Politics
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Neo-Feudalism: Your Piedmont Property? It Might Get Seized via Eminent Doman for Power Lines. Eric and CM Dawn Luedtke’s 2 Acre Ashton Estate? In the Clear.
Read more: Neo-Feudalism: Your Piedmont Property? It Might Get Seized via Eminent Doman for Power Lines. Eric and CM Dawn Luedtke’s 2 Acre Ashton Estate? In the Clear.A new post by WJLA ABC7 local news and Fox45 local news reporter Gary Collins entitled ‘Clean energy’ goals forcing Maryland to double size of electric grid, Moore official says is showcasing perfectly the limits of “clean energy” virtue signaling ideology in Annapolis… and also the way local Maryland politicians will always exempt their lands, their labor…
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Joy! Unity! A Call for “Kinder Rhetoric”… Just Kidding. Here is a Collection of Recent Posts by MoCo’s Delegates to the Democratic National Convention
Read more: Joy! Unity! A Call for “Kinder Rhetoric”… Just Kidding. Here is a Collection of Recent Posts by MoCo’s Delegates to the Democratic National ConventionHere is a brief run-down of the “uplifting” and “unifying” rhetoric MoCo’s Delegates to the prior week’s DNC deployed during their stint in Chicago, Illinois. Remember… “Hate has no home in MoCo”. We even have a county committee against “hate/violence” that is sometimes transparent with the public. State delegate Jheanelle Wilkins kicks us off here,…
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Unelected Annapolis Representatives: It’s Not Who They Are, It’s What They Do
Read more: Unelected Annapolis Representatives: It’s Not Who They Are, It’s What They DoWhile awaiting jury duty a few years ago, I was in the Well Being Cafe inside the county’s Executive Office Building. Perusing the news on my tablet, I overheard a conversation between a few people who apparently were high-ranking county or state Democrats. One of them concluded the conversation, “Great! We’ll have A run for…
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MoCo’s Relationship with Annapolis
Read more: MoCo’s Relationship with AnnapolisIn February 2024, Delegate David Moon promoted, on behalf of the entire Montgomery County delegation in Annapolis, HB1300. The brutally concise summary of that legislation holds unenforceable certain restrictions in housing associations, specifically those meant to limit construction of dense housing on lots designated as single-family detached. The bill’s title appears as Montgomery County –…
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CleanSlate MoCo Spotlight: Local Opponents of Prosperity & Individual Choice – State Delegate Marc Korman (District 16)
Read more: CleanSlate MoCo Spotlight: Local Opponents of Prosperity & Individual Choice – State Delegate Marc Korman (District 16)Occupation: Maryland State Delegate, representing MoCo’s 16th District Affiliations: Maryland Democratic Party. Former legislative assistant to longtime career politician (since 1997!) U.S. Representative Bradley J. (Brad) Sherman of California. Former legislative director to U.S. Representative Brian N. Baird of Washington state (2005-07). Member of the Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus. Also a member of the Maryland Legislative Jewish…
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Looking Into Congressman Jamie Raskin’s Big-Money Individual Donors Based in Montgomery County this Cycle
Read more: Looking Into Congressman Jamie Raskin’s Big-Money Individual Donors Based in Montgomery County this CycleCongressman Jamie Raskin (Democrat) lives in Takoma Park, MD and has now represented congressional district MD-08 (most of MoCo) for several years. The congressman graduated from Harvard Law and still holds a law professor title at his former (main) employer, American University in tony NW, Washington DC. The average household income in American U’s neighborhood? …
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10,000 Reasons to Term Limit Marc Elrich (and Future County Executives)
Read more: 10,000 Reasons to Term Limit Marc Elrich (and Future County Executives)Since term limits for the Montgomery County Executive will be on the ballot in November (yay, real democracy!), let us now look at the many reasons to further term limit the County Exec (eight years is plenty of time), and send Marc Elrich home to his Takoma Park abode. Marc Elrich is a career politician…
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Local “Defenders of Democracy” Promote Coronation for Nominee Within 24 Hours of President Joe Biden Announcement, Reject a Mini-Primary
Read more: Local “Defenders of Democracy” Promote Coronation for Nominee Within 24 Hours of President Joe Biden Announcement, Reject a Mini-PrimaryIt took roughly 24 hours, but Councilmembers on Montgomery County’s legislative body, sometimes called the “MoCo Council”, quickly and dutifully coalesced around Vice President Kamala Harris as the potential US Presidential Nominee for their political club/tribe in 2024. Their proclamations of loyalty and (seemingly) enthusiastic endorsement of Vice President Harris as the “blue tribe” nominee…
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The Many Times CE Marc Elrich “Gets Personal” When Discussing the Political or Mundane
Read more: The Many Times CE Marc Elrich “Gets Personal” When Discussing the Political or MundaneWhen does the political get “personal”? Increasingly, with MoCo County Exec Marc Elrich, it appears to occur whenever someone has a different policy idea or theory on governing than him. Take, for example, his recent personal jab on Reardon “Sully” Sullivan as reported by Adam Pagnucco (himself reporting on Fox 5’s Tom Fitzgerald’s interview with…
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Council Member Appears to Still be Accepting Donations for Failed Congressional Bid, One Month After Finishing in 6th Place in the Democratic Primary
Read more: Council Member Appears to Still be Accepting Donations for Failed Congressional Bid, One Month After Finishing in 6th Place in the Democratic PrimaryAbout one month after the Maryland primary vote for the 6th Congressional District, Councilmember (At Large, Democrat) Laurie-Anne Sayles appears to have still left her campaign website up and a donations / credit card capture form still active. By the logic of (some) nanny-state members of the Montgomery County Council and state delegation to Annapolis,…