tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post3461650410341343827..comments2024-02-28T11:29:36.860-05:00Comments on just up the pike: an apologyDan Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10594208011755406956noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-40929076913829548642008-04-15T08:48:00.000-04:002008-04-15T08:48:00.000-04:00Marilyn Praisner voted for the largest tax increas...Marilyn Praisner voted for the largest tax increase in Montgomery County history, a 20% increase in the county piggyback tax. Then she voted three times from FY03-FY05 to exceed the charter property tax limit. That is one legacy we don't need when the county executive has proposed the largest property tax increase in 20 years. Anybody who says any of the above is "fiscally prudent," needs to apologize. Stop the spin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-28105632285286614312008-04-15T05:53:00.000-04:002008-04-15T05:53:00.000-04:00It sure sounds like Praisner refused the interview...It sure sounds like Praisner refused the interview until you retracted your comments. Isn't that how the Bush administration controls the media? <BR/>If it's true, you shouldn't have done the interview at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-91614856580113669192008-04-14T14:24:00.000-04:002008-04-14T14:24:00.000-04:00Dan,Why the delay with posting the Praisner interv...Dan,<BR/><BR/>Why the delay with posting the Praisner interview?<BR/><BR/>Can you explain why all the others have been up for awhile. You also mentioned that you would post your interview with Don this weekend. <BR/><BR/>So now you are going to post it on Tuesday morning? Some good that will do.Kevin Gilloglyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02248931936248903133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-44910442152797273192008-04-14T12:27:00.000-04:002008-04-14T12:27:00.000-04:00Then there is the story of a couple walking throu...Then there is the story of a couple walking through the town center and one comments on the names of all the buildings honoring someone.<BR/><BR/>He turns to his friend and says - would you like to have a bulding named after you.<BR/><BR/>The friend thinks for a moment and says -"No."<BR/><BR/>I would rather have them look at all these buildings and wonder-- "Why are there no buildings named after me?retgroclkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13538891152523408607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-14291621054114053642008-04-14T08:34:00.000-04:002008-04-14T08:34:00.000-04:00Did Don Praisner refuse an interview until you gav...Did Don Praisner refuse an interview until you gave him an apology? Vote for Nancy Navarro!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-64957404755826661352008-04-14T03:04:00.000-04:002008-04-14T03:04:00.000-04:00You need make no apology. This naming of public b...You need make no apology. This naming of public buildings and places for politicians whose job it is is to serve their employers, the public, is vastly overdone---dedicating New Hampshire Ave to former State Senator Ida Ruben, dedicating I-270 to former U.S. Senator Charles Mathias, naming a Silver Spring bus terminal for former Senator Paul Sarbanes, naming a Silver Spring Court House for former legislator Leonard Ruben, trying to name the Rockville Library for former County Executive Doug Duncan. Plastering the names of Governors Ehrlich and O'Malley over every new building project. Giving U.S. Senators advance information of the awarding of public grants so the Senators can announce them as if these grants came from the largesse of the Senators rather than the public.<BR/><BR/>The fact is those who truly deserve the monuments don't need them. This whole legacy of naming rights is vastly done. Don't apologize just because some politicians have asked you to for their perceived political purposes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com