Saturday, May 28, 2016

MoCo union leader on County Council: "I'm tired of these clowns"

I am delighted to hear at least one union representing public employees in Montgomery County at last speaking out against the County Council's move to deny salary increases that had already been negotiated in previous contracts. Gino Renne, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1994, told The Washington Post's Bill Turque that his union will consider supporting the effort to get term limits on the ballot in the County this November.

"I'm tired of these clowns," Renne told Turque, after the Council's clown move to increase taxes to the highest overall level in Montgomery County history, and cheat his members out of their salary increases. There was some dissatisfaction with the Council incumbents in the 2014 election, with George Leventhal losing the endorsement of the teachers union, for example. Many other Council members did not receive endorsements from various public employee unions. But labor did not actively try to take anyone out, and all incumbents were reelected.

Not surprisingly, that boosted the delusional self-confidence of the Council, who already take you, the taxpayer, for a complete sucker.

The Democratic primary and November general election in 2018 are now shaping up to be the biggest bloodbath for incumbents since 1990. When motivated, labor can deliver significant money and boots on the ground in elections. And the putrid record of this all-Democratic County Council means many voters will have had quite enough of one-party rule in Montgomery County, where the key Council decisions are non-partisan ones, such as budgets and development.

Multiple communities devastated by recent planning decisions countywide are now joining forces to fight the developer-driven planning process. That process has its nexus of power in the County Council, which receives more than 80% of its campaign cash from developers. A Council vote has directly threatened several neighborhoods with the prospect of having a bus depot dropped on them. 

That was all before the Council jumped the shark and busted the budget for years to come by massively-exceeding the maintenance-of-effort level of funding for Montgomery County Public Schools, without even reviewing the finances of MCPS before voting (fortunately, I did, and you can now read what fools the Council were in refusing to read this audit first).

To do that, they raised record taxes on the poor as well as the rich, and everyone in between. It's real money, gone for good out of the wallets and bank accounts of working families. For an encore, they are now planning to complete the shift of school construction funding from their buddies the developers to YOU - with proposed tax cuts of up to 60% for developers on impact taxes and school construction payments.

The result is increased support for term limits, which could take out several incumbents before votes are even cast in 2018, when voters can finish the job by voting the rest of the bums out.

I'm tired of the clowns, too - aren't you?

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

Tony Soprano and his union buddies don't like the county council?

Anonymous said...

Is this really the kind of guy you want to cite to back up your positions Robert?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/10/AR2010061005765.html

'Renne, head of government workers' union in Montgomery, charged with assault

The head of the general government employees' union in Montgomery County faces assault charges after his wife said he pointed a revolver at her in their Frederick County home and threatened to kill her, officials said Thursday.
Gino Renne, who was identified as Fiorigi Renne in law enforcement records, was charged with two counts of assault and one count of reckless endangerment, said Cpl. Jennifer Bailey, a spokeswoman for the Frederick County Sheriff's Office.'

Anonymous said...

"Multiple communities devastated by recent planning decisions"

Over-the-top drama queen says what?

Anonymous said...

"the County Council, which receives more than 80% of its campaign cash from developers"

Has Dyer ever documented this claim?

#DodgingDyer

Robert Dyer said...

5:12: You neglected to mention he was acquitted of all of the charges you listed.

Anonymous said...

@ 5:36 AM - I checked the Case Search site, and I don't see anything in the record of that case that indicates acquittal. I do however see a rather lengthy protection order against him related to that case.

Anonymous said...

Robin F*cker, Benny Greenberg, Janis Sartucci, now this guy.

Dyer sure knows how to pick a bunch of winners.

Anonymous said...

@5:36 so were OJ Simpson and Casey Anthony. Your point?

Anonymous said...

I'm not sure who to even root for. I don't like Renne, but I also don't like the current members of the council.

The only one who seems to be worth rooting for is Ficker and his ballot initiatives.

What's the status of the initiative to get the term limits imposed? Do they need more signatures? I'd be ready to sign that in an instant.

Anonymous said...

@ 7:12 AM - Hi, Robin!

Robert Dyer said...

6:07: You don't acknowledge the legal system in America? Careful, you don't want to end up like George Leventhal, announcing you are seceding from the state of Maryland.

Robert Dyer said...

5:56: An old fashioned Google search will show you he was never found guilty of any charge. Your contempt for labor resembles that of one of your bosses, Hans Riemer. You know, the guy funded by Mitt Romney's Bain Capital and Danaher Corporation - two pioneers in outsourcing American jobs To China?

Robert Dyer said...

6:01: And what have you accomplished in life that you regard yourself as superior to the 3 people you mentioned?

Anonymous said...

"increased support for term limits"

Any actual survey numbers to back up this claim?

#DodgingDyer

Anonymous said...

Yeah, there is. Read the County Council site. They all admit they'll be out next election either by term limits or losing in elections.

Anonymous said...

Yes, our government needs to be cleansed of these far left-wing progressive council nutjobs ! We can do much better without these losers.

Anonymous said...

I hate far left progressive nutjubs. Trump 2016 #MAGA

Anonymous said...

Der @ 7:58 AM: "An old fashioned Google search will show you he was never found guilty of any charge."

Are you seriously claiming that "an old fashioned Google search" will produce a more accurate case history than going to the Maryland Judiciary Case Search website?

Robert Dyer said...

6:29: Yep.

Anonymous said...

"Just Google it!" says Rosie O'Dyer.