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Anonymous wrote:I'm suspicious of someone, like Blair, who tries to buy an election. He must be expecting some sort of payout.

I’m both suspicious of someone who tries to buy an election, and suspicious of someone who seems to seek out only top leadership roles — without the skills that can come from paying your dues. I would be less skeptical of Blair if he had spent his time since the last election doing something more obviously community-minded then preparing to run again in this one.

A top leadership role? It’s county executive peeps. There have been plenty of examples of politicians going straight to much higher offices than that. Look, if you think Elrich’s many years in local govt made him a good CE, by all means vote to re-elect him. Or if you think Reimer’s putzing around on the council would make him a good CE, then vote for him. But look at the quality of their years in local government rather than just the quantity.

I actually quite agree with you about the quality of their years in government. The issue here, for me, is that as a known entity in a government role, with Blair, I have zero. And so far, few of the Blair supporters have suggested specifics that, for me, mitigate that. I haven’t voted yet. I am earnestly seeking reasons that might make me view Blair as a good candidate — beyond being a wealthy white businessman who does well for himself and who has connections with developers.

And, yes, I know what the position is, and, as you might imagine, I’d have concerns about “plenty of … politicians going straight to much higher offices” as well.

Electing anyone for their first office takes a leap of faith, I’ll give you that. I voted for Krasnow last time because I felt similarly and underestimated just how much the race was between Blair and Elrich. Easier decision this time around, as I don’t think Elrich has been a good leader/manager. But I recommend you read/listen to the various resources out there and make your own decision.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm suspicious of someone, like Blair, who tries to buy an election. He must be expecting some sort of payout.

I was suspicious too. And voted for Elrich last time because of it. Huge mistake.

Trone did the same thing, and he seems to be doing well as a Congressman.

REALLY a huge mistake 4 years ago because Blair lost by 77 votes.

I supported Rose Krasnow in 2018. my husband & neighbor both said I was throwing my vote away, but I really liked her. Shit, I wished so bad I could have undone my vote after the results were announced. I think I could have found another 76+ people in her camp who would have done the same.

+1 from me and my DH who voted for Bill Frick. So mad.

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Anonymous wrote:I won't be voting for Elrich, even though I think he's fine at the job. I called his office once -- got voice mail -- and asked someone to call me back about an important issue. No response. This is a COUNTY representative. Even a state congressman should be responsive to constituents. But on a county level -- nothing? Really?

I will not be giving him my vote. Hopefully someone else will feel they should be responsive to their constituents, at this low level of government.

Obviously you get to use your vote as you see fit. If I had a vitally important issue that I wanted to discuss, I probably would have sent an email and called again, particularly if the call was made during a pandemic. My goal would have been to successfully communicate regarding my issue. I can’t imagine deciding not to pursue it — and seething publicly— after leaving a random VM message, that may or may not have been accurately received.
I hope that whoever gets your vote is indeed as responsive as you would like them to be.

I didn't leave a random VM. I called and left a specific message and requested a call back. Are you saying his office may or may not be receiving messages from constituents, who knows? That's ridiculous.

And I am not seething publicly -- I'm posting on a thread about his chances of reelection. I explained why I won't be voting for him again.

I’m suggesting that not getting a call back ONE time from ONE VM is something that I, personally, would not use to make an important decision, in part, because I would be unable to verify that the message was actually correctly delivered. Those are my standards though, and I’ve grown even more flexible with the vagaries of relying on technology for communication. I would feel differently if I had actually spoken to a person, and then not received a call back.

DP. I don’t know if anyone who has ever been successful contacting Elrich’s office, do you? Reimer at least has him been in constituent services even if he’s a bit of a bloke.

Thank you. This is useful information, for me, at least. I’ve never tried to reach out for constituent services, so I’m learning from the comments of those of you who have.

Constituent services for the County Executive is to call 311.

If you have issues, just call 311 people. They will help you.

Ok now that’s funny.

