Two of the most popular restaurants in downtown Silver Spring are backing term limits for the Montgomery County Executive and County Council on November 8. Tastee Diner and Olazzo both have pro-term-limit signs in their front windows.
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Pro-term limits sign
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Olazzo co-owner Roberto Pietrobono has been outspoken in his criticism of elected officials' refusal to let go of the County's antiquated government liquor monopoly system. Pietrobono has previously said he would support the term limits initiative, officially known as Question B on the ballot.
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Another sign favoring
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Tastee Diner |
You can vote "YES" on Question B today at the early voting site in the Silver Spring Civic Center through November 3, from 8 AM to 8 PM.
a step in the right direction!
ReplyDeleteit's time for some new energy in MoCo. Bye Bye Leventhal, Floreen, Elrich, Berliner, and hopefully Navarro (question C is tricky)! I'm sure you will all run for County Executive now, and hope someone new comes in there as well!
ReplyDeleteYeah! Throw the bums out so county government can be directly run by developer lobbyists!
ReplyDeleteWe already have term limits...it's called voting.
4:31: The Council already is directly run by developer lobbyists. I know because I've been involved as an activist on development issues for over a decade now. How could it get any worse?
DeleteDyer, you must be entirely unaware of how many expensive requirements MoCo imposes on new development. It's easily the most expensive jurisdiction in the region to add new housing units. You're insane if you think developers run MoCo.
DeleteIs there any reason why someone should serve on the Council for more than a decade? I can't think of one. That's plenty of time to implement your ideas.
ReplyDeleteWe're in the situation now of having dead wood, folks growing old on the Council who treat this as just another job. We need new voices, fresh ideas.
Then vote people out who you think aren't contributing. It's beyond stupid to force brain-drain across the board. PG's the only county in the DC area that does it and we've seen how well that works for them. Perpetually having an inexperienced council makes ZERO sense.
DeleteIt's not brain drain across the board. It's a limit of 12 consecutive years. Prince George's is not the only County that has term limits. Howard, Frederick, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, St. Mary's all have had term limits for a very long time and it seems to be working fine. No one is trying to repeal term limits there or for the MD Governor (2 terms), VA Governor (1 term) or US President. So term limits are working for them.
Delete6:29: Correct, and in fact, Prince George's County voters recently rejected attempts to weaken or eliminate term limits. The facts show they are working in Gorgeous Prince George's - higher voter turnout than we had in Montgomery in 2014; a net gain in private sector jobs for Prince George's since 2000, while MoCo suffered a net loss over the same period; National Harbor and Westphalia are far superior to developments in Montgomery County during the same period. Much more energy in their economic development efforts than in MoCo, as well. There are still politicians controlled by special interests in PG, but they can't stick around and do the damage that a Leventhal, Floreen or Riemer has done to us here. Throw the bums out on Tuesday - WITH GUSTO!!!
DeleteVote Yes on B to approve term limits and NO on Question C so any partial term counts as full term. That way we get also corrupt Navarro out along with the others.
ReplyDeleteWhat's "corrupt" about her? Name one. single. thing.
DeleteFunneling money to nonprofits (e.g. impact silver spring) to build a core of voters on the government dime.
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