Question B, if approved, would limit County Councilmembers and the County Executive to a still-whopping 3 terms (12 years), effective immediately and retroactively.
The MCCF action, from an organization that factually contains vastly more Democrats than Republicans, further undercuts the ridiculous claims being made by some councilmembers who face ouster. Last Thursday, Councilmember Nancy Navarro hijacked a Council committee meeting on a collective bargaining issue to make a political speech. This was totally inappropriate, and ethically improper.
Navarro, who I have had a great deal of respect for in her work in the non-profit realm and on the Board of Education, has increasingly sounded paranoid about the term limits issue. She and her surrogates have claimed term limits are not the result of citizen rage about record tax hikes and communities being ignored in the development process in Westbard, Lyttonsville, Rockville (bus depot fights), etc. Instead, she claims they were proposed specifically to remove her from office.
Huh?
We know many residents are increasingly fed up and now favoring term limits. Now the MCCF is backing term limits.
But here's who Navarro says you, the average citizen, are, in her view:
"The leading proponents [of term limits] are right-wing, anti-immigrant extremists. They don’t care about you, or me.”
She is Spot On!
ReplyDelete7:07: You must be delusional, if you are referring to Navarro's rant.
DeleteCon: Dyer has a better chance of getting elected to the council when there are fewer qualified people running.
ReplyDeletePlus: Dyer eventually has to leave the council if he does get elected.
7:21: With 5 open seats, trust me, there will be no shortage of qualified people running. We know the incumbents certainly aren't qualified, as their record proves.
DeleteThis comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
ReplyDeleteSo does Navarro think that the MD Constitution's provisions for term limits on the Governor are directed at her? What about the other MD Counties that have had term limits for many years? Have Baltimore, Prince George's, Howard, Anne Arundel, Frederick, St. Mary's, Carroll, and Harford counties all been conspiring against her all along? Almost all of those have limits of 2 terms, not 3 terms as proposed by this ballot question.
ReplyDeleteLeventhal, Navarro and Leggett, Elrich and Flooreen have done more to destroy this county by kissing the asses of the unions and subsidizing illegals . We are clearly a sanctuary county. This county is 25 years behind Arlington, Fairfax, and Alexandria. Instead of cheerleading progress, they, throw obstacle after obstacle in front of the business community and pass ridiculous legislation.
ReplyDeleteIs it any wonder why no real ecomic growth occurs. Those five should be on the Moco Mt Rushmore of shame.
Turning Sugarloaf into a lasting memorial for our local heroes Hans Riemer, George Leventhal and the rest is an AWESOME idea!
DeleteThis comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
ReplyDeleteRemember when Montgomery County had competent leaders (and Planning Board)? It's been awhile.
ReplyDeletePlenty of anger in both sides.
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
ReplyDelete5:29pm Mr. Leventhal, is that you?
DeleteDoing a great job, President Obama! I'm going to miss you when you turn over the reins to Hillary in January.
Delete5:29PM He's like rubber and you're like glue. Bounces off Dyer and sticks to you.
ReplyDeleteWhat? We weren't playing childish insult games?
Sure seems like it.
Oops. Never mind.
Goodbye to Leventhal and Floreen, I hope. Riemer isn't affected by term limits, but I'll be voting against him because I've found him less competent than desirable.
ReplyDelete