~county employee

311 has been extremely helpful for me with several different issues.
- lifelong MoCo resident

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Anonymous wrote:I won't be voting for Elrich, even though I think he's fine at the job. I called his office once -- got voice mail -- and asked someone to call me back about an important issue. No response. This is a COUNTY representative. Even a state congressman should be responsive to constituents. But on a county level -- nothing? Really?

I will not be giving him my vote. Hopefully someone else will feel they should be responsive to their constituents, at this low level of government.

Obviously you get to use your vote as you see fit. If I had a vitally important issue that I wanted to discuss, I probably would have sent an email and called again, particularly if the call was made during a pandemic. My goal would have been to successfully communicate regarding my issue. I can’t imagine deciding not to pursue it — and seething publicly— after leaving a random VM message, that may or may not have been accurately received.
I hope that whoever gets your vote is indeed as responsive as you would like them to be.

I didn't leave a random VM. I called and left a specific message and requested a call back. Are you saying his office may or may not be receiving messages from constituents, who knows? That's ridiculous.

And I am not seething publicly -- I'm posting on a thread about his chances of reelection. I explained why I won't be voting for him again.

I’m suggesting that not getting a call back ONE time from ONE VM is something that I, personally, would not use to make an important decision, in part, because I would be unable to verify that the message was actually correctly delivered. Those are my standards though, and I’ve grown even more flexible with the vagaries of relying on technology for communication. I would feel differently if I had actually spoken to a person, and then not received a call back.

DP. I don’t know if anyone who has ever been successful contacting Elrich’s office, do you? Reimer at least has him been in constituent services even if he’s a bit of a bloke.

Thank you. This is useful information, for me, at least. I’ve never tried to reach out for constituent services, so I’m learning from the comments of those of you who have.

Constituent services for the County Executive is to call 311.

If you have issues, just call 311 people. They will help you.

Ok now that’s funny.

~county employee

311 is useless

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Anonymous wrote:I won't be voting for Elrich, even though I think he's fine at the job. I called his office once -- got voice mail -- and asked someone to call me back about an important issue. No response. This is a COUNTY representative. Even a state congressman should be responsive to constituents. But on a county level -- nothing? Really?

I will not be giving him my vote. Hopefully someone else will feel they should be responsive to their constituents, at this low level of government.

Obviously you get to use your vote as you see fit. If I had a vitally important issue that I wanted to discuss, I probably would have sent an email and called again, particularly if the call was made during a pandemic. My goal would have been to successfully communicate regarding my issue. I can’t imagine deciding not to pursue it — and seething publicly— after leaving a random VM message, that may or may not have been accurately received.
I hope that whoever gets your vote is indeed as responsive as you would like them to be.

I didn't leave a random VM. I called and left a specific message and requested a call back. Are you saying his office may or may not be receiving messages from constituents, who knows? That's ridiculous.

And I am not seething publicly -- I'm posting on a thread about his chances of reelection. I explained why I won't be voting for him again.

I’m suggesting that not getting a call back ONE time from ONE VM is something that I, personally, would not use to make an important decision, in part, because I would be unable to verify that the message was actually correctly delivered. Those are my standards though, and I’ve grown even more flexible with the vagaries of relying on technology for communication. I would feel differently if I had actually spoken to a person, and then not received a call back.

DP. I don’t know if anyone who has ever been successful contacting Elrich’s office, do you? Reimer at least has him been in constituent services even if he’s a bit of a bloke.

Thank you. This is useful information, for me, at least. I’ve never tried to reach out for constituent services, so I’m learning from the comments of those of you who have.

Constituent services for the County Executive is to call 311.

If you have issues, just call 311 people. They will help you.

Ok now that’s funny.

~county employee

The idea that people expect personalized responses to their issues from the County Executive is funny to me. That’s what county agencies are for. Do they think that if they send an email to the Marc about a broken sidewalk that he will respond himself? If county employees are not providing good customer service then please work harder, you, county employee.

Have an issue with library hours, has anyone thought to first contact MCPL directly and if that doesn’t work, contact their CM second? That’s literally how it’s supposed to work. I don’t understand what people are expecting.

