Thursday, October 18, 2018

"A contrary view in the Montgomery County race" for County Executive: My letter in the Washington Jewish Week

Today, the Washington Jewish Week published my disagreement with its endorsement of Nancy Floreen for Mongtomery County Executive:  

A contrary view in Montgomery County race

In debate after debate, Democratic Party county executive nominee Marc Elrich has displayed what his career has demonstrated: He is a principled and practical progressive who knows the nuts and bolts of county governance and looks for solutions to problems (“Floreen for Montgomery County executive,” Oct. 11).

Elrich is taking public financing, so he will not be beholden to special interests. Nancy Floreen, in contrast, draws the vast majority of her financial support from developers and other large business interests. The linchpin of her campaign is that somehow Elrich is too radical. Yet, as the WJW’s endorsement of Floreen reports, “At last week’s debate, Elrich asked Floreen, ‘I’d like to know what my radical ideas are, that I keep getting accused of having extreme views.’”
Floreen did not provide a single example. While she and Elrich are both friends of the Jewish community, I would suggest that current County Executive Ike Leggett’s endorsement of Elrich over Floreen speaks volumes.

DAVID S. FISHBACK
Olney
Here it is on the WJW website (it is the third item at the link).  

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Below are my earlier blogposts on this election:






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