Politics
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“Electing” a Council President
Read more: “Electing” a Council PresidentThe county’s Charter Review Commission is taking up a proposal that changes the way the County Council’s president is determined. Currently, the council members themselves elect the council president. (Interestingly, in his three terms as a council member, County Executive Marc Elrich was never vested with this office by his counterparts. The council president’s term…
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The Montgomery County ‘ID Required’ Chronicles: Free Computer (Part 1)
Read more: The Montgomery County ‘ID Required’ Chronicles: Free Computer (Part 1)Part one in a multi-post series about what you need a Photo ID for in Montgomery County, Maryland, particularly if you want to participate in society or just get “freebees” from local government. Remember – this is a County run by elected officials in Rockville and represented in Annapolis by people such as State Senator…
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Lock Down Laura
Read more: Lock Down LauraThings are heating up in Montgomery County, as board of education candidates are finalized. Outside of the at-large race, which is going to be very interesting, the race for District 4 looks like it could bring some fireworks. Two new candidates have entered the race for District 4: Laura Stewart and Bethany Mandel. Both registered…
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One Party Rule Isn’t Enough, We Need Twitter Spies to Keep Power
Read more: One Party Rule Isn’t Enough, We Need Twitter Spies to Keep PowerSilver Spring-based Maryland state delegate Jheanelle Wilkins (Democrat), herself a frequent user of social media accounts to spread election and public policy influence (and to take plenty of partisan shots), doesn’t appear to be a fan of free speech or tech platforms like X (formerly Twitter) that allow it. Co-sponsoring House Bill 333 this year in…
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Evan Glass Endorses Ranked-Choice Voting
Read more: Evan Glass Endorses Ranked-Choice VotingGoing back to November 7, 2023, Council Member Evan Glass expressed his support for ranked-choice voting. It’s Election Day! Make sure to vote if there’s an election in your community. And let’s continue working to ensure that there’s ranked choice voting in more communities next year!#electionday #rankedchoicevoting #rcv #democracy pic.twitter.com/zvYS2O4NFN — Councilmember Evan Glass (@CMEvanGlass)…
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Nobody Can Predict the Future — But MoCo’s Trends, Under These Politicians / Ideologues, Seem Clear
Read more: Nobody Can Predict the Future — But MoCo’s Trends, Under These Politicians / Ideologues, Seem ClearNobody can precisely predict the future. But, with a basic understanding of history, economics, business cycles, interest rates and public policy (oh, and political ideology), one can pretty confidently spot and analyze trends. Trends are a fairly constant thing until they “aren’t” of course — but for a clear economic trend to stop, it generally…
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The Inconsistencies, Incoherence in CM Friedson’s Statement on Becoming Council President Are Glaring
Read more: The Inconsistencies, Incoherence in CM Friedson’s Statement on Becoming Council President Are GlaringCouncilmember Andrew Friedson (Democrat, representing mostly Bethesda and points West in MoCo) is sometimes the most “grounded” in reality on the Montgomery County Council. Not exactly the highest bar. But now, Mr. Friedson has “ascended the throne” and moved up to become the Montgomery County Council President for the 2024 term. The position was recently…
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Wannabe Congress “Squad” Member? MoCo Councilmember (“At-Large”) and US Congressional Candidate Laurie-Ann Sayles Employees a Rabid Anti-Israel “Progressive” Who Loves a Far Left Rant
Read more: Wannabe Congress “Squad” Member? MoCo Councilmember (“At-Large”) and US Congressional Candidate Laurie-Ann Sayles Employees a Rabid Anti-Israel “Progressive” Who Loves a Far Left RantCouncilmember Laurie-Ann Sayles (also a current candidate in the Democrat primary for a US House District in Maryland) is supposed to be a Councilmember “At-Large”, meaning she represents the entirety of Montgomery County, population estimated to about 1.13 million residents in 2022. But it seems like CM Sayles really think she was elected to represent…
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Montgomery County Paid Something Called “Energy Audits and Green Solutions, LLC” $3.31 Million in 2020: What Exactly Was It For?
Read more: Montgomery County Paid Something Called “Energy Audits and Green Solutions, LLC” $3.31 Million in 2020: What Exactly Was It For?Montgomery County appears to have a transparency issue with how it discloses its vendor information to the general public or those seeking more details from the data and county spending source(s) housed at spending.data.montgomerycountymd.gov. As Mr. Reardon “Sully” Sullivan (a former candidate for Montgomery County Executive) has documented, “as all organizations must do, the Montgomery County…
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County Exec Elrich Cuts Issue Advocacy Ad for Large “Non-Profit” Run by Huge Donor to the Maryland Democrat Machine
Read more: County Exec Elrich Cuts Issue Advocacy Ad for Large “Non-Profit” Run by Huge Donor to the Maryland Democrat MachineLocal “democracy” dying in darkness? Where is the correct attribution by CE Elrich to local Democrat mega-donor Mr. Vincent DeMarco? Browsing on YouTube.com, if the Google goblins are tracking you, you might be greeted by an advertisement that looks like a semi-official Marc Elrich / Montgomery County government proclamation or communication. In fact, it uses the…