The one part of the county government that I do personally know is broken with zero recourse are the regional service centers. At this stage it would be better for everyone to just incorporate those areas and turn it over to new municipalities because they are absolutely useless.

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Anonymous wrote:I won't be voting for Elrich, even though I think he's fine at the job. I called his office once -- got voice mail -- and asked someone to call me back about an important issue. No response. This is a COUNTY representative. Even a state congressman should be responsive to constituents. But on a county level -- nothing? Really?

I will not be giving him my vote. Hopefully someone else will feel they should be responsive to their constituents, at this low level of government.

Obviously you get to use your vote as you see fit. If I had a vitally important issue that I wanted to discuss, I probably would have sent an email and called again, particularly if the call was made during a pandemic. My goal would have been to successfully communicate regarding my issue. I can’t imagine deciding not to pursue it — and seething publicly— after leaving a random VM message, that may or may not have been accurately received.
I hope that whoever gets your vote is indeed as responsive as you would like them to be.

I didn't leave a random VM. I called and left a specific message and requested a call back. Are you saying his office may or may not be receiving messages from constituents, who knows? That's ridiculous.

And I am not seething publicly -- I'm posting on a thread about his chances of reelection. I explained why I won't be voting for him again.

I’m suggesting that not getting a call back ONE time from ONE VM is something that I, personally, would not use to make an important decision, in part, because I would be unable to verify that the message was actually correctly delivered. Those are my standards though, and I’ve grown even more flexible with the vagaries of relying on technology for communication. I would feel differently if I had actually spoken to a person, and then not received a call back.

DP. I don’t know if anyone who has ever been successful contacting Elrich’s office, do you? Reimer at least has him been in constituent services even if he’s a bit of a bloke.

Thank you. This is useful information, for me, at least. I’ve never tried to reach out for constituent services, so I’m learning from the comments of those of you who have.

Constituent services for the County Executive is to call 311.

If you have issues, just call 311 people. They will help you.

Ok now that’s funny.

~county employee

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Anonymous wrote:I won't be voting for Elrich, even though I think he's fine at the job. I called his office once -- got voice mail -- and asked someone to call me back about an important issue. No response. This is a COUNTY representative. Even a state congressman should be responsive to constituents. But on a county level -- nothing? Really?

I will not be giving him my vote. Hopefully someone else will feel they should be responsive to their constituents, at this low level of government.

Obviously you get to use your vote as you see fit. If I had a vitally important issue that I wanted to discuss, I probably would have sent an email and called again, particularly if the call was made during a pandemic. My goal would have been to successfully communicate regarding my issue. I can’t imagine deciding not to pursue it — and seething publicly— after leaving a random VM message, that may or may not have been accurately received.
I hope that whoever gets your vote is indeed as responsive as you would like them to be.

I didn't leave a random VM. I called and left a specific message and requested a call back. Are you saying his office may or may not be receiving messages from constituents, who knows? That's ridiculous.

And I am not seething publicly -- I'm posting on a thread about his chances of reelection. I explained why I won't be voting for him again.

I’m suggesting that not getting a call back ONE time from ONE VM is something that I, personally, would not use to make an important decision, in part, because I would be unable to verify that the message was actually correctly delivered. Those are my standards though, and I’ve grown even more flexible with the vagaries of relying on technology for communication. I would feel differently if I had actually spoken to a person, and then not received a call back.

DP. I don’t know if anyone who has ever been successful contacting Elrich’s office, do you? Reimer at least has him been in constituent services even if he’s a bit of a bloke.

Thank you. This is useful information, for me, at least. I’ve never tried to reach out for constituent services, so I’m learning from the comments of those of you who have.

Constituent services for the County Executive is to call 311.

If you have issues, just call 311 people. They will help you.

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Anonymous wrote:I won't be voting for Elrich, even though I think he's fine at the job. I called his office once -- got voice mail -- and asked someone to call me back about an important issue. No response. This is a COUNTY representative. Even a state congressman should be responsive to constituents. But on a county level -- nothing? Really?

