Andrew Friedson
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CM Friedson, please stop paving the streets in Chevy Chase Section 5
Read more: CM Friedson, please stop paving the streets in Chevy Chase Section 5I’ve written quite a few posts on the need for zoning reform as a way of reducing the cost of housing. In this matter I hold CMs Friedson and Balcombe in high regard for their efforts in promoting zoning reform. Driving down Connecticut Avenue on the western border of Section Five in the Town of…
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What Words Don’t Often Appear in CM Friedson’s “Flyer” Newsletter to Residents, Taxpayers?
Read more: What Words Don’t Often Appear in CM Friedson’s “Flyer” Newsletter to Residents, Taxpayers?We’ve posted about Councilmember Andrew Friedson’s “newsletter” before here at CleanSlateMoCo.com. Dubbed the “Friedson Flyer”, the Councilmember sends it out at least once a month, sometimes twice in a 30-day span. It is meant to inform residents and taxpayers about the good work his office has been doing and the happenings in and around his…
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JOBS: Spending money where it’s needed least
Read more: JOBS: Spending money where it’s needed leastCouncil Member Andrew Friedson, the closest thing we have to a moderate and reformer on the County Council, recently introduced his JOBS (Jobs, Opportunities and Business Support) initiative. According to the press release, there are three components to JOBS: $10 million for job creation, offering $10,000 per employee paid $100,000 or more ($12,000 if in…
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Misleading News Alert: CM Andrew Friedson’s “The Friedson Flyer” Only Tells One Side of the Fiscal Story
Read more: Misleading News Alert: CM Andrew Friedson’s “The Friedson Flyer” Only Tells One Side of the Fiscal StoryWe are back, a few days after exposing CM Evan Glass’s outright fibs in his “Glass Gazette” constituent newsletter, we now can turn our attention, briefly, to CM (and current Council President) Andrew Friedson, a Democrat representing MoCo’s most affluent zip codes. In his latest constituent e-mail, under the banner of “The Friedson Flyer” (these…
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ZTA 24-01: Living Closer to God
Read more: ZTA 24-01: Living Closer to GodThere are reasons I don’t get invited to parties, the most obvious being my enthusiasm over liberalization in zoning laws. A typical conversation when I meet someone new at a wedding goes like this. “What are your hobbies?” “Pushing for removal of height restrictions. Yours?” “I’ll go get myself another brewsky. You stay here.” Just…
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The Inconsistencies, Incoherence in CM Friedson’s Statement on Becoming Council President Are Glaring
Read more: The Inconsistencies, Incoherence in CM Friedson’s Statement on Becoming Council President Are GlaringCouncilmember Andrew Friedson (Democrat, representing mostly Bethesda and points West in MoCo) is sometimes the most “grounded” in reality on the Montgomery County Council. Not exactly the highest bar. But now, Mr. Friedson has “ascended the throne” and moved up to become the Montgomery County Council President for the 2024 term. The position was recently…
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The 2024 Budget Vote, When the Reformers Failed Us
Read more: The 2024 Budget Vote, When the Reformers Failed UsAndrew Friedson is by far a more compassionate, thoughtful, and caring member of the County Council than its progressive members, and CM Marilyn Balcombe has earned well deserved credibility as an advocate for a much neglected up-county population. Tragically, when it came to their votes for the 2024 budget, both let us down. Before we…