the way of the horse and carriage.

Agreed

Nope, he won't be reelected. Republicans are going the way of the horse and carriage.

Anonymous wrote:unless the democrat is a crook, a Putin-puppet or a pedophile, I will be voting for the Democratic candidate this fall.

So this means that if Krishanti Vignarajah wins the candidacy, then you'll vote against her, right? Vignarajah was registered to vote in MD but four times has voted in DC elections while she worked there. The DC voter registration laws say that before you register to vote in DC, you must rescind your voter registration in another jurisdiction, which she did not do. As a voter in DC, she technically should not have been a legal voter in MD and would not meet the 5 years continuous MD state residency requirements for seeking election in MD.

http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2017/Maryland-Gubernatorial-Candidate-Defends-Voting-in-DC-While-a-Maryland-Resident/

The case was filed in Anne Arundel County and the case was recently thrown out, not because she didn't commit voter fraud, but because the case was not filed before the February 27 deadline to file such a claim. So, she is allowed to stay on the ballot based on a technicality. But she still committed voter fraud. She's definitely a crook.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/judge-says-vignarajah-is-eligible-to-run-for-governor/2018/06/12/04cead52-6e84-11e8-bd50-b80389a4e569_story.html?utm_term=.8213e027e255

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Anonymous wrote:Hello Dems? Anybody here? Redistricting in MD happens in 2020. Please vote anybody but Hogan!

Gerrymandering is bad whether we do it or the republicans. Plus the Court may put some limits on it soon.

Strange how there wasn't much public outcry when the Democrats horribly abused gerrymandering and redistricted in 2011 specifically to oust Roscoe Bartlett. They chopped his district up and diluted it dividing his supporters into three new districts and then aligned them with strongly Democratic holdings specifically to dilute his vote. Prior to this, he represented a strongly Conservative constituency that lost its voice in MD.

From 2003-2013 the district maps looked like this:


In 2011, they gerrymandered the districts like this so that Roscoe Bartlett's District 6 (the blue-gray district including all of Western MD and across the top) was divided. Western MD was paired with northern Montgomery County and the North Central part of the state was divided and pushed into Districts 8 and 1 to dilute the Republican western and northern MD voters into three different districts. This was expressly to break up Roscoe Bartlett's power base. For 20 years from 1993-2013, Roscoe Bartlett had held that district, very dominantly.


Democrats were very supportive of Gerrymandering when it was in their favor, but now are very against it when it could work against them.

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Anonymous wrote:I am voting against Hogan because I feel he hasn't done much for the more urban areas of the state. He talks a good game but the roads in Maryland are terrible. He hasn't brought in any new businesses...in fact we are losing many like Discovery. Despite what people think about Baltimore, it is our largest city and it makes the state look bad when you have that type of crime and poverty while you have really wealthy suburban areas. He should have built the red line there and taken advantage of the federal money.

He is popular because the bar is set so low for Republicans and he isn't acting like Trump or other crazy right wing nut, which is a bad reason to vote for someone. Alec Ross has my vote as I think he gets it and is an outsider that will bring in new ideas for Maryland.

Actually, business growth is up in every MD county except Montgomery County.

That is true though relative to NoVa and DC, Maryland’s growth is glacial. And the loss of Discovery and the failure of MoCo to bring in more business is troubling.

But let's be honest, our county taxes are ridiculous and it is pretty anti-business in general. It still blows my mind that Total Wine, HQ in Bethesda, can't have a store here because of our arcane laws.

Think it through, little buddy.

If MoCo changes its arcane law regarding alcohol sales, then it will lose significant revenue...and thus, your county taxes will go up. Get it?

So what do you want: cute booze shops in Bethesda and increased county taxes? Or, maintain the status quo?

Little Buddy wants the county to curb their spending so I can have my cute wine shop and reasonable taxes. The amount of money the county wastes is crazy. Amazingly, having grown up in New England I know it is possible to have both.

What does the county waste money on?

https://wtop.com/local-politics-elections-news/2018/06/2018-md-primary-guide-crowded-field-of-candidates-seek-democratic-nomination-for-governor/

Yes, Hogan will win reelection...easily.

There's no clear front runner in the Dem field...and that's pathetic. We are a heavily Dem state, yet we can't produce a viable candidate. Sad.

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Anonymous wrote:I am voting against Hogan because I feel he hasn't done much for the more urban areas of the state. He talks a good game but the roads in Maryland are terrible. He hasn't brought in any new businesses...in fact we are losing many like Discovery. Despite what people think about Baltimore, it is our largest city and it makes the state look bad when you have that type of crime and poverty while you have really wealthy suburban areas. He should have built the red line there and taken advantage of the federal money.

He is popular because the bar is set so low for Republicans and he isn't acting like Trump or other crazy right wing nut, which is a bad reason to vote for someone. Alec Ross has my vote as I think he gets it and is an outsider that will bring in new ideas for Maryland.

