Politics
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BOE Lynne Harris Calls Muslim Girl “Brainwashed”
Read more: BOE Lynne Harris Calls Muslim Girl “Brainwashed”On May 25th, at a school board meeting, a high school Muslim student testified on her desire to opt-out of the LGTBQ curriculum being required by MCPS. As covered by MoC0 360, school board member Lynne Harris expressed feeling “kind of sorry” for the girl and wondering if she had just been “parroting dogma”. The…
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Re-Branded as “Action Youth Media”, Gandhi Brigade Youth Media (a MoCo Taxpayer Grantee) Still Appears to be Promoting Only Certain Types of “Activism” Through Art
Read more: Re-Branded as “Action Youth Media”, Gandhi Brigade Youth Media (a MoCo Taxpayer Grantee) Still Appears to be Promoting Only Certain Types of “Activism” Through ArtBack in March we highlighted current Councilmember Evan Glass’s former employer / non-profit, Gandhi Brigade Youth Media or GB Youth Media. The organization gets thousands in public money each year. In fact, it got a pretty sweet deal back in March 2018, as Mr. Glass was navigating his way through primaries and running for County…
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Is Evan Glass Sponsoring a Creepy White Van?
Read more: Is Evan Glass Sponsoring a Creepy White Van?In March 2023, the Mayor of College Park, Patrick Wojahn, was arrested and charged with 40 counts of possession of child pornography & 40 counts of possession with the intent to distribute. He subsequently resigned from his position. Patrick was well known and supported in the ever tight circle of MD Democrats and the MD…
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City of Rockville Mixing Church and State….only for self-described liberal religions
Read more: City of Rockville Mixing Church and State….only for self-described liberal religionsThe City of Rockville’s official public information office sent out an e-mail recently highlighting “Volunteer Rockville” and posting talking points about the upcoming city-wide election that has ballot questions, one of which, if passed, may give non-citizens the ability to vote in city elections in the future. You can see a screen shot here of…
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Five reasons you should move to Fairfax County
Read more: Five reasons you should move to Fairfax CountyFairfax County’s County executive (actually, chairman of the Board of Supervisors) is Jeffrey McKay. Here are the highlights from his May 31, 2023 newsletter. Fairfax County-resident labor force is the largest it has ever been. Employers are looking to fill over 70,000 jobs in the county. Fairfax County government needs “to keep our foot on…
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Investigating the Montgomery County “Green Bank” – Part 1
Read more: Investigating the Montgomery County “Green Bank” – Part 1This is part one of an investigative series taking a closer look at the Montgomery County Green Bank, a government institution/financing arm with many interesting connections to politics and politicians. Is it public? Is it “sorta” private? Is it a not-for-profit organization? A corporation? Such questions should continue to surround the Montgomery County “Green Bank”,…
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MCPS Board of Education: MoCo’s most illegitimate governing body
Read more: MCPS Board of Education: MoCo’s most illegitimate governing bodyEmployees using MCPS credit cards for suspiciously personal use; secretive policy meetings; a proposed 10% tax hike to fund a school system with no performance improvements in return; capricious boundary changes. There are lots of reasons that people are upset with the Board of Education, but I fail to see the need for a rumpus.…
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Where Is the Watchdog? Montgomery County’s Office of Internal Audit Last Posted a Report Seven-Plus Months Ago
Read more: Where Is the Watchdog? Montgomery County’s Office of Internal Audit Last Posted a Report Seven-Plus Months AgoMontgomery County’s Office of Internal Audit (MCIA) is housed under the ‘Office of the County Executive’ and states that its program: “…provides independent strategic risk-based auditing services. The core function of this program is to improve internal controls and provide reasonable assurance of reliable financial reporting, effective and efficient operations, legal and regulatory compliance, fraud…
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The Property Tax Hike Rebellion
Read more: The Property Tax Hike RebellionLet’s talk about the 10% increase in property tax (aka, “10 cent revenue enhancement”) supposedly to fund MCPS. Montgomery County demographics are largely Democrats, and much of the workforce is in government, contracting, and hospitality industries. Many would ordinarily support paying more for the schools. (Not to diminish the real burden this places on retirees…