Americans 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,…
Despite public statements, Montgomery County council members refuse to give up the CASA endorsement
Welcome to MoCo transparency, where if you shine a light, they make it much darker.
Over the past 20 years there has been about a 40% decline in MCPS’ white student population.
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…
MoCo 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.
What the DC Metro Council of Governments (COG) “Annual Report on Crime and Crime Control” Reveals About MoCo and the Region
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…
Montgomery County’s beleaguered taxpayers are asked to fund all kinds of nonsense, as documented frequently at CleanSlateMoCo. At the same time, MoCo politicians talk incessantly about “combating hatred” and bigotry. There has been 18+ years of combatting “hate” through government proclamations and other public acts. Now, more investigations are turning up some really outrageous taxpayer…
Did you know that when it comes to garden and lawn tools, that the leaf blower is the most widely owned tool? Here are the rankings from 2012-2020. I think it is a fair wager that many residential property owners own an electric leaf blower as opposed to a gas one. If you have ever…