I will not be giving him my vote. Hopefully someone else will feel they should be responsive to their constituents, at this low level of government.

Obviously you get to use your vote as you see fit. If I had a vitally important issue that I wanted to discuss, I probably would have sent an email and called again, particularly if the call was made during a pandemic. My goal would have been to successfully communicate regarding my issue. I can’t imagine deciding not to pursue it — and seething publicly— after leaving a random VM message, that may or may not have been accurately received.
I hope that whoever gets your vote is indeed as responsive as you would like them to be.

I didn't leave a random VM. I called and left a specific message and requested a call back. Are you saying his office may or may not be receiving messages from constituents, who knows? That's ridiculous.

And I am not seething publicly -- I'm posting on a thread about his chances of reelection. I explained why I won't be voting for him again.

I’m suggesting that not getting a call back ONE time from ONE VM is something that I, personally, would not use to make an important decision, in part, because I would be unable to verify that the message was actually correctly delivered. Those are my standards though, and I’ve grown even more flexible with the vagaries of relying on technology for communication. I would feel differently if I had actually spoken to a person, and then not received a call back.

DP. I don’t know if anyone who has ever been successful contacting Elrich’s office, do you? Reimer at least has him been in constituent services even if he’s a bit of a bloke.

Thank you. This is useful information, for me, at least. I’ve never tried to reach out for constituent services, so I’m learning from the comments of those of you who have.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm suspicious of someone, like Blair, who tries to buy an election. He must be expecting some sort of payout.

I’m both suspicious of someone who tries to buy an election, and suspicious of someone who seems to seek out only top leadership roles — without the skills that can come from paying your dues. I would be less skeptical of Blair if he had spent his time since the last election doing something more obviously community-minded then preparing to run again in this one.

A top leadership role? It’s county executive peeps. There have been plenty of examples of politicians going straight to much higher offices than that. Look, if you think Elrich’s many years in local govt made him a good CE, by all means vote to re-elect him. Or if you think Reimer’s putzing around on the council would make him a good CE, then vote for him. But look at the quality of their years in local government rather than just the quantity.

I actually quite agree with you about the quality of their years in government. The issue here, for me, is that as a known entity in a government role, with Blair, I have zero. And so far, few of the Blair supporters have suggested specifics that, for me, mitigate that. I haven’t voted yet. I am earnestly seeking reasons that might make me view Blair as a good candidate — beyond being a wealthy white businessman who does well for himself and who has connections with developers.

And, yes, I know what the position is, and, as you might imagine, I’d have concerns about “plenty of … politicians going straight to much higher offices” as well.

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Anonymous wrote:I won't be voting for Elrich, even though I think he's fine at the job. I called his office once -- got voice mail -- and asked someone to call me back about an important issue. No response. This is a COUNTY representative. Even a state congressman should be responsive to constituents. But on a county level -- nothing? Really?

I will not be giving him my vote. Hopefully someone else will feel they should be responsive to their constituents, at this low level of government.

Obviously you get to use your vote as you see fit. If I had a vitally important issue that I wanted to discuss, I probably would have sent an email and called again, particularly if the call was made during a pandemic. My goal would have been to successfully communicate regarding my issue. I can’t imagine deciding not to pursue it — and seething publicly— after leaving a random VM message, that may or may not have been accurately received.
I hope that whoever gets your vote is indeed as responsive as you would like them to be.

I didn't leave a random VM. I called and left a specific message and requested a call back. Are you saying his office may or may not be receiving messages from constituents, who knows? That's ridiculous.

And I am not seething publicly -- I'm posting on a thread about his chances of reelection. I explained why I won't be voting for him again.

I’m suggesting that not getting a call back ONE time from ONE VM is something that I, personally, would not use to make an important decision, in part, because I would be unable to verify that the message was actually correctly delivered. Those are my standards though, and I’ve grown even more flexible with the vagaries of relying on technology for communication. I would feel differently if I had actually spoken to a person, and then not received a call back.

