Sunday, May 06, 2018

Fascino opens at Westfield Montgomery Mall (Photos)

Fascino has opened at Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda. The Italian menswear store doesn't have a permanent sign installed yet, but got started with an opening party Saturday in the just-vacated Hoamgar space on Level 1, in the Nordstrom wing.



22 comments:

Anonymous said...

Your humble Mall correspondent.

Anonymous said...

Robert roams the mall while Councilman Riemer is shaping policy for his 1,000,000 constituents.

Anonymous said...

No comments allowed on the not-news article immediately above.

Anonymous said...

"The County's debt is so large, that if it were a department, it would be the third-largest department in the County government. We're in real trouble, folks."

That's an interesting analogy.

But at the federal level, under Trump, the national debt is $21.48 trillion, 5.25 times the entire 2018 federal budget of $4.094 trillion.

Anonymous said...

"Montgomery County has suffered a net loss of over 2100 retail jobs since 2000, according to an unsubstantiated oral comment from Maddy Voytek, spokesperson for the Maryland Retailers Association."

Anonymous said...

Mr. Dyer - what is your proposal to retain or increase the number of retail jobs in our County? "Vote for me, I'm not Hans Riemer" does not count as a response.

Barwood Sucks said...

10:14 AM Statistics say MoCo had a net less of retail jobs, according to Dyer's reporting.
There's no good way to spin that.

Anonymous said...

One single unsubstantiated oral quote from a lobbyist.

Boyce Bowles said...

It seems the Council isn't making data driven policy decisions. They're arguing the data and reports from Dyer, the Washington Post, et al is fake news essentially.

At least one councilman is telling folks not to talk about our abysmal local economy. Out of sight, out of mind? This isn't the way an effective governing body works.

Anonymous said...

I was walking down Wisconsin Avenue at 3 AM this morning and I didn't see a single sign of any economic activity. Let's be clear: we are worse than moribund. We are worse than abysmal, folks.

Anonymous said...

Our local economy is in decline, Hans won't even admit we have a problem.

Dyer has diagnosed the problem and has specific solutions.

TROLL: But, but what about Robert's ponytail?

Robert Dyer said...

10:22: Have you bothered to read my whole platform at RobertDyer.net?

7:14: And your point is? We're talking about the massive debt the MoCo Council has run up, not the idiots in Congress.

Anonymous said...

OK, the entirety of your proposal seems to be:

1) Roll back property taxes

2) "Propose a requirement that two regulations be struck from the books for each new regulation passed on business."

Anonymous said...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-based_budgeting#Disadvantages

Robert Dyer said...

8:46: I think your internet went out before you finished reading the website. You missed my proposals to repeal the 2010 energy tax hike, to build a new Potomac River crossing to Dulles required to attract large international firms to MoCo, complete our master plan highway system, build Express Lanes on I-270 and the Beltway, deregulate disruptive new technologies like Uber and airbnb to encourage innovation and competition, end the liquor monopoly to help retail and restaurant businesses, and recruit aerospace, defense and tech firms to locate their headquarters - and related research and manufacturing facilities - in Montgomery County.

http://robertdyer.net/issues

Robert Dyer said...

9:01: We have a $208 million budget shortfall - the question is, with that ongoing structural deficit, what is the UPside of our CURRENT budget format again?

Zero-based budgeting would be a major improvement, and it would understandably be feared by the County political machine.

Anna said...

Fill your article with misstatements and fallacies AND don't allow comments to correct and tell the truth.

Not the kind of judgement one wants in a council member.

Anonymous said...

I like the idea of Express Lanes, but how will that be done on the Beltway? Seems like there's no room for expansion on the stretch from Bethesda to SIlver SPring -- there are lots of houses on both sides.

Robert Dyer said...

5:11: It can be done. MDOT is looking at decking and flyovers as solutions where the width is tight.

Robert Dyer said...

3:37: Everything I've posted is fact, and backed up by official government stats. People definitely trust my judgement over the County Council's. I told them not to rezone apartment buildings in Long Branch, as it would discourage maintenance of buildings by landlords eager to demolish and redevelop.

The Council went ahead and did it anyway.

In 2016, one of those buildings exploded - killing 7 people, and it was later found to have had over 1600 code violations.

What was that about judgement, again? LOL

Baloney Concrete said...

I like how on the one hand you complain about the “moribund” county economy, and then immediately turn around and complain about the Council making policies that encourage development. It’s almost as if you’ll criticize them no matter what they do...

Anyway, if everything you posted is fact then why keep deleting comments to the contrary?

Anonymous said...

"People definitely trust my judgement over the County Council's."

Which people?

And how did you jump from "Fascino opens at Westfield Montgomery Mall", to the disaster in Long Branch? And why did you say "LOL" in the sentence after that?