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Anonymous wrote:Wow, I actually agree with Riemer on this debate tonight, particularly on police. Elrich has run the department into the ground. Not sure Riemer would do better, but at least he has the issues right.

Hans "ban SROs from schools and defund police" Riemer has now remade himself into someone else? Typical Hans. Changes his stripes as the political winds blow.

Yes, he has. He still goes after the police union but suddenly supports police management.

Probably the only real Hans Riemer political belief is his hatred of unions. It’s been a consistent theme throughout his career.

He needs to start supporting police. His son is entering high school next year and he needs to see that Black teen boys are at the highest risk of being victims of violence. Everybody hates on police when they should be trying to prevent community violence.

Anonymous wrote:Interesting that he and Elrich just got together on the electrification thing. I smell an announcement coming.

Was probably going to vote for Elrich anyway, despite his housing policies sucking; we didn’t get to 91% vaccinated by accident.

Riemer seems too much like Arne Duncan. Been there, done that.

I saw that. I’m going to guess that Elrich will give him a do nothing job at the county “green bank” in exchange for him dropping out and endorsing Marc. Probably nothing worse for these guys than letting someone from outside the TPSS nexus assume power in this county. Makes more intent on voting Blair.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, I actually agree with Riemer on this debate tonight, particularly on police. Elrich has run the department into the ground. Not sure Riemer would do better, but at least he has the issues right.

Hans "ban SROs from schools and defund police" Riemer has now remade himself into someone else? Typical Hans. Changes his stripes as the political winds blow.

Yes, he has. He still goes after the police union but suddenly supports police management.

Probably the only real Hans Riemer political belief is his hatred of unions. It’s been a consistent theme throughout his career.

Interesting that he and Elrich just got together on the electrification thing. I smell an announcement coming.

Was probably going to vote for Elrich anyway, despite his housing policies sucking; we didn’t get to 91% vaccinated by accident.

Riemer seems too much like Arne Duncan. Been there, done that.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, I actually agree with Riemer on this debate tonight, particularly on police. Elrich has run the department into the ground. Not sure Riemer would do better, but at least he has the issues right.

Hans "ban SROs from schools and defund police" Riemer has now remade himself into someone else? Typical Hans. Changes his stripes as the political winds blow.

Yes, he has. He still goes after the police union but suddenly supports police management.

Anonymous wrote:Wow, I actually agree with Riemer on this debate tonight, particularly on police. Elrich has run the department into the ground. Not sure Riemer would do better, but at least he has the issues right.

Hans "ban SROs from schools and defund police" Riemer has now remade himself into someone else? Typical Hans. Changes his stripes as the political winds blow.

Wow, I actually agree with Riemer on this debate tonight, particularly on police. Elrich has run the department into the ground. Not sure Riemer would do better, but at least he has the issues right.

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Anonymous wrote:Recent polling shows that Riemer is hopelessly behind and he is also out of money. He has no chance to win and the only thing he can do now is spoil it for Blair. But if he helps get Elrich re-elected doesn’t that negate the whole animating purpose of his campaign?

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/politics/political-notes-blair-expands-paid-tv-ad-campaign-to-d-c-s-four-broadcast-stations/

It’s a bit like how he undermined Jawando’s ZTA. He doesn’t seem to believe in anything more than he believes that he should be the one doing it. Very narcissistic behavior.

Riemer set the cause of more affordable housing back by maybe a decade because of his own ego. If Jawando’s ZTA had passed, developers would be delivering some multiplexes by now. That’s shameful. Riemer also submarined the DTSS and adjacent communities plan by supporting Hucker’s proposal to remove almost all of the adjacent communities. Why? Because Riemer, like Hucker, knows he needs the Woodside NIMBYs to win. Riemer will always do what’s best for Riemer at any given time.

Why is Riemer still fundraising. Considering that he has no chance to win, isn’t it unethical to ask people to continue to donate to his campaign?