DP. I don’t know if anyone who has ever been successful contacting Elrich’s office, do you? Reimer at least has him been in constituent services even if he’s a bit of a bloke.

The idea that Riemer has good constituent services is false. His office will respond to you if you agree with him and they will never respond if you don’t agree or even have constructive suggestions.

Example: if you send his office a message that you want more bike lanes, he will send you a response that he agrees and is trying to make that happen because he’s the champion bike lane supporter on the council* (*he isn’t). If you send his office a message saying that his ag reserve solar proposal should take account of soil quality for agricultural use, crickets.

It’s a low bar, I’ll admit. Doesn’t seem like it would be too hard for Elrich to be better yet somehow it is.

The County Executive doesn’t have constituent services. That is not a role of an executive.

Maybe the county agencies have poor work ethics and business standards, but that’s a different problem then wondering why the County Executive won’t respond to your emails or phone calls.

It’s notable though that when Elrich was a councilmember he was known for having excellent constituent services. It’s how he had such a broad base of support from around the county to win in the first place.

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Anonymous wrote:I won't be voting for Elrich, even though I think he's fine at the job. I called his office once -- got voice mail -- and asked someone to call me back about an important issue. No response. This is a COUNTY representative. Even a state congressman should be responsive to constituents. But on a county level -- nothing? Really?

I will not be giving him my vote. Hopefully someone else will feel they should be responsive to their constituents, at this low level of government.

Obviously you get to use your vote as you see fit. If I had a vitally important issue that I wanted to discuss, I probably would have sent an email and called again, particularly if the call was made during a pandemic. My goal would have been to successfully communicate regarding my issue. I can’t imagine deciding not to pursue it — and seething publicly— after leaving a random VM message, that may or may not have been accurately received.
I hope that whoever gets your vote is indeed as responsive as you would like them to be.

I didn't leave a random VM. I called and left a specific message and requested a call back. Are you saying his office may or may not be receiving messages from constituents, who knows? That's ridiculous.

And I am not seething publicly -- I'm posting on a thread about his chances of reelection. I explained why I won't be voting for him again.

I’m suggesting that not getting a call back ONE time from ONE VM is something that I, personally, would not use to make an important decision, in part, because I would be unable to verify that the message was actually correctly delivered. Those are my standards though, and I’ve grown even more flexible with the vagaries of relying on technology for communication. I would feel differently if I had actually spoken to a person, and then not received a call back.

DP. I don’t know if anyone who has ever been successful contacting Elrich’s office, do you? Reimer at least has him been in constituent services even if he’s a bit of a bloke.

The idea that Riemer has good constituent services is false. His office will respond to you if you agree with him and they will never respond if you don’t agree or even have constructive suggestions.

Example: if you send his office a message that you want more bike lanes, he will send you a response that he agrees and is trying to make that happen because he’s the champion bike lane supporter on the council* (*he isn’t). If you send his office a message saying that his ag reserve solar proposal should take account of soil quality for agricultural use, crickets.

It’s a low bar, I’ll admit. Doesn’t seem like it would be too hard for Elrich to be better yet somehow it is.

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Anonymous wrote:I won't be voting for Elrich, even though I think he's fine at the job. I called his office once -- got voice mail -- and asked someone to call me back about an important issue. No response. This is a COUNTY representative. Even a state congressman should be responsive to constituents. But on a county level -- nothing? Really?

I will not be giving him my vote. Hopefully someone else will feel they should be responsive to their constituents, at this low level of government.

Obviously you get to use your vote as you see fit. If I had a vitally important issue that I wanted to discuss, I probably would have sent an email and called again, particularly if the call was made during a pandemic. My goal would have been to successfully communicate regarding my issue. I can’t imagine deciding not to pursue it — and seething publicly— after leaving a random VM message, that may or may not have been accurately received.
I hope that whoever gets your vote is indeed as responsive as you would like them to be.

