By Adam Pagnucco.
Here is today’s question.
If you are elected, name three things you would like to accomplish over the next four years.
Mithun Banerjee (D)
On April 29, Banerjee requested more time to respond due to medical reasons. At that time, he told me, “I was sick & still I am sick. I will try my level best to send them to you at the earliest.”
Andrew Friedson (D)
- Private Sector Job Growth: Implementing the full vision of the Economic Development Strategic Plan I authored and the New J.O.B.S. Initiative I spearheaded to end our decade-long stagnation and re-emerge as the region’s economic powerhouse.
- Housing Production: Expanding the $100 million Housing Production Fund, Nonprofit Housing Preservation Fund, and other housing programs I’ve championed to address our housing affordability crisis and create the affordable and workforce housing we need.
- Fiscal Stability: Aligning public spending with economic growth while holding the line on tax hikes and providing the steady fiscal leadership needed to manage the new normal as we face unprecedented challenges from the Trump Administration.
Evan Glass (D)
Three things I want to accomplish during my first term are:
Make Montgomery County economically competitive. For too long we have coasted on our proximity to the federal government, and now that the federal government has gone from partner to adversary, firing thousands of our neighbors, that complacency has caught up with us. On day one I will hire a Director of Permitting Services to cut through our antiquated, duplicative processes and send a clear message: Montgomery County is open for business. You shouldn’t need a lawyer or a lobbyist to open a small business here.
Improve educational outcomes in MCPS. Our schools are why families move here, and we invest nearly half our budget in them. That investment ultimately need to help our students. The current structure for funding and implementing school programs is fragmented across too many levels of government. I will bring accountability, transparency, and a relentless focus on outcomes for students, parents, educators and taxpayers.
Make Montgomery County affordable. Housing costs are rising, utility bills are skyrocketing, and people are being priced out of the community they call home. As County Executive I’ll increase housing initiatives and identify more county owned land suitable to build affordable housing.
Peter James (D)
- Replace techno-fascists Trump supporters software like Oracle, that is spying on citizens and our kids at MCPS, with County owned software.
- Install autonomous guideways. This will:
- Eliminate traffic congestion
- Eliminate transportation causes greenhouse gases emissions ~30% of total
- Reclaim 25% of land area currently used for parking and roadways
- Save, on average 1 hour each day for each MoCo resident – transit times 1/2 that of car travel
- Make MoCo affordable by providing food and affordable housing robots at cost. AI job displacement, unsustainable commercial real estate and data center debt will create the worst economic collapse of our lifetime. Pepole will need to be fed and housed. By turning workers, renters and the public into owners of AI and robot technology, it won’t matter if they loose their jobs as we will own the the technology and its productive output. Not Elon Musk.
These three items will eliminate all County debt and taxes. This is accomplished by sell items 1 & 2 to other jurisdictions by generating tens of billions of dollars a year.
Will Jawando (D)
Did not answer the questionnaire.
Shelly Skolnick (R)
Did not answer the questionnaire.
Esther Wells (R)
As County Executive, I will fulfill the promises that earned your trust: affordability and accountability.
To make Montgomery County a place where families and businesses thrive, I will lower property, income, and fuel energy tax rates. By accelerating permitting for jobs and housing, I will grow our tax base and expand the private sector beyond our regional competitors.
To restore government accountability, I will conduct a forensic audit of the operating budget. This will provide a transparent roadmap identifying waste, fraud, and mismanagement, with a clear path to remediate every finding.
Our future depends on our students. I will fund MCPS at Maintenance of Effort, plus strategic investments directly linked to measurable academic gains. We will see meaningful improvements in math, literacy, and graduation rates for all learners, especially our most vulnerable.
As a State Indirect Tax Leader, I have delivered high-stakes results for multi-billion dollar organizations. My leadership is defined by execution, not rhetoric. In four years, my performance will be the ultimate evidence of my integrity: Promises Made, Promises Kept.