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Read more: Is Not Allowing Opt-Out Even an MCPS Policy?
Is Not Allowing Opt-Out Even an MCPS Policy?
In September of 2022, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) published its Gender Identity Guidelines. This document was written to: As a school district, we are committed in recognizing and respecting matters of gender identity; making all reasonable accommodations in response to student requests regarding gender identity; and protecting student privacy and confidentiality as we strive…
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Read more: Stewart’s Cognitive Dissonance Regarding Constructive Evictions
Stewart’s Cognitive Dissonance Regarding Constructive Evictions
Council Member Kate Stewart recently stated that “any rent increase over 10 percent is known as a constructive eviction. Constructive eviction is a landlord’s effort to remove a tenant through means other than a formal eviction.” This comes from someone who just voted to raise property taxes by 10 percent. That move, presumably, has nothing…
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Read more: Selective “Ranking” Promotion by County Politicians – Why Not Show the Whole Truth of How MoCo and MD “Stack Up”?
Selective “Ranking” Promotion by County Politicians – Why Not Show the Whole Truth of How MoCo and MD “Stack Up”?
“Selective Outrage” was a term made popular by the recent Chris Rock comedy special on Netflix, wherein he details “the Oscar’s slap” and aftermath for himself and Will Smith. His broader point from the comedy special is on-point too, as he showcases time and again the “selective outrage” (hypocrisy and faux-sanctimonious behavior) of select people,…
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Read more: Silence is Agreement
Silence is Agreement
As Kristin Mink’s statements cause waves of outrage both locally and nationally, there is a group of people that have remained strangely quiet – the Montgomery County Council. Outside of the County Council President, Evan Glass, responding to a question from a local reporter, there have been no formal press releases or statements. Not a…
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Read more: Wild Wild County
Wild Wild County
While watching the coverage of “progressive” agitator Kristin Mink’s latest racist blunder on twitter, I saw an encounter between an ally of Kristin’s, and a few members of the county that I thought would be worth a minute to cover because the language used is breathtaking, and the tactic she deployed needs to be understood…
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Read more: The Federal Reserve Bank, Inflation, and Local Rent Control
The Federal Reserve Bank, Inflation, and Local Rent Control
MoCo reformers (Democrat, Independent, and Republican alike) often bemoan the conflation of national politics with local electoral races. Last year the Republicans fielded their best candidate in a generation for county executive, Reardon Sullivan, and he came up short by quite a margin. Hard line Democrats in this county, and even more so the progressives,…
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Read more: CM Kristin Mink’s Staff: A “Democratic Socialist”, a “BDS” Supporter and Plenty of Social ‘Activism’
CM Kristin Mink’s Staff: A “Democratic Socialist”, a “BDS” Supporter and Plenty of Social ‘Activism’
A thorough review of Montgomery County Councilmember Kristin Mink’s staff shows she has surrounded herself, in this elected office, with local activists, socialists and a “BDS” supporter who has drawn the scrutiny of canarymission.org for prior campus protests. According to the contact us page on the Councilmember’s county government web portal, the following individuals constitute her…
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Read more: Blockbuster Testimony from BOE Meeting June 6th
Blockbuster Testimony from BOE Meeting June 6th
Since many are not able to attend the MCPS Board Meetings given when they are held, and since even less will search through BoardDocs to find the meeting agendas with submitted testimony, we are sharing one very especially powerful testimony by Hisham Garti, the director for the Montgomery County Muslim Council. In this testimony he…
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Read more: Not All Supremacists Are White
Not All Supremacists Are White
Council Member Mink associated middle schoolers with white supremacists and bigots. That was very hurtful. After all, not all supremacists are white. Bigots and white supremacists routinely use, albeit with declining efficacy, voting rights violations to block out people not like them from winning elections. As noted in a previous post, the entire Board of…
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Read more: Mink Brings School Vouchers One Step Closer
Mink Brings School Vouchers One Step Closer
No, Council Member Mink didn’t say these Moslem children are “just like bigots.” Nevertheless, would you want to send your children to a school where one of the top administrators says they are on the same side as bigots? I’m not part of the thought police crowd, and to me it’s a reasonable proposition to…