Watch MMCTV, channel 16, on Thursday, October 18, 2018 to see Pat Smith’s interview with Marc Elrich.
Marc Elrich is running against Nancy Floreen (Independent) and Robin Ficker (Republican). Since 2006, Elrich has served as an at-large Montgomery County Councilmember. There, he chairs the Public Safety Committee and serves on the Education Committee.
Prior to his involvement in local politics, Elrich taught fourth and fifth grade students for 17 years. As a teacher, Elrich realized he was limited in addressing some of the most complex education problems. Therefore, he began a career in politics, hoping to create legislative change for students and disenfranchised community members.
Be sure to watch this full episode of “Inside Out” on MMCTV on Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 7:30 PM. This episode will be broadcast again on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (October 19 – October 21, 2018) at 7:30 PM.
Full Interview
Tweet Recap
@Marc_Elrich is the democratic candidate for County Executive. He’s been on @MoCoCouncilMD for 12 years.
This year he, along with independent candidate @NancyFloreen would have been “term limited” out of the council. #MoCoVotes #MarylandPolitics
— Montgomery Municipal Cable (@MMCTV16) October 18, 2018
Prior to politics @Marc_Elrich was a teacher for over 15 years and seeing different education issues inspired him to get involved in politics: “I wanted to be involved in the community … but I got more interested in the social interplay in circumstances.” #MoCoVotes
— Montgomery Municipal Cable (@MMCTV16) October 18, 2018
“These schools right now are overcrowding,” says @Marc_Elrich. He adds many schools also underestimate the number of kids in the classroom, which impacts school funding. #MoCoVotes #MarylandPolitics
— Montgomery Municipal Cable (@MMCTV16) October 18, 2018
@Marc_Elrich on a potential “blue wave” in Maryland and beyond: “There’s a lot of new people coming into the legislature … you really have to work hard to build a coalition to get things through.” #MoCoVotes #MarylandPolitics
— Montgomery Municipal Cable (@MMCTV16) October 18, 2018
@Marc_Elrich: “I think some of my colleagues … discount concerns like school overcrowding.” #MoCoVotes #MarylandPolitics
— Montgomery Municipal Cable (@MMCTV16) October 18, 2018
@Marc_Elrich acknowledges the difficulty in opening small businesses in @MoCoCouncilMD because of certain regulations. “Other jurisdictions are grandfathering more things … we need to be more flexible … to encourage them to stay here rather than go to another jurisdiction.”
— Montgomery Municipal Cable (@MMCTV16) October 18, 2018
@Marc_Elrich on crime: “our folks have been constrained by the cooperation they get from the feds.” Elrich has helped provide more funding to local investigations and if elected hopes to put more money into disenfranchised communities. #MoCoVotes #MarylandPolitics
— Montgomery Municipal Cable (@MMCTV16) October 18, 2018
Throughout the month of October, Pat Smith, Esq., host of Inside Out, interviews all three Montgomery County candidates for County Executive. Smith’s interview with candidate Nancy Floreen (Independent) aired Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 7:30 PM.
Smith’s interview with Robin Ficker (Republican) aired Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 7:30 PM.
For more information about Montgomery County’s election, please visit: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/elections/index2.html
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