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AngryGayZionist t1_jc3vu4j wrote

Reply to comment by spooper_no_spooping in How to make Baltimore ungovernable: Add recall elections to the political mix by [deleted]

He's so spectacularly incompetent that being able to recall him seems so attractive that this referendum will pass with flying colors. They just have to position as the "get rid of Brandon" referendum.

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EthanSayfo t1_jc4bujn wrote

Can you give a few examples of his policies you find to be incompetent? I don't feel I have a great read on what he's actually been up to while in office, frankly.

I do generally find him to be thoughtful when speaking on complex issues. But that's not policy.

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TheBigIguana15 t1_jc4dr2d wrote

Well for one people are still getting murdered in Baltimore. Also the schools aren't fixed and income inequality is still rampant.

/s obviously. I just am tired of people acting like Scott should have turned the city around overnight or that any mayor really has any chance of doing it alone. Baltimore is in a supremely difficult situation and is frankly not equipped to tackle it alone. Unfortunately every decade or so the rest of Maryland elects someone determined to further degrade the city and the US at large has limited desire to do anything that would make progress on systemic issues in any city nationwide. It's really crazy that people think firing Brandon Scott into the sun will magically turn it all around.

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EthanSayfo t1_jc4ew9k wrote

I'll say this -- compared to a few of the last Mayors we've had, he seems like a major improvement, at least based on him not being involved with literal crimes (that I know of?)

I would vote for him again at the current rate, just to give him some more time to move things forward. Like you, I don't think expecting miracles in one term is terribly realistic.

With that said, I'd still be interested to learn what things he's done that some folks find genuinely incompetent.

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