Here's another illegal Vanessa Atterbeary sign, this one at the corner of Forest Glen Road and Sligo Creek Parkway.
According to the county, political signs in the public right-of-way on a county road must have a permit, must be temporary and must be at least 100 feet away from an intersection. This is part of a pattern of behavior by this campaign that is unlike the behavior of any other campaign in the county.
And the kicker is that this sign is only a few blocks away from the candidate's home.
Disclosure: The author is the Treasurer of the District 18 Democratic Team.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
More Law Breaking by Atterbeary Campaign
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Atta girl Venessa! I am convinced that Vanessa is going to be sworn in to the Maryland House of Delegates. She is the only candidate in District 18 who is strongly opposed to the forced assumption by Montgomery County of the presently-assumed-by-the-state teacher pension costs. This nonsense about the signs is an attempt to deflect attention from this fact.
Furthermore, there are only 4 states where we have to wait 4 years to elect all state legislators(both houses). Those are the progressive states of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Maryland. It is reprehensible that the four incumbents would band together to make this rare 2010 election appear to be a fait accompli. In China maybe, not Kensington. The incumbents have alot to explain about their positions on making Montgomery County assume state teacher pension costs! Robin Ficker
I have seen a handful of District 18 Democratic signs on the sides of Georgia and Connecticut Avenues, illegally posted in the public right of way, as well as at the bus stop where East West Highway intersects Connecticut Avenue. I'm not saying it's ok for the Atterbeary campaign to post illegal signs, it just seems unfair that the only stories published are attacks on her campaign, authored by the treasurer of her opponents.
Our signs are on private property with the permission of the property owners and are not in the public right-of-way.
Oh that does it. ROBIN ATM FICKER is the last person that should be giving advice on progressive anything.
WHAT OFFICE ARE YOU RUNNING FOR ROBIN???? Where do you really live? Why are you commenting on this race?
It is not surprise that you would comment here since you love to litter the county with your own lawnsigns and materials without authority lines.
It is OBVIOUS TO ME that if anyone wants to support a challenger it should be Dana, who is NOT endorsed by Robin Ficker and does not break campaign laws. - M. Smith, Silver Spring
Nice try "Mike".
Dana lawsuit
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/Montgomery-transgender-aide-sues-county-for-_5-million-88221872.html
Dana harasses citizens
http://mcgop.net/party-line-newsletter-novermber-21,-2009.aspx
Dana harassing people on video
http://maryland-politics.blogspot.com/2009/11/dana-and-duchy-take-on-kgb.html
I would like to see a little less crazy in our politics. Who cares about yard signs. This is childish, and Vanessa seems fine to me.
Grow up MIKE.
Chuck Turner
Mr. Ficker:
What evidence is there to support your repeated insistence that Atterbeary is "the only candidate in District 18 who is strongly opposed" to the state passing teacher pension liability off to the County? I've read her "Issues" statement on her website, and it contains nary a mention of pensions (poetry intended), much less a "strong" one.
On the other hand, Dana Beyer, another candidate for delegate in District 18, has rather forcefully criticized the attempt to dump pension liabilities on the county, both in a letter to the Gazette and on her website.
If a voter is opposed to the state passing off teacher pension liabilities to the County, it seems that the candidate of choice is Dana Beyer, not Vanessa Atterbeary. And a bonus: Dana has no illegal signs!
Jonathan Shurberg
(yes, I'm Dana's friend; no, I'm not working for her campaign, she has no idea I've done this)
Dear Chuck:
Dana Beyer, Vanessa Atterbeary and various others are running for delegate in the DEMOCRATIC PARTY primary in District 18. Therefore, nobody really cares what was written in the REPUBLICAN PARTY newsletter about one of the candidates. In fact, if I were that candidate, I'd wear the GOP's criticism like a badge of honor.
And if that's the most substantive criticism of Dana that you've got, then you've got nothing.
Jonathan Shurberg
Mr. Shurberg,
If you think Dana Beyer's ethics investigations and harassment of law abiding citizens is "nothing" then you need to go back to school, young man.
I'm unfamiliar with similar charges being brought against Vanessa or any other candidate in the race, including Mr. Ficker.
Nice try "Mike."
Chuck Turner
Mr. Turner:
Trust me, you pompous prig, I know more than you do about the circumstances leading to your spurious allegation of "ethics violations" and "harassment" against Dana Beyer.
I represented a group of voters who brought a lawsuit against the County Board of Elections that stopped the improper referendum on the gender identity law passed by the County. Dana Beyer was a strong advocate for that law, as were a large number of other people in this County. A great deal of disinformation was disseminated about that bill, and a lot of illegal signatures were submitted, some of which were clearly fabricated.
Dana Beyer was engaged in a great deal of heated advocacy during the referendum process. Nevertheless, it was her right to engage in that advocacy, just as it was the right of the law's opponents to do the same.
