David Stein, the new Montgomery County Educators Association (public school teacher’s union) President, is making some local headlines this week for putting out a statement (speaking on behalf of the MCEA membership) against “Question A”. The local ballot initiative this November, if passed, would term limit the County Exec to two terms, similar to the term limits on the office of United States President.
Mr. Stein claims to oppose Question A because “Setting partisan politics aside, the Montgomery County Executive is already a term-limited position; no county executive is empowered to serve for life,” said MCEA President David Stein. “Rather than changing the rules of the game by further reducing the terms the officer can hold through a ballot initiative, let’s allow the electorate to decide at the ballot box in 2026. MCEA urges voters to vote against Question A.”
Ah yes, “setting partisan politics aside” is the go-to phrase, generally when someone is a hardcore partisan politics practitioner. And Mr. Stein is a definitely all about partisan politics. It permeates nearly every post on his Twitter / X account:
He also no doubt knows and “gets a thrill up his leg” (to borrow a phrase) when he hears County Exec Marc Elrich speak and make absurd promises to unions. Elrich is who Mr. Stein is trying to “save” with this statement out against Question A. Marc Elrich is unpopular with the majority of MoCo residents, but he survives time after time thanks to special interests, union cash, and closed, partisan primaries in Maryland.
Back in 2019, Marc Elrich “rode the bus” (as opposed to his usual taxpayer funded SUV) in the “March for Our Schools” and appeared with then-MCEA president Chris Lloyd. David Stein has been involved with MCEA for many years, both as a building rep from Blair High School and as treasurer for MCEA as well. Was he “on the bus” as well in the “March for Our Schools”? Highly likely.
Mr. Stein has certainly been a workhorse for MoCo’s teacher union for many years. The MoCo taxpayer? Not so much. He is all about the “Apple Ballot” and canvassing outside of polling precincts:
Of course, such canvassing is easy to do when given a day off of work. And, Mr. Stein is also opposed to the “opt out” policy that led to some fiery debates at MoCo School Board meetings this prior school year:
More to come on this character and why he is seeking to use the teacher’s union to push an agenda against a very reasonable term-limit proposal on the chief executive position in Montgomery County.
Remember, there are 10,000 reasons to term limit Marc Elrich and future County Executives.
