Election Analysis From Greater Greater Washington

Yesterday, Rockville Central friend David Alpert, who blogs over at Greater Greater Washington, stepped into our little corner of the beltway to offer up some election analysis. Typical topics on Greater Greater Washington include smart growth, transit, public space, and traffic, so he writes about the election having a major repercussion on growth.

In the article Rockville votes for change: no change, he states that Phyllis Marcuccio built her political base on opposing most development in the City. He recounts a history of the Beall’s Grant II proposal and notes that opponents were against increased density in general, even in the center of Rockville.

He stipulates that Marcuccio wasn’t the only anti-change candidate noting wins by Bridget Newton who won the most votes overall, and Mark Pierzchala, who took the last seat on the Council.

Here’s a bit from his piece:

Naturally, the Rockville election hinged on many more issues than just development and the Beall’s Grant II project in particular. Pierzchala rides his bike to Metro year-round and ran primarily on a platform of open government. He also endorsed mixed-use development. Candidates talked about civility on the Council and the city’s budget.

David attended some of our Rockville Pike revisioning sessions and wonders if our new mayor and council support the Rockville Pike Plan. Perhaps some of our readers or newly-elected officials can help him out in the comments on his post.

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