The law's opponents, however, were not satisfied with simply having had the Court of Appeals rule against them on the referendum, and decided to make the matter a question of ethics. While I do not represent Dana Beyer (nor have I ever done so), I find the claim of an ethics violation for political advocacy to be bizarre in the extreme, and I suspect (although I do not know) that Dana's position is likely to be vindicated in the end result. But in any event, such a sour grapes complaint is hardly the basis for you or anyone else to conclude that she is unsuited for public office.
And with all due respect to Vanessa Atterbeary, you haven't seen her draw the same kinds of criticism that Dana Beyer has for the simple reason that nobody has demonstrated the kind of fearless advocacy for what she believes in more than Dana Beyer has. While that makes a lot of admiring friends such as myself, it also has a tendency to make enemies, and Dana has done that, as you amply demonstrate.
Vanessa Atterbeary simply hasn't shown that kind of commitment and fortitude. If and when she does, I'll consider supporting her. Until then, there's just no comparison between the two candidates, and your attempted character assassination ain't gonna change that.
Jonathan Shurberg
Much as I appreciate being referred to as a "young man", (1) you didn't mean it as a compliment, and (2) I'm almost old enough for an AARP membership. So lose the condescending attitude.
Mr. Shurberg,
With all due respect, I think you need to get your facts straight. If Ms. Beyer has so many friends, where are they?
Have you even looked at the other candidates' websites? I have. It is never too late for an old dog to learn new tricks.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47703240@N04/show/with/4370821984/
It seems clear to me which candidate "makes a lot of admiring friends."
Chuck Turner
Mr. Turner:
With all due respect, virtually all of those pictures were of your candidate (do you work for her?) carrying out her responsibilities as Chair of the Commission for Women's Legislative Briefing. That's very nice, but it's also grossly misleading to suggest (if that's what you're doing) that Barbara Mikulski, Chris Van Hollen, Donna Edwards, Nancy Floreen, Nancy Navarro, and Valerie Ervin all endorse Vanessa Atterbeary. We know that Valerie Ervin does not support Vanessa -- she endorsed the incumbent slate earlier this month. So just what would you have us conclude from a bunch of pictures of a legislative briefing? That all of those elected officials are your candidate's "friends"?
So what? In politics, everyone is everyone's friend, right up to the point where the knife goes in between the shoulder blades. Do these electeds endorse Vanessa Atterbeary's candidacy? Not that I'm aware of -- are you prepared to claim otherwise? If they're not endorsing your candidate, what's the point of the pictures, other than to mislead and deceive unsuspecting voters into believing what's not actually the case?
Running for office is a lot more than standing next to elected officials and having your picture taken. It's also more than throwing a nice party and inviting all your friends.
Moreover, in determining who to support and who to vote for, it's about more than the campaign itself. It's about who can actually do the job of representing District 18 and Montgomery County in Annapolis.
Dana Beyer has fought, and fought hard, for progressive issues in Montgomery County and the State as a whole. She's taken a leading role in issues ranging from health care to budget priorities to transportation to pretty much everything under the sun. Some people agree with her, some don't. That's politics. But everyone respects Dana Beyer's tenacity and her courage in not being afraid to say what's on her mind, consequences be damned.
Every politician should have such fortitude. We'd all be a lot better off and we'd have a more honest and open conversation about the issues that face our county, our State and our country.
Jonathan Shurberg
Wouldn't Delegate Atterbeary be the first African-American woman ever to represent Montgomery County in the state legislature?
"Running for office is a lot more than standing next to elected officials and having your picture taken."
Oh really?
http://danabeyer.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27:2010-campaign-photos-page-1&catid=7:campaign2006&Itemid=7
I guess your candidate has been endorsed by Adrian Fenty, Tammy Baldwin, Ana Sol Guteirrez, Bill Bronrott, Paris Glendenning, Rachel Maddow, Roger Manno, Tom Perez, NY City Council Speaker Chris Quinn (??), the entire Hispanic Democratic Club, Julian Bond, the entire County Council, and Governor O'Malley.
Even worse, I'm told Hillary Clinton has endorsed Ms. Beyer. Or at least that is what her literature implies.
We'd all be a lot better off if we had honest politicians.
Chuck Turner
Mr. Turner:
Now you're getting silly. You posted a link to a bunch of pictures, claiming that "[i]t seems clear to me which candidate 'makes a lot of admiring friends.'"
I pointed out that standing next to a bunch of elected officials does not make a good candidate.
You then say, in essence, "well, Dana Beyer has pictures of elected officials too."
So what? I never said that candidates shouldn't have pictures of themselves with elected officials. I simply responded to your assertion that Vanessa Atterbeary has more friends "in high places" than does Dana Beyer because she has a bunch of pictures of herself with elected officials. I guess after all this sound and fury, we agree on something.
Good night.
Jonathan Shurberg
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