Nine Districts for MoCo

For fair and equitable representation in MoCo, regardless of zip code & without council growth. Vote FOR Question D. #fairness #representation #ninedistricts

[Nine Districts for MoCo @NineforMoCo]

@CurtisWalkerMD @willjawando Yep. Just a bit more. Just this one time. Er, two times. Or... maybe next time?

[Nine Districts for MoCo @NineforMoCo]

Correction: adding two district seats to the County Council. To make it a "hybrid" of 7-4 not 5-4 district / At-Large.

Yeesh if we were on track to add 2 at-large... a 5-6 council structure... (shudder).

[Nine Districts for MoCo @NineforMoCo]

Raise taxes. Spend money. Incur debt. Lose jobs and tax base. Raise taxes. Spend money. Incur more debt. Incur a line of credit. Raise taxes. Spend money. Incur more debt. Raise taxes. Spend money. Incur more debt. Lose jobs and tax base. Raise taxes. Spend money.

[Bethesda Magazine | Bethesda Today @bethesda_today]

County voters lean toward Question A plan to remove tax revenue cap
https://t.co/i2TxEWHFOM

[Nine Districts for MoCo @NineforMoCo]

Raise taxes. Spend money. Incur more debt. Lose jobs and tax base. Raise taxes. Spend money. Incur more debt. Lose jobs and tax base. Raise taxes. Spend money. Incur more debt. React to pandemic. Incur a LINE OF CREDIT.

What comes next for @MoCoCouncilMD

[Nine Districts for MoCo @NineforMoCo]

@CurtisWalkerMD @willjawando But somehow still comes up short each budget cycle.

Funny how that works?!

[Nine Districts for MoCo @NineforMoCo]

@CurtisWalkerMD @willjawando "Sooner or later you run out of other people's money (OPM)".

Believe that was Thatcher.

[Nine Districts for MoCo @NineforMoCo]

@amfriedson @AistheAnswer @mocoagainstb @jufj @mceanea @mocowdc @MCC_PTA @GCAARNow @sierraclubmd @JCRCgw @MCCCMD Fiscal responsibility is key. You seem to be one of the few on @MoCoCouncilMD who is really on top of this.

MoCo tax base has stagnated. Billions in AGI has left (IRS data 1992 - 2018). Jobs are stagnate. Commercial real estate / office rents can no longer be counted on.

[Nine Districts for MoCo @NineforMoCo]

@CurtisWalkerMD Yep, all for the position and the chance to run for higher office. @willjawando will definitely attempt. Hans Riemer as well.

It is so obvious. Ah well, round and round it goes. The musical chairs will stop...

[Nine Districts for MoCo @NineforMoCo]

Mushrooms decrim'd in DC?

What is next... Peyote cactus?

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[Nine Districts for MoCo @NineforMoCo]

@CurtisWalkerMD Yep. MoCo is still stagnant... with a tax base that really hasn't grown (AGI left MoCo in the billions of $$s).

Local politicians know this is true but continue to kick the can down the road. This can is now the size of a semi and growing.

[Nine Districts for MoCo @NineforMoCo]

@CurtisWalkerMD Higher taxes on an eroding tax base.

Definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.

MoCo machine, to its credit, didn't raise taxes this year. But that was also because it was an election year. They'll come back in 2021.

[Nine Districts for MoCo @NineforMoCo]

Hey, we made it onto the ballot in a #pandemic. We made the local machine pols step up to the plate with a counter proposal. We made people stop and think about the structure of @MoCoCouncilMD and how neighborhoods are flat-out ignored.

No matter what happens... we thank YOU

[Nine Districts for MoCo @NineforMoCo]

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[Nine Districts for MoCo @NineforMoCo]

@99_districts More money more problems.

But hey, Hans Riemer says he's down for a residency requirement for "At-Large" CMs.

Let's see if he's a person of his word. Er, tweet.

[Nine Districts for MoCo @NineforMoCo]

Thanks!

Do you support @hansriemer @nancy_navarro and the modest proposal to have a residency requirement of the At-Large CMs?

Seems like a modest proposal. 1 each in each "quadrant" of MoCo. Voted down 5-4 in August. Mr. Riemer seems to now support. 🤔

[Nine Districts for MoCo @NineforMoCo]

This had to be a real challenge for AP.

A lot of back-and-forth on whether to make... "the call".

[NPR @NPR]

JUST IN: Joe Biden has won the District of Columbia, according to a race call by the AP. https://t.co/dq8zHOpIrg

[Nine Districts for MoCo @NineforMoCo]

Why not thank the "volunteers" who helped get @MoCo4QuestionC onto the ballot via their "proof of community support" and signature drive during a #pandemic ...?

Oh... Oh wait. Forgot that never happened. Question C was just the machine's way of slapping back at grassroots.

[Marc Elrich @Marc_Elrich]

As we await the final results, I want to thank the many volunteers who have worked on issues from our important local ballot questions to the national election. @AistheAnswer @mocoagainstb @MoCo4QuestionC I’m watching @ORACLE_of_Blair numbers -hope they’re right! #Vote2020

[Nine Districts for MoCo @NineforMoCo]

@EvanMGlass @MayorBowser Looking forward to @hansriemer voting IN FAVOR of a residency requirement of At-Large CMs in future. 1 per "quadrant" seems fair. After he voted against such a thing proposed by @nancy_navarro in August.

We won't forget and we'll be sure to remind voters / taxpayers.

[Nine Districts for MoCo @NineforMoCo]

@EvanMGlass It'll mean millions more for additional CMs and staff. Shouldn't those millions be going to you and the "At-Large"? After all, you "represent" 1.1 million MoCo residents. More then @MayorBowser.

And she clears $200k (more then every governor in USA).

[Nine Districts for MoCo @NineforMoCo]

Here is a link to local ballot questions (unofficial results):

https://t.co/h7w79UOWYN