Marc Elrich
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Rabid Partisan David Stein, Longtime MCEA Rep, (Now MCEA President) Wants You to Know He’s “Setting Partisan Politics Aside” in Anti-Term Limits Advocacy
Read more: Rabid Partisan David Stein, Longtime MCEA Rep, (Now MCEA President) Wants You to Know He’s “Setting Partisan Politics Aside” in Anti-Term Limits AdvocacyDavid 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…
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The New Needy in MoCo
Read more: The New Needy in MoCoToday, CE Elrich and a handful of Council Members held an event touting the new MC Groceries Program. The program seeks to provide families (noted you do not have to be a legal resident; you only have to reside in MoCo) access to shelf stable food via a partnership with Instacart. We applaud, especially during…
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So You’re Saying It Can Be Done? Contrary to MoCo’s Tax-Hiking CE and County Council, a Midwest Town Hasn’t Charged Property Tax in 37 Years
Read more: So You’re Saying It Can Be Done? Contrary to MoCo’s Tax-Hiking CE and County Council, a Midwest Town Hasn’t Charged Property Tax in 37 YearsInteresting story today that caught our eye, this one from Realtor.com in their “trends” post: Per this writer Julie Gerstein for Realtor.com, it sounds like a town in Missouri outside of St. Louis is doing just fine for its residents — without levying a property tax at all. Who knew? Well, some of us did. …
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10,000 Reasons to Term Limit Marc Elrich (and Future County Executives)
Read more: 10,000 Reasons to Term Limit Marc Elrich (and Future County Executives)Since term limits for the Montgomery County Executive will be on the ballot in November (yay, real democracy!), let us now look at the many reasons to further term limit the County Exec (eight years is plenty of time), and send Marc Elrich home to his Takoma Park abode. Marc Elrich is a career politician…
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The Many Times CE Marc Elrich “Gets Personal” When Discussing the Political or Mundane
Read more: The Many Times CE Marc Elrich “Gets Personal” When Discussing the Political or MundaneWhen does the political get “personal”? Increasingly, with MoCo County Exec Marc Elrich, it appears to occur whenever someone has a different policy idea or theory on governing than him. Take, for example, his recent personal jab on Reardon “Sully” Sullivan as reported by Adam Pagnucco (himself reporting on Fox 5’s Tom Fitzgerald’s interview with…
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MoCo Chief Exec Sweats Out the Heatwave, Demands All A/Cs Be Turned Off “In Solidarity” with Him, Mother Gaia
Read more: MoCo Chief Exec Sweats Out the Heatwave, Demands All A/Cs Be Turned Off “In Solidarity” with Him, Mother GaiaCE Marc Elrich (Democrat, 30+ years in office) has been without air conditioning at his Takoma Park home for about a month from June-July (per a radio report by WMAL Newstalk local), as he waits for an A/C unit part to be delivered. Yesterday, the sweaty and fed up Montgomery Chief Executive issued a strongly…
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Marc Elrich Reacts to Ballot Petition Signature Submissions Being Dropped Off; County Charter (Potentially) Being Changed to Restrict County Exec to Two Terms
Read more: Marc Elrich Reacts to Ballot Petition Signature Submissions Being Dropped Off; County Charter (Potentially) Being Changed to Restrict County Exec to Two TermsFresh news from Rockville, MD as the Committee for Better Government delivered 12,139 signatures to the County Executive’s office so that a question can be placed on the November, 2024 ballot to limit the number of consecutive four-year terms that the Montgomery County Executive may hold. The group remarked that this is the first of…
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Four Years Ago, Elrich Claimed He Wanted to Improve the Reputation of the County Among Businesses. Now, He’s All the Way in China Trying to Recruit.
Read more: Four Years Ago, Elrich Claimed He Wanted to Improve the Reputation of the County Among Businesses. Now, He’s All the Way in China Trying to Recruit.What a difference four years makes. January 15, 2020 – Marc Elrich delivers a “State of the County” address to employees of the sprawling Montgomery County government and spends a minute bemoaning how Montgomery County has “not a good reputation” regarding business. CE Elrich claims (direct quote) he wants “Montgomery County residents telling other Montgomery County…
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Reminder: Montgomery County Exec Elrich Really Really Likes Corporate Welfare
Read more: Reminder: Montgomery County Exec Elrich Really Really Likes Corporate WelfareQuick reminder – Montgomery County Executive / “green energy” lobbyist Marc Elrich really likes corporate welfare. As long as it goes to the “right” industries”. Don’t be fooled by the redistribution rhetoric of the disheveled exec. The self-acclaimed “sorta socialist” and frequent respondent to the MoCo “Democratic Socialists of America” questionnaire during election season sure…
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County Exec Celebrates Tax Day, Says Average American Working Nearly Four Months Just to Pay Taxes is “Too Low”
Read more: County Exec Celebrates Tax Day, Says Average American Working Nearly Four Months Just to Pay Taxes is “Too Low”Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich celebrated tax filing day (April 15th) with his usual enthusiasm. “April 15th is a national holiday to me, but frankly, we simply need more and more taxes to bring about utopia.” said the disheveled County Exec in a video accompanying his weekend e-newsletter to county residents. “I’ve read that the…