I didn't leave a random VM. I called and left a specific message and requested a call back. Are you saying his office may or may not be receiving messages from constituents, who knows? That's ridiculous.

And I am not seething publicly -- I'm posting on a thread about his chances of reelection. I explained why I won't be voting for him again.

I’m suggesting that not getting a call back ONE time from ONE VM is something that I, personally, would not use to make an important decision, in part, because I would be unable to verify that the message was actually correctly delivered. Those are my standards though, and I’ve grown even more flexible with the vagaries of relying on technology for communication. I would feel differently if I had actually spoken to a person, and then not received a call back.

DP. I don’t know if anyone who has ever been successful contacting Elrich’s office, do you? Reimer at least has him been in constituent services even if he’s a bit of a bloke.

The idea that Riemer has good constituent services is false. His office will respond to you if you agree with him and they will never respond if you don’t agree or even have constructive suggestions.

Example: if you send his office a message that you want more bike lanes, he will send you a response that he agrees and is trying to make that happen because he’s the champion bike lane supporter on the council* (*he isn’t). If you send his office a message saying that his ag reserve solar proposal should take account of soil quality for agricultural use, crickets.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm suspicious of someone, like Blair, who tries to buy an election. He must be expecting some sort of payout.

I was suspicious too. And voted for Elrich last time because of it. Huge mistake.

Trone did the same thing, and he seems to be doing well as a Congressman.

REALLY a huge mistake 4 years ago because Blair lost by 77 votes.

I supported Rose Krasnow in 2018. my husband & neighbor both said I was throwing my vote away, but I really liked her. Shit, I wished so bad I could have undone my vote after the results were announced. I think I could have found another 76+ people in her camp who would have done the same.

Exactly the same here. Except my husband doesn’t even vote in the primaries so he was regretful after that too. 2 votes right there.

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Anonymous wrote:I won't be voting for Elrich, even though I think he's fine at the job. I called his office once -- got voice mail -- and asked someone to call me back about an important issue. No response. This is a COUNTY representative. Even a state congressman should be responsive to constituents. But on a county level -- nothing? Really?

I will not be giving him my vote. Hopefully someone else will feel they should be responsive to their constituents, at this low level of government.

Obviously you get to use your vote as you see fit. If I had a vitally important issue that I wanted to discuss, I probably would have sent an email and called again, particularly if the call was made during a pandemic. My goal would have been to successfully communicate regarding my issue. I can’t imagine deciding not to pursue it — and seething publicly— after leaving a random VM message, that may or may not have been accurately received.
I hope that whoever gets your vote is indeed as responsive as you would like them to be.

I didn't leave a random VM. I called and left a specific message and requested a call back. Are you saying his office may or may not be receiving messages from constituents, who knows? That's ridiculous.

And I am not seething publicly -- I'm posting on a thread about his chances of reelection. I explained why I won't be voting for him again.

I’m suggesting that not getting a call back ONE time from ONE VM is something that I, personally, would not use to make an important decision, in part, because I would be unable to verify that the message was actually correctly delivered. Those are my standards though, and I’ve grown even more flexible with the vagaries of relying on technology for communication. I would feel differently if I had actually spoken to a person, and then not received a call back.

DP. I don’t know if anyone who has ever been successful contacting Elrich’s office, do you? Reimer at least has him been in constituent services even if he’s a bit of a bloke.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm suspicious of someone, like Blair, who tries to buy an election. He must be expecting some sort of payout.

I’m both suspicious of someone who tries to buy an election, and suspicious of someone who seems to seek out only top leadership roles — without the skills that can come from paying your dues. I would be less skeptical of Blair if he had spent his time since the last election doing something more obviously community-minded then preparing to run again in this one.

A top leadership role? It’s county executive peeps. There have been plenty of examples of politicians going straight to much higher offices than that. Look, if you think Elrich’s many years in local govt made him a good CE, by all means vote to re-elect him. Or if you think Reimer’s putzing around on the council would make him a good CE, then vote for him. But look at the quality of their years in local government rather than just the quantity.