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of military strategic and economic assistance to the ukrainian people and are determined to see the ukrainian people win victory over vladimir putin and expel his imperialist forces from their country in the eight months since russia began its atrocity filled and illegal war of aggression against the people of ukraine the ukrainian people have given americans not just the chance to defend the values of national sovereignty democracy and pluralism but also great hope for the world s future had ukrainians been quickly defeated by putin s army as so many people expected had volodymyr zelensky fled the country as so many people expected then a dangerous tyranny would have destroyed a nascent democracy and prospects for democratic causes everywhere in the world would have darkened large countries would have felt emboldened to attack small countries everywhere but today there is hope because of the strength of president zelensky and the ukrainian people and the cause of democracy and freedom in ukraine is the cause of the democratic world we should unite around this just struggle and stay focused on it ukraine has given the world a lesson in anti imperialism and how to fight a just war of self defense even amidst enormous civilian suffering putin has claimed as european colonizers did for hundreds of years that the ukrainian state and the ukrainian nation do not exist this obvious lie has been his rationale for an increasingly genocidal war of destruction the openly avowed goal of which is the destruction of the ukrainian people as such these last weeks and days russian propagandists have repeatedly appeared on television to urge the murder of ukrainian children and violence against the ukrainian population it is a bad colonial habit to suppose that ultimately peace depends upon the wishes of the great powers and the great powers alone and even progressive and liberal people can fall into this colonialist reflex ukraine s struggle embodies a democratic future its civilian and military leadership is young and diverse representing a post soviet generation that has learned to treasure freedom and value democracy its president who is jewish and thus belongs to a small national minority was elected with 73 of the population and now has even higher levels of support thanks to his extraordinary wartime leadership thousands of ukrainian women are fighting on the front and a woman serves as deputy minister of defense sexual minorities are represented within the ukrainian armed forces ukrainians soldiers routinely speak two languages ukraine has displayed a striking degree of toleration and decency during a war the ukrainians also inspire democratic forces all over the world with their example of civil society this war is fought and won on the ukrainian side with the help of countless civilians organized informally into small horizontal groups who fill the gaps in logistics an emblematic image of this war is of the vans driven to the front by civilians to supply soldiers where conscripted russians destroy ukrainian homes neighbors come to help another common image of this war is the partially repaired house in the regions from which russia has been forced to retreat ukrainians do what they can to rebuild their neighbors homes moscow right now is a hub of corrupt tyranny censorship authoritarian repression police violence propaganda government lies and disinformation and planning for war crimes it is a world center of antifeminist antigay anti trans hatred as well as the homeland of replacement theory for export in supporting ukraine we are opposing these fascist views and supporting the urgent principles of democratic pluralism ukraine is not perfect of course but its society is organized on the radically different principles of democracy and freedom which is why russia s oligarchical leaders seek to destroy it forever i am proud to have been banned from putin s russia for my pro ukrainian legislative activism and i look forward to visiting ukraine ukrainians provide us with an example of courage in defense of national sovereignty and democracy they are defending their democratic right to choose their own leaders and live in freedom and peace and they are doing so at great risk and staggering personal cost ukrainians today give the democratic world a chance for a critical and historic victory and we must rally to their side it is important to be on the right side of a just war and it is even more important to be on the right side and win just as ukrainian resistance gives us hope a ukrainian victory would give us an opening to a much better future for all humanity all champions of democracy over autocracy whether they call themselves progressives conservatives or liberals should be doing whatever we can to ensure that ukraine wins this just war as quickly as possible diplomacy by the biden administration will inevitably follow as sustained diplomacy always marks the conclusion of war even with tyrants and despots but first ukraine must win let us continue to unite as americans and focus on that central and historic imperative jamie raskin ukraine thrive 2050 failure to thrive october 25 2022 david lublin although i have spent many posts detailing the planning board s and the council s extreme failure to conduct proper and inclusive consultation the central problem with thrive 2050 is that it is backward rather than forward thinking why is this telework telecommuting was a trend even before covid 19 but the pandemic has accelerated it on steroids the 2022 council of governments survey of nearly 8400 employed area residents revealed that telework is way up since 2019 60 have started or increased telework and 32 have shifted to full time telework it is not just the number of people who telework that has skyrocketed people who telework now go to the office much less frequently than in the past with the average number of telework days increasing from 1 2 in 2019 to 3 4 in 2022 the percentage of all workers who telework on a typical workday has jumped from 9 to 44 much of this shift is permanent the survey reveals that workers like telework and want to do it more not less but thrive barely touches on the subject except to say generically that we should encourage it and that we need digital infrastructure to support it will people who work from home desire more space and prioritize access to green space will businesses leverage increased telework by renting less commercial space this forward thinking document that is supposed to guide zoning and building patterns has literally nothing to say about this major sea change in work and living patterns that is going to shape either residential or commercial preferences public transit thrive calls for ever more public transit but completely ignores that public transit use has plummeted even before the pandemic it was down and recovery in terms of the number of people riding has remained very weak yet thrive sees building more public transit oddly referred to as transitways as the future even as we are having the trouble finding money to sustain the existing metrorail and metrobus systems with the last round of major increases in dedicated funding proving insufficient even before the pandemic metro ridership had declined in 2019 metro ridership at bethesda medical center white flint and silver spring was down 14 13 16 and 13 respectively from the peak over ten years ago by 2019 ride on bus ridership declined 21 