tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post1959489420356374604..comments2024-03-29T02:53:45.372-07:00Comments on Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row: Will Montgomery County government adopt the Starbucks policy?Robert Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-46649933640192016702018-06-06T13:13:12.847-07:002018-06-06T13:13:12.847-07:0012:53PM I'll have to look for the litter, I g...12:53PM I'll have to look for the litter, I guess it didn't stand out for me, so I'll be more aware next time. I remember the Keep America Beautiful campaign in the 50's.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863519287702677992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-47396948152308616852018-06-06T12:53:18.127-07:002018-06-06T12:53:18.127-07:00Anna, @ 8:15 AM here....
People didn't necess...Anna, @ 8:15 AM here....<br /><br />People didn't necessarily pick up after themselves Back In The Day. Litter awareness didn't really start until the 1970s, with the PSAs with the Crying (Fake) Indian and "Make All America Sparkle City". Look at the sidewalks in some of the photos from the 1950s and 1960s, and you'll see a shocking amount of litter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-69637403464042737762018-06-06T09:07:21.039-07:002018-06-06T09:07:21.039-07:00Oh I agree with all those, but time softens our me...Oh I agree with all those, but time softens our memories.<br /><br />There wasn't that much litter since it was still paper bags and glass bottles, and people picked up after themselves.<br /><br />An 8 year old me could spend all day walking around Bethesda by myself.<br />I'd walk miles to Wildwood for coffee and a doughnut (My law-enforcement leanings go w-a-y back)<br /><br />No matter when you were born, the times now are harsher than when you were growing up.<br /><br />They'll be people calling today the "good old days." Scary thought.<br /><br />Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863519287702677992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-55955866206334197252018-06-06T08:15:11.724-07:002018-06-06T08:15:11.724-07:00-Non-whites, and even certain whites, not allowed ...-Non-whites, and even certain whites, not allowed in many neighborhoods<br />-Open discrimination in all areas<br />-Gays and lesbians persecuted<br />-Stores required to close on Sundays, regardless of your religion<br />-Young drivers felt entitled to drive recklessly<br />-Drivers of all ages felt entitled to drive drunk<br />-Domestic violence was "wearing the pants in the family" and "discipline" and "a private matter within the family".<br />-Cigarette smoke and ashes everywhere; three generations dropped like flies from lung cancer and COPD<br />-Litter everywhere<br /><br />THE GOOD OLD DAYSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-13686178174898771792018-06-06T05:36:43.987-07:002018-06-06T05:36:43.987-07:00It's funny how as one ages they're drawn t...It's funny how as one ages they're drawn to re-experience the "feelings" of that "kinder-gentler" time in their past. Or maybe it's remembering the time before the responsibility of adulting and the freedom you felt.<br /><br />The problem comes from wanting to recreate that time in the present.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863519287702677992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-52131181908096100962018-06-06T05:19:36.158-07:002018-06-06T05:19:36.158-07:00To be fair, that wonderful Bethesda Facebook page ...To be fair, that wonderful Bethesda Facebook page has a shitload of psychotic NIMBYs who want to turn back the clock 40, 50 or even 60 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-84096833915206814692018-06-06T03:18:42.659-07:002018-06-06T03:18:42.659-07:0010:25: No, they apparently did not. Not exactly so...10:25: No, they apparently did not. Not exactly something they should be proud of. They may find themselves at the kids table at the next Democratic Party dinner.Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-2174919636991168892018-06-05T22:25:56.172-07:002018-06-05T22:25:56.172-07:00Sounds like the four African-American and one Hisp...Sounds like the four African-American and one Hispanic commissioners had no problem with the police being called.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-10603835793207351412018-06-05T21:56:57.490-07:002018-06-05T21:56:57.490-07:009:46: The two officials who were leading the effor...9:46: The two officials who were leading the effort to silence the church were white - the chair, and the HOC attorney. You make it sound like each commissioner took out a phone and called 911 in unison. The commissioners were not the ones who called in the police.Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-63736226811415207402018-06-05T20:49:30.754-07:002018-06-05T20:49:30.754-07:007:31/2:23: The people who called the police at HOC...7:31/2:23: The people who called the police at HOC were white. And HOC is just one of the multiple agencies shown above to have summoned the police to confront the church. Your argument makes no sense.Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-87251812579563994022018-06-05T19:39:24.272-07:002018-06-05T19:39:24.272-07:00@5:02PM: Hahaha. But it's less funny when you...@5:02PM: Hahaha. But it's less funny when you think about how much contempt county officials have shown for residents across an array of issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-14116996312464593572018-06-05T17:02:51.995-07:002018-06-05T17:02:51.995-07:003:27 PM - Agreed. The cemetery protesters need to ...3:27 PM - Agreed. The cemetery protesters need to find new leadership - Coleman-Adebayo needs to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-9838731478081648992018-06-05T15:27:47.128-07:002018-06-05T15:27:47.128-07:00@1:41PM: I don't know what's in Dyer'...