Anonymous wrote:Recent polling shows that Riemer is hopelessly behind and he is also out of money. He has no chance to win and the only thing he can do now is spoil it for Blair. But if he helps get Elrich re-elected doesn’t that negate the whole animating purpose of his campaign?

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/politics/political-notes-blair-expands-paid-tv-ad-campaign-to-d-c-s-four-broadcast-stations/

It’s a bit like how he undermined Jawando’s ZTA. He doesn’t seem to believe in anything more than he believes that he should be the one doing it. Very narcissistic behavior.

Recent polling shows that Riemer is hopelessly behind and he is also out of money. He has no chance to win and the only thing he can do now is spoil it for Blair. But if he helps get Elrich re-elected doesn’t that negate the whole animating purpose of his campaign?

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/politics/political-notes-blair-expands-paid-tv-ad-campaign-to-d-c-s-four-broadcast-stations/

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Anonymous wrote:I think Hans Riemer is running for 2026. And to make 2026 viable he needs to spoil Blair today. The problem for Hans is that by 2026 he’ll be forgotten or just irrelevant. Just think about Berliner, Floreen and Leventhal. The idea that any one of those three would be viable candidates in 2022 is ridiculous.

Is he really that horrible a person and that dumb?

He’s actually a very nice person. Just been doing this too long and is out of touch.

So why does he lie so much?

I’d like to know the answer to this question too. Lying comes so easily to him, especially when he’s raging against Marc Elrich.

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Anonymous wrote:I think Hans Riemer is running for 2026. And to make 2026 viable he needs to spoil Blair today. The problem for Hans is that by 2026 he’ll be forgotten or just irrelevant. Just think about Berliner, Floreen and Leventhal. The idea that any one of those three would be viable candidates in 2022 is ridiculous.

Is he really that horrible a person and that dumb?

He’s actually a very nice person. Just been doing this too long and is out of touch.

So why does he lie so much?

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Anonymous wrote:I think Hans Riemer is running for 2026. And to make 2026 viable he needs to spoil Blair today. The problem for Hans is that by 2026 he’ll be forgotten or just irrelevant. Just think about Berliner, Floreen and Leventhal. The idea that any one of those three would be viable candidates in 2022 is ridiculous.

Is he really that horrible a person and that dumb?

He’s actually a very nice person. Just been doing this too long and is out of touch.

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Anonymous wrote:I think Hans Riemer is running for 2026. And to make 2026 viable he needs to spoil Blair today. The problem for Hans is that by 2026 he’ll be forgotten or just irrelevant. Just think about Berliner, Floreen and Leventhal. The idea that any one of those three would be viable candidates in 2022 is ridiculous.

That's kind of what I like about Elrich. He's at the end of his career (Whether this year or in four more years) and then he'll retire. He's not running for Governor or Congress. You may disagree with how he is running the county, but running the county is his primary focus and not a stepping stone to something else. Riemer and Blair are in it for their resumes. None of what Elrich is doing is a political calculation, to a fault. He's a terrible politician, but that's how he wins... being authentic, and rallying up the unions and the old hippies. He knows he couldn't win anywhere else. Again, you may not like him, but what you see is 100% what you get.

I see your point to an extent on Elrich and Riemer but I don’t really have a sense what Blair’s ambitions are beyond CE. This would be his first elected position. Whereas Reimer is much more obvious (and slimy). Willing to take a chance in Blair as I don’t think Elrich has done well enough to earn my vote.

I definitely think Blair would see CE as a stepping stone to Governor.

I’m actually a 2018 Elrich donor and will vote Blair this time. My issue with Elrich is that while I appreciate his authenticity and good governance approach (he’s incorruptible- which is the developer backed Riemer faction hates him), he’s a poor leader and as a result the council has been setting the agenda.

I also think it is vitally important to have a geographical political realignment in this county. The only people in this county that seemingly feel well represented are the Takoma Park/Silver Spring folks and this is a huge county with many different and competing interests. Elrich gets that, which is why I like him. Unfortunately the majority of the council does not.