Elrich

We were struggling, cutting all kinds of little programs, after-school programs, all sorts of good programs because we couldn't find the money, Elrich said.

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Council member Marc Elrich (D-at large), who like his fellow council candidates sailed to victory Tuesday, voted for the fee during deliberations this year on the county's $4.27 billion budget.

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"I feel like a Third World country and the IMF is dictating to us," Elrich said, referring to the International Monetary Fund.

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"I feel like a Third World country and the IMF is dictating to us," Elrich said, referring to the International Monetary Fund.

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But Elrich said that Hanson and his top lieutenant, Rollin Stanley, who is also widely regarded as a creative thinker about planning, too often ignored other viewpoints, especially on matters of traffic and density.

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"We need to basically own up to the fact that this is an incredibly difficult situation from which there is no other way out," Elrich said.

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"I feel like a Third World country and the IMF is dictating to us," Elrich said, referring to the International Monetary Fund.

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"Everybody should appreciate the bind the county's in," Elrich said.

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"Everybody should appreciate the bind the county's in," Elrich said.

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