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Leaked: Clarksburg HS Principal Emails on Walkout Protest
Read more: Leaked: Clarksburg HS Principal Emails on Walkout ProtestAs a petition circulates to reinstate MCPS staff placed on administrative leave for their comments related to Hammas, someone has shared with us emails by the Principal of Clarksburg High School. Clarksburg High School had a walk out on November 9th. In one e mail, the student member of the Board of Education thanked the…
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Good Luck Crossing the Street
Read more: Good Luck Crossing the StreetEasy solutions do not exist for making our roads user friendly all at the same time for drivers in a hurry, bicyclists and pedestrians. In less than 100 years many roads in Montgomery County have evolved from dirt lane through two lane black top into six lane with median and the bigger the road the…
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Deer Tick Politick
Read more: Deer Tick PolitickI am a lifelong Montgomery County citizen. When I was a kid in the 1950s and 1960s Rock Creek Park was mowed regularly. It was easy to find nice spots for picnics and games could be played in many open areas such as at Beach Drive and Kensington Parkway (as just one example), but now thick woods…
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2 Easy Steps to Begin Fixing Public Safety
Read more: 2 Easy Steps to Begin Fixing Public SafetyPublic 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,…
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Crime for Fun and Profit
Read more: Crime for Fun and ProfitAmericans have always had a fascination with crime and criminals. Whether it was the fifteenth reimagining of Robin Hood taking from the rich to give to the poor, celebrating gun fighters such as Jesse James or Billy the Kid, or glorifying gangs from Al Capone to the Hells Angels to the Crips and the Bloods,…
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You Might be a Radical Antisemite, but I Will Keep Your Endorsement
Read more: You Might be a Radical Antisemite, but I Will Keep Your EndorsementDespite public statements, Montgomery County council members refuse to give up the CASA endorsement
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Committee Against Hate/Violence Goes Dark to Avoid Transparency
Read more: Committee Against Hate/Violence Goes Dark to Avoid TransparencyWelcome to MoCo transparency, where if you shine a light, they make it much darker.
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Where did MCPS White Students Go?
Read more: Where did MCPS White Students Go?Over the past 20 years there has been about a 40% decline in MCPS’ white student population.
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Do Marc and Evan Compromise MoCo Values in Recent Trip?
Read more: Do Marc and Evan Compromise MoCo Values in Recent Trip?In June of 2022, Marc Elrich created a new policy that banned county payment for travel to states with policies that roll back a woman’s right to choose. In releasing the ban, Marc said: While we cannot directly affect other states actions, we can make certain Montgomery County does not provide additional revenue to states…
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Investor Beware: MoCo Govt Issues More General Obligation Bonds as ‘Debt Servicing’ Projects
Read more: Investor Beware: MoCo Govt Issues More General Obligation Bonds as ‘Debt Servicing’ ProjectsMoCo debt service cost are on a glide path to consume more and more resources in budgets that should be going into the actual MoCo body politic.