Progress over Politics

For too long our elected officials have neglected the people of this county in favor of the power of politics.

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Question A, MCPS’s Deferred Maintenance, and 怨天尤人

Question A, MCPS’s Deferred Maintenance, and 怨天尤人

A recent presentation by MCPS mentioned a $3 billion “deferred maintenance backlog,” based on the results of a study done by an outside consultant…

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Without Question A, It’s Socialism for the Rich

Without Question A, It’s Socialism for the Rich

The Board of Elections made a determination that Question A is 302 signatures short of the 10,000 required. We are evaluating our possible next st…

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An Example of Fiscal Critical Thinking

An Example of Fiscal Critical Thinking

In a message from July 17, County Executive included a graph with which many budget wonks are familiar: a comparison of MoCo’s property tax rates …

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Glass is the Spoiler, but Who is the Winner?

Glass is the Spoiler, but Who is the Winner?

Let’s step back four years when the world was just as it is today only a shade less violent and bigoted. There were three serious candidates for t…

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Back-Door Deals and Glass Houses

Back-Door Deals and Glass Houses

In 1732, an eternal artifact of American culture appeared: Poor Richard’s Almanack by Richard Saunders, otherwise known as Benjamin Franklin. Fran…

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Small Business Donates Big to Stop The Spend

Small Business Donates Big to Stop The Spend

How can you tell if someone is successful? Employees are successful when they show up, do their work well, and can be counted on. Physicians are s…

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Stop the Spend – A Non-Partisan Initiative

Stop the Spend – A Non-Partisan Initiative

Stop the Spend is an initiative to constrain the growth of county spending to the rate of inflation. We are currently collecting signatures to hav…

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Tax the Rich and the Underserved Pay the Price

Tax the Rich and the Underserved Pay the Price

If you were standing on a cliff watching others jump to their deaths, would you follow? Common sense says no. Yet Montgomery County is poised to d…

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Will Jawando Series

A growing series on the controversial dealings of Will Jawando

Housing Series

A growing series on the politicalization of housing in MoCo

Twitter Series

A growing series on violations of your constitutional rights

Seeds of Stagnation

A growing series on Marc Elrich’s Seeds of Stagnation in MoCo

MoCo Origins

A growing series on the influences that shaped MoCo

MoCo Green Bank

A growing series on the Montgomery County Green Bank

Alcohol Monopoly

A growing series on alcohol monopoly in MoCo