Some jurisdictions provide a remedy for removing an elected official that no longer serves his/her constituency. For Americans, arguably the most important removal procedure is against the president of the United States. Only the House of Representatives can impeach a president, and the Senate conducts the trial for removal. A two-thirds majority in the Senate…
In an op-ed piece on MoCo 360, Council Member Evan Glass called for more transparency in how the school system uses the money we lavish upon it—voluntarily or otherwise. Unfortunately…the process for distributing $3 billion across the school system is not transparent. True, but not entirely true. We have some examples of some problematic school…
Recently, a substack post by Don Surber caught my attention. “Let Newspapers Die” was the title. “They dropped objectivity and with it credibility” reads the subtitle. Mr. Surber then goes on to explain, with numbers backing him up and partisan fervor (he feels Republicans don’t get a fair shake by mainstream journos), why he feels…
Nobody 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…
Public safety in Montgomery County has deteriorated and all signs point to the trajectory not changing any time soon. As our county council and county executive announce new initiatives daily – from ground breakings to foreign trips – we wonder if the challenge of fixing public safety is too large and too intimidating for them,…
Montgomery County is engaged in egregious political cronyism with the “non-profit”, CASA. This is an established fact and one we will not stop exposing. And kudos to Adam Pagnucco at MontgomeryPerspective.com for diving even deeper into the issue today (though he dare not type the word “cronyism” about the County Council or Marc Elrich). What is…
On October 18th we learned of a horrific incident involving a local officer. Sgt. Patrick Kepp, 36, lost both of his legs after being purposefully targeted by driver Raphael Mayorga who was traveling over 100mph on 270. Sadly, this could have been avoided had our judicial system accurately projected the threat that this particular person…
Here is the really big problem with politics: you can smell the bad odor, but you can’t tell where it comes from. We have a board of education and a teachers’ union whose current leadership is characterized by a) ongoing parent and student demonstrations b) bogus attendance counts c) verbal abuse d) alleged predatory cover-up…
(Lead image from the Washington Post, August 11, 2023.) A high-school math teacher was, by all accounts, a very good teacher, but his social skills were affected by a streak of anger. During one class a student misbehaved. The teacher reacted far out of proportion to the offense; he pushed the student against a wall.…
Uh oh. Looks like a staff member of one of MoCo’s notorious and always-sanctimonious councilmembers abused their position and also the public trust (and wallet). But which one? The mystery deepens. Over at MontgomeryPerspective.com, Adam P has the initial scoop and has reprinted the Montgomery County OIG Memoranda letter. Per that letter, the staffer in…