Vindicated Again!!

Survey Confirms County

Residents Share

Robert Dyer's

Priorities and Values

93% OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY

VOTERS SAY:

"READ OUR LIPS...

NO

NEW

TAXES!!"

Washington Post Admits for the First Time:

CRIME IS UP IN MONTGOMERY

COUNTY!

AN UNPRECEDENTED ADMISSION

THAT VINDICATES WHAT

ROBERT DYER HAS SAID

ALL ALONG ABOUT THE

ONGOING VIOLENT

CRIME WAVE

A tremendous embarrassment for my 2006 Democratic opponents, current office holders in Rockville and Annapolis, the Washington Post, and the Gazette. That's the only way to describe the results of Montgomery County's survey of residents. 93% of voters oppose new taxes, even to maintain current "services" provided by Montgomery County Government. That's strange... I recall promising "no new taxes" during my campaign, while Bill Bronrott, Susan Lee, and Bill Frick joined Martin O'Malley in passing the largest, most regressive tax increase on the poor and the middle class in Maryland history. Citizens will cast their own votes on taxes in 2010. And it turns out that 93% of those citizens share the Robert Dyer position on taxes - no new taxes, reduce current taxes, and repeal the massive 2007 Democratic tax increases.

80% of citizens also share my concerns about out-of -control development, and the lack of transportation infrastructure to support that development. Elected officials have yet to do anything on transportation, while I had promised to make my comprehensive transportation plan the top item on my agenda. A year later, we still don't have a bus on River Road to downtown Bethesda. There are a variety of other bus and rail projects that we could fund with Federal funds and public/private partnerships. But we don't have the leadership in Annapolis and Rockville to get it done.

My proposal for rail service to Ocean City qualifies for special Federal funds that would pay to upgrade the existing trackage to Class I passenger status. Our elected officials, and even the Washington Post's Dr. Gridlock, do not seem to realize this! I thought that was their job.

County Executive Isiah Leggett has not kept his promises to control growth; in fact, he is handing over county lands and green space to developers at a record pace. Now Mr. Leggett is going after the largest undeveloped tract of land left in Gaithersburg. This also sets up another developer land grab for the existing county lands around Crabbs Branch and Gude Drive.

Most significantly, residents have vindicated what I have said all along: we are in the midst of a violent crime wave. A full 62% say that crime is a major issue that needs to be addressed, and is a higher priority than traffic or education.

Only 49% of residents feel safe in downtown areas after dark.

For the last two years, I've been the only one talking about the increase in violent crime. I've also spoken on the need for bail reform and new measures to address domestic violence. In contrast, not only have the victors of 2006 continued to be silent on crime, but they have even taken tools away from the criminal justice system. Furthermore, Martin O'Malley and our Democratic delegates have given convicted felons the right to vote, and then tried to release large numbers of them from prison. Delegate Roger Manno tried to further violate your Second Amendment rights with new gun control legislation. I fundamentally disagree with their unconstitutional, far-left, extremist agenda.

No elected official has yet admitted we are in a crime wave. Neither have the Democratic house organs, the Post and Gazette. Until now.

In a major reversal, the Washington Post today admitted for the first time that crime is up. Here is the exact quote:

"The county's crime rate has inched up in recent years, most notably with the number of robberies increasing 13 percent from 2005 to last year, according to a report by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments."

As I've said before, the first step is admitting you have a problem. The next step is electing new leadership to address the problem.