Friedson: Why I’m running for MoCo Executive (opens in new tab)

When I co-authored the , the “missing middle” zoning reforms to allow more families to live in Montgomery County, it became the toughest fight of my time on the Council. As the pressure increased, one candidate who had championed the same idea years earlier reversed course and opposed it, and another hid on the sidelines to avoid the intense scrutiny. I took the opposite path: jumping on the political grenade, building the coalition, forging consensus by rallying people together, making the c...