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Traffic Stop Report: All Feeling, No Logic
Read more: Traffic Stop Report: All Feeling, No LogicThe Source of the Spring published an article today announcing that the Police Advisory Commission plans to hold a virtual forum on traffic enforcement. Scheduled for January 9th at 6:30 pm, community members can register to provide up to 3 minutes of testimony related to the release of their report on traffic enforcement. It is…
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MCPS picks a religion to advocate for….ignores the others
Read more: MCPS picks a religion to advocate for….ignores the othersIf you look up ‘religion’ on Wikipedia, the quick definition you get is (emphasis ours): Religion is usually defined as a social-cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements; however, there is no scholarly consensus over…
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High Priority Reimagining Public Safety Action Items Spell Disaster
Read more: High Priority Reimagining Public Safety Action Items Spell DisasterIt seems to now be a daily occurrence. Another shooting. Another robbery. Another carjacking, or assault, or act of violence. Having not previously read or explored the Reimagining Public Safety task force recommendations, I was curious to see which recommendations might be contributing to this culture. Started in 2020, some of the task force recommendations…
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Congressmen Raskin & Trone Use Omnibus to Bring Home Some Bacon to 20th-Richest County in USA
Read more: Congressmen Raskin & Trone Use Omnibus to Bring Home Some Bacon to 20th-Richest County in USA‘Tis the season. Appropriations season in Congress, once again. “Negotiators” (primarily two retiring US Senators) announced a framework / “agreement” on $1.7 trillion in appropriations that would direct federal government department spending and the grants/projects they “seed” through its fiscal year (ending September 30th, 2023). The agreement is over two months into the current federal…
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Voting Rights Violations in Montgomery County
Read more: Voting Rights Violations in Montgomery CountyMontgomery County comes across as a progressive jurisdiction that promotes equality of opportunity and access to all its residents. To some extent that is true: all of our elected leaders and their constituents place racial and gender equality as a primary objective, and for that we should be very proud. However, when it comes to…
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DHHS admits to being clueless on COVID-19 Dashboard Data
Read more: DHHS admits to being clueless on COVID-19 Dashboard DataNote: The following post contains information related to a MPIA that was sent to CleanSlateMoCo. We have redacted the names of all parties involved. On July 27th 2o22, County Executive Marc Elrich took to twitter to announce that Montgomery County had returned to a “high” COVID-19 Community Level. There was hidden glee in his announcement…
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“I own 2 rental properties and am prioritizing affordable housing”
Read more: “I own 2 rental properties and am prioritizing affordable housing”As reported by Bethesda Beat, newly confirmed County Council President Evan Glass laid out his top priorities for the next legislative session. Among these was the issue of “affordable housing”. Long serving as a talking point in the recent election cycle, affordable housing has been discussed at length by the current County Council and County…
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BOE Assigns a 100k Tax Lien Debtor to Fiscal Management Committee
Read more: BOE Assigns a 100k Tax Lien Debtor to Fiscal Management CommitteeUpdate 12/11/2022 – Reader tip provided info to include Rebecca Smondrowski’s federal lien in article. During the 2022 Board of Education campaign, parents and concerned community members took to twitter to share the financial issues they uncovered of school board candidate (now member) Grace Rivera-Oven. These revelations were of course ignored by the main local…
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Segregation Returns to MCPS
Read more: Segregation Returns to MCPSFrom 1872 to 1958, Montgomery County had a segregated school system. Segregation based only on one’s race. Unfortunately, and sadly ironically, under the guise of diversity and inclusion efforts, it has returned in 2022. The image below is simply shocking. Did you ever expect to see in the hallways of an MCPS school a sign directing…
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Kristin Mink Struggling to Become a Public Servant
Read more: Kristin Mink Struggling to Become a Public ServantAfter a swearing in, glamorous after party, and multiple photo shots, it appears reality has not yet set in for Kristin Mink. Elected on a wave of enthusiasm around her activism, starting with her rise to fame for interrupting the dinner of a federal official with a cell phone in her hand, Kristin has clearly…