Actually, business growth is up in every MD county except Montgomery County.

That is true though relative to NoVa and DC, Maryland’s growth is glacial. And the loss of Discovery and the failure of MoCo to bring in more business is troubling.

But let's be honest, our county taxes are ridiculous and it is pretty anti-business in general. It still blows my mind that Total Wine, HQ in Bethesda, can't have a store here because of our arcane laws.

Think it through, little buddy.

If MoCo changes its arcane law regarding alcohol sales, then it will lose significant revenue...and thus, your county taxes will go up. Get it?

So what do you want: cute booze shops in Bethesda and increased county taxes? Or, maintain the status quo?

Little Buddy wants the county to curb their spending so I can have my cute wine shop and reasonable taxes. The amount of money the county wastes is crazy. Amazingly, having grown up in New England I know it is possible to have both.

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Anonymous wrote:Hello Dems? Anybody here? Redistricting in MD happens in 2020. Please vote anybody but Hogan!

Gerrymandering is bad whether we do it or the republicans. Plus the Court may put some limits on it soon.

If republicans ever take over, THEN we can talk about changing the ways districts are designed. But until then, I say let it ride. Plus, the current system will help ensure that that dreaded republican takeover never happens in the first place, so it's a moot point anyway. Can we stop talking about it now?

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Anonymous wrote:I am voting against Hogan because I feel he hasn't done much for the more urban areas of the state. He talks a good game but the roads in Maryland are terrible. He hasn't brought in any new businesses...in fact we are losing many like Discovery. Despite what people think about Baltimore, it is our largest city and it makes the state look bad when you have that type of crime and poverty while you have really wealthy suburban areas. He should have built the red line there and taken advantage of the federal money.

He is popular because the bar is set so low for Republicans and he isn't acting like Trump or other crazy right wing nut, which is a bad reason to vote for someone. Alec Ross has my vote as I think he gets it and is an outsider that will bring in new ideas for Maryland.

Actually, business growth is up in every MD county except Montgomery County.

That is largely to the MoCo’s own asinine policies and the stupidity of the people voting for candidates who have them.

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Anonymous wrote:I am voting against Hogan because I feel he hasn't done much for the more urban areas of the state. He talks a good game but the roads in Maryland are terrible. He hasn't brought in any new businesses...in fact we are losing many like Discovery. Despite what people think about Baltimore, it is our largest city and it makes the state look bad when you have that type of crime and poverty while you have really wealthy suburban areas. He should have built the red line there and taken advantage of the federal money.

He is popular because the bar is set so low for Republicans and he isn't acting like Trump or other crazy right wing nut, which is a bad reason to vote for someone. Alec Ross has my vote as I think he gets it and is an outsider that will bring in new ideas for Maryland.

Actually, business growth is up in every MD county except Montgomery County.

That is true though relative to NoVa and DC, Maryland’s growth is glacial. And the loss of Discovery and the failure of MoCo to bring in more business is troubling.

But let's be honest, our county taxes are ridiculous and it is pretty anti-business in general. It still blows my mind that Total Wine, HQ in Bethesda, can't have a store here because of our arcane laws.

Think it through, little buddy.

If MoCo changes its arcane law regarding alcohol sales, then it will lose significant revenue...and thus, your county taxes will go up. Get it?

So what do you want: cute booze shops in Bethesda and increased county taxes? Or, maintain the status quo?

Anonymous wrote:Hello Dems? Anybody here? Redistricting in MD happens in 2020. Please vote anybody but Hogan!

Gerrymandering is bad whether we do it or the republicans. Plus the Court may put some limits on it soon.

Hello Dems? Anybody here? Redistricting in MD happens in 2020. Please vote anybody but Hogan!

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Anonymous wrote:I am voting against Hogan because I feel he hasn't done much for the more urban areas of the state. He talks a good game but the roads in Maryland are terrible. He hasn't brought in any new businesses...in fact we are losing many like Discovery. Despite what people think about Baltimore, it is our largest city and it makes the state look bad when you have that type of crime and poverty while you have really wealthy suburban areas. He should have built the red line there and taken advantage of the federal money.

He is popular because the bar is set so low for Republicans and he isn't acting like Trump or other crazy right wing nut, which is a bad reason to vote for someone. Alec Ross has my vote as I think he gets it and is an outsider that will bring in new ideas for Maryland.

Actually, business growth is up in every MD county except Montgomery County.

That is true though relative to NoVa and DC, Maryland’s growth is glacial. And the loss of Discovery and the failure of MoCo to bring in more business is troubling.

But let's be honest, our county taxes are ridiculous and it is pretty anti-business in general. It still blows my mind that Total Wine, HQ in Bethesda, can't have a store here because of our arcane laws.