I leave from Columbia to Baltimore every day at around 7am, traffic isn't too bad at all maybe like a 30 minute drive. Coming home at 5pm though takes me about 45-an hour

True, but that means the rent's going to be much higher which limits who can open a location there

Same as the bagel bin that was there. Probably nothing for a very long time

Have you noticed there's a lot more car accidents this time of year? It's typically not car on car, it's someone hitting a dear on the highway. The population of deer is dangerous to humans, and unchecked will very soon become dangerous to the deer themselves because over overcrowding. Food is not the only concern here, in overcrowded animal populations there's a much higher chance of them catching and spreading disease amongst the community

You’re right, it doesn’t make people legal citizens. It prevents the County government from enforcing a federal law that they have a duty to enforce

The bullshit process that’s been refined over decades to ensure that the people coming into the country are who they say they are? You must hate the application process for jobs, getting a license, getting a car loan, a house loan, etc. It’s annoying, sure, but there’s a reason behind everything.

And if the process is so complicated and pointless, why does every country in the world have a similar one in place, and why is the solution open borders instead of streamlining the process?

Look all I’m saying is that pretending something isn’t illegal doesn’t change the fact that it is. Every time I hear about Howard County being a “sanctuary county” I’m reminded of the town hall a couple years back where an immigrant from China got up and said “Why did I have to do it the right way and they don’t?”

Crime went down if you don’t consider illegally entering a country a crime. Unfortunately federal law does consider it a felony

It really annoys me that Ball harps on the fact that Columbia was named one of the safest cities in America as a reason he should be re-elected as county executive. Not because it’s not true, it very well may be true. But because he’s running for county executive, not columbia executive. What about the rest of the county? Yeah maybe Columbia is the “safest” city, but I wouldn’t go near Main Event after dark. I wouldn’t get gas in certain areas after dark either. It may be safer than the rest of the country but that doesn’t mean it’s safe.

Also Ball has the support of the police chief, but does the police chief have the support of the police? How many officers retired earlier than they planned under Ball’s regime?

This is a completely reasonable way to handle this, and is exactly what we do. Our dog isn’t necessarily aggressive but she’s very easily excited, so if I’m passing by someone I will always go wide of them or have her sit and then stand between her and the person until they pass. It’s really not that difficult to figure out.