@1:41PM: I don't know what's in Dyer's mind, but the HOC and the Planning Commission treat everyone with contempt. That's the issue here. When its relationships with the community deteriorated to the point that the council insist they find a mediator, leadership from both organizations should have been fired.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-38843576830616146362018-06-05T14:23:28.197-07:002018-06-05T14:23:28.197-07:00"white people calling the police on black peo..."white people calling the police on black people"<br /><br />The protesters were mostly white, the HOC commissioners mostly black.<br /><br />Every day is Opposites Day on Robert Dyer's blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-4952726199531871012018-06-05T14:01:43.240-07:002018-06-05T14:01:43.240-07:00Hi Anna @ 10:26, that motion was only to abolish s...Hi Anna @ 10:26, that motion was only to abolish slavery in new territories, would have had no impact on existing slave states or territories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-9263788368869465362018-06-05T13:41:15.984-07:002018-06-05T13:41:15.984-07:00I see Bob the builder Dyer is playing the race car...I see Bob the builder Dyer is playing the race card once again, while ignoring the fact that half of the commissioners are minorities and half are women... Ignorance will get you everywhere in the land of victimhood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-24820663056201066572018-06-05T12:09:46.281-07:002018-06-05T12:09:46.281-07:00@ 10:14 AM - You're not going to make housing ...@ 10:14 AM - You're not going to make housing affordable, by refusing to build any more of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-31109100806913041092018-06-05T10:26:27.826-07:002018-06-05T10:26:27.826-07:00Slavery was nearly abolished in the USA in 1784, b...Slavery was nearly abolished in the USA in 1784, but the motion fell short by just one vote.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863519287702677992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-18148843419736637282018-06-05T10:14:44.775-07:002018-06-05T10:14:44.775-07:00Fair housing laws exist. No one is going to be &qu...Fair housing laws exist. No one is going to be "kept out" of the neighborhood or is banned today.<br /><br />Time for another bus tour!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-47564709890182562182018-06-05T07:54:38.718-07:002018-06-05T07:54:38.718-07:007:43am how is supporting the Church preventing fol...7:43am how is supporting the Church preventing folks from living anywhere?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-47317724603154201232018-06-05T07:43:00.174-07:002018-06-05T07:43:00.174-07:00What's even more ridiculous is rich white peop...What's even more ridiculous is rich white people using dead black people as a pretext to keep live black and hispanic people out of their neighborhood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-54808653942579833072018-06-05T07:31:30.176-07:002018-06-05T07:31:30.176-07:00"white people calling the police on black peo..."white people calling the police on black people"<br /><br />Here is a listing of the Commissioners of Montgomery County's Housing Opportunities Commission (HOC):<br /><br />http://www.hocmc.org/about-hoc/commissioners.html<br /><br />Jackie Simon, Chair - White <br />Richard Y. Nelson Jr., Vice Chair - African-American<br />Edgar G. Rodriguez, Chair Pro Tem - Hispanic<br />Pamela Byrd - African-American<br />Linda Croom - African-American<br />Margaret McFarland - White<br />Roy O. Priest - African-American<br /><br />7 commissioners - 4 African-American, 1 Hispanic, 2 White; 2 of 3 officers are non-White. The reverse of the demographics of the "protestors".<br /><br />And the HOC itself is established for the purpose of responding to the County's need for affordable housing - from which non-whites in the County will benefit, presumably more than whites.<br /><br />Dyer's entire narrative is ridiculous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-69646586055647672032018-06-05T07:31:14.231-07:002018-06-05T07:31:14.231-07:00@7:27 Maybe this is the next Dyer campaign ad: &qu...@7:27 Maybe this is the next Dyer campaign ad: "If you elect me to the Council, I'll let you come in and disrupt every Council meeting so we can never get anything done!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-74724337804065318682018-06-05T07:27:02.778-07:002018-06-05T07:27:02.778-07:00Honestly this is a terrible article and I would re...Honestly this is a terrible article and I would really echo what Anna said at 5:06am. You lost me here dude, this is really irresponsible 'reporting.'<br /><br />It's been real Dyer blog - see you guys in the funny papers. <br /><br />Randy's outRandynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-4572048608511978682018-06-05T06:35:42.785-07:002018-06-05T06:35:42.785-07:00Dyer has no clue about the law if he's citing ...Dyer has no clue about the law if he's citing first amendment rights here. Even on government property, you have them within limits. You can't walk into a courtroom and disrupt it and start protesting (but you can do that outside on the sidewalk). Same with a public hearing -- you can sign up to testify if they allow testimony. <br /><br />Otherwise, go onto the public sidewalk and protest there and no one will stop you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com