from 2010 levels these numbers underestimate the pre pandemic slide as the region s population has continued to grow muscularly so we would expect ridership to increase the statistics from 2022 indicate that people are not rushing back even as the world returns to a new post pandemic new normal based on numbers through august metrorail daily boardings remain roughly two thirds below even anemic 2019 levels it s reasonable to hope that these numbers continue to improve as many are still put off from riding due to the pandemic but telework is here to stay at the same time the council of governments survey indicates that people who ride public transit like their commutes the least satisfaction rates for people who ride metrorail have fallen to 46 from 56 in 2019 people who ride the bus are even less happy with satisfaction dropping to 44 from 62 in 2019 in contrast people who drive are more satisfied with their commutes my point is not that we should abandon public transit but for thrive to completely ignore these fundamental changes in transportation patterns while it continues to promote options that an ever smaller share of our population elect to use is foolhardy when i spoke before the pandemic with former planning board chair casey anderson who essentially wrote thrive he was well aware of the rise in telework and decline of transit yet thrive gives no consideration to either anderson s argument was that we need new transit to encourage developers to build even though people are riding it less and plenty of existing stations lack significant development yet last year anderson argued for subsidies to persuade developers to build this same housing near metro density siting much of thrive sensibly proposes more density near existing public transit centers to maximize our use of this heavy investment the council made a step in the right direction by voting to remove river road outside the beltway from being designated a growth corridor because it lacks public transit yet they also voted to keep the section inside the beltway a growth corridor because public transit could be built there except we could theoretically build public transit anywhere it s just dotty to designate an area with no planned new public transit a growth corridor when there are plenty of existing underutilized public transit centers it contravenes every intelligent smart growth principle to promote density away from transit the council should continue to focus density in existing transit nodes trickle down affordable housing thrive advocates a trickle down economics approach to affordable housing first there continues to be an almost touching belief that if we zone it they will come even though much land already zoned for high density development remains unbuilt second if we increase the supply the people at the lower end will automatically benefit through lower prices there is little evidence to support either premise hans riemer expressed not too long ago that he didn t know why there was so much opposition to thrive because it just extended our existing policies in these areas this candor inadvertently made clear that thrive proposes to continue a strategy that isn t working to produce affordable housing thrive increasingly refers to missing middle and even attainable housing in tacit recognition of this fact even worse thrive actively encourages the displacement of lower income residents from already existing affordable housing it promotes the replacement of naturally existing affordable units with higher density that will include mpdus except mpdus are moderately priced which is more expensive than affordable and where exactly are the displaced residents supposed to go yet this zombie parody of social justice is trumpeted as progress yes to allowing more units but we need to protect existing affordable units even as we build more bottom line thrive is supposed to plan for our future instead it is a backward looking document that doesn t take into key changes that are already dramatically altering how we live my own view is that this is the result of insider driven overly ideological process that systematically excluded meaningful public consultation or input this is a pity because with some significant modifications thrive would likely be on the right track and gain real public buy in instead of remaining an illegitimate poorly thought out document that reflects ideological fervor rather than what our future really looks like or what residents want to see in montgomery county montgomery county planning board and the planning board nominees are october 24 2022 david lublin the montgomery county council has whittled down the nominees for temporary appointments to the planning board to eleven people raj barr kuma cherri branson francoise carrier norman dreyfuss barbara goldberg goldman david hill william kirwin vincent napoleon roberto pinero amy presley jeff zyontz this rushed appointment process is turning into a train wreck with a number of problems already emerging first showing a lack of transparency let alone interest in public input this information was posted less than 24 hours before the interviews that are to be held tomorrow with the appointments made on thursday normally the council must appoint a politically balanced board but the council has failed to provide information on the political party of applicants the council hasn t posted any minutes since july so this lack of transparency is now seemingly the rule rather than the exception second though avowedly temporary the appointments are for indeterminate length temporary acting appointees will serve until a successor is qualified and appointed under section 15 103 of the regional district act this could be a long time the council has also decided that these temporary appointments are immune from the county executive s veto despite their potentially lengthy nature you can review the resumes submitted by the applicants below or at this link amy presley barbara goldberg goldman cherri branson david hill francoise carrier jeff zyontz norman dreyfuss raj bar kuma roberto pinero vincent napoleon william kirwin montgomery county planning board the list applicants for the temporary planning board slots october 19 2022 david lublin here is the list of applicants for the planning board while the council could appoint a quorum of three to conduct the board s business they plan to appoint five people to these very temporary positions that will then be filled by the new county council view this document on scribd anti semitism maya rockeymoore cummings finds it fascinating october 14 2022 david lublin former maryland democratic party chair and congressional candidate maya rockeymoore cummings lit up twitter earlier this week when commenting on the decisions of various social media sites to turn off kanye west s accounts deplatform as the kids say in response to his directing death threats at the jewish community many replies found this dog whistling or overt anti semitism ross seidman is senior advisor to senate president bill ferguson jake weissman is the assistant chief administrative officer of montgomery county this is his personal account numerous others replied with overt anti semitism seidman who had a polite exchange with rockeymoore cummings asked reading it in a very kind light rockeymoore cummings is trying to call out as unfair that west was kicked off after these comments but not after numerous other anti black or anti black women comments as one co...