It's just the way I like to cook. I'm not to concerned with air pollution in the apartment. You can turn on the hood of the stove or open a window.

I had a pretty good time with Hammond and they were very supportive of me, lots of friends at atholton would say the same

Emerson/Wellington Farms is a really nice area in Laurel. Very close to Kings Contrivance. There's townhomes there for 500k to 650k. Newer homes, and relatively newer schools (Murray Hill, Gorman Crossing, and this area may be redistricted to the brand new high school). Definitely a place to consider. There aren't many shops in the immediate neighborhood, but it's close to Route 1, Maple Lawn, and Columbia shops.

Yeah, when I first moved to the area I REALLY wanted to live there but there wasn't any availability.

https://youtu.be/4sZuN0xXWLc

Agreed. Thank you for saying it

People are so bitter about the schools here. I get the redistricting was controversial, but even when good news surfaces (like new schools to deal with crowding ) people just spew out complaints and bitterness.

Howard County is also known for its terrible reputation with special education.

Cue the Kittleman supporters giving Kittleman all the credit and claiming things would be even better if it weren’t for Calvin Ball.

If Dr. Chen truly believes in working to ensure all students are successful he should at least make a basic attempt to hear the concerns of all students. He has not held back on listening to and championing the “plight” of those who have been redistricted and who oppose redistricting even if they haven’t been directly impacted by it, but he hasn’t even made a basic attempt to listen to LGBTQ students who frequently suffer much worse conditions. LGBTQ youth are at a higher risk of mental illness and suicide as a result of the treatment they receive, but I guess that’s meaningless compared to what students experience having to take a longer bus ride to school or seeing their friends less frequently. But yeah only LGBTQ students are playing the victimhood card.

You just don’t get it. No one is asking Dr. Chen for special treatment. He has expressed a desire to listen to people’s concerns and yet when given the opportunity to listen to the concerns of the LGBTQ community he has turned down the opportunity more than once.

This whole isssue combined with Dr. Chen’s recent statements denigrating FARMs kids just demonstrates how little regard he has for some parts of the county. And yes I saw his pathetic attempt to walk back those horrendous comments.

we have different value systems. I value educational integrity, pragmatism, and serving students who want to achieve and have the potential -- for these things, Dr. Chen is easily the best and only option. I have full faith that he will get things done. He is not distracted by the circus

you seem to be entirely preoccupied with the plight of gay students and generalize that if he doesn't pay special attention to this community it means he doesn't care. it's an absurd leap of logic and if you insist on looking at everything through intersectional lenses, there's no chance that we'll agree.

Dr. Chen is holding everyone to the same standard and whomever is willing to step up to that standard will find an advocate and a champion in him. If you want to make excuses and live in a world of victimhood, then pick someone else

Yup, fuck you too!

Coded language?!? What exactly is a Confucian demeanor. Does it involve completely ignoring a portion of the community? There is a huge area between kissing the ring and completely ignoring people. If Mr. Chen cares about all students as he claims he should at least make an attempt to listen to a variety of concerns. As it stands he seems as though he could not care less about the issues those students face.

>I call it lacking a backbone

this is just more coded language to attack the Confucian demeanor. I get it, he doesn't kiss the ring of the gay community and you don't like him. you can pick newburger or mckoy and watch them spout off about how important gay people are while they bungle things and drop home values even more

You know what? I initially read the statement "Howard County Public Schools in Columbia, Maryland" as the location of the Board of Ed or something. But I just looked it up and Board of Ed is in Ellicott City. So I'm not fully understanding this statement.

My overall understanding is that they mean HoCo as a whole and not specifically the schools in Columbia

Oella mills is beautiful.

Howard County? Sure

Columbia? Doubt

Which is all code words for "mostly affluent."

This guy probably ate all the Pillsbury sugar cookies too - they're nowhere in sight

> According to data compiled by Niche, an education research platform, Howard County Public Schools in Columbia, Maryland, ranks as the best school district in the state. Niche based its ranking on a weighted index of several measures, including self-reported standardized test scores, parent and student surveys, extracurricular activities, and indicators of teacher quality.

It heats much faster and you tend not to have to worry about cool down and you have better immediate control over the heat. Also if your electric goes out you have a cooking source.

Of course there are cons with gas as well - mainly its well EXPLOSIVE. However the intelligensia trend to bring climate change into everything is annoying.

[edit: I just happened to get a magazine talking about induction stoves; apparently the temperature control is really good on these. However, with old fashioned electric stoves my comment still stands]

Pretends to kowtow to the gay community? That’s just a little offensive. Further, he didn’t even respond to a written questionnaire. Claim what you want about the in person forum, but responding to a written questionnaire isnt that hard. Considering that 90% of what I’ve seen from Mr. Chen are general statements that basically every candidate supports, you’d think he could spend the hour writing responses that just rehash the same generic talking points he frequently uses. If Mr. Chen doesn’t have enough respect to even respond to a written survey I really wonder whether he cares about the outcomes for all students.

My impression is that Mr. Chen knows his best chance of winning is to court the anti-progressive vote along with Adler while getting enough middle of the road voters to get him over the line. Accordingly he has taken an anti-redistricting view and the rest of his campaign is about working as hard as possible to avoid offending anyone except the voters he knows won’t support him. I guess you could call that pragmatic. I call it lacking a backbone.

Electronic gets dirtier quicker, and ask any chef they’ll prefer gas to electronic

These are talking points from a media hit job, Chen’s demeanor is different because he’s a Chinese immigrant with Confucian values. He has a calm, confident, placid manner. Skipping a media circus where everyone pretends to kowtow to the gay community is not any indication of competence and frankly, if this is the standard people want to use to judge candidates, it’s part of the reason why we will never solve any real problems in our system. Chen cares about one thing: outcomes of students who want to do well and are capable of it.

Just curious why the preference for gas? I ask because I specifically avoid gas because of how much indoor NO2 it can create and would rather have an induction stove that I believe is more efficient overall too, so I'm curious what your reasons are for wanting gas.