Greg Visscher
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Maryland / MoCo’s Tax Base is Heavily Reliant on Federal Jobs; So Why Not Open Up the Economy and Diversify?
Read more: Maryland / MoCo’s Tax Base is Heavily Reliant on Federal Jobs; So Why Not Open Up the Economy and Diversify?Maryland politicians are sweating hard about what could happen in January, 2025 when President-elect Donald Trump assumes office as the 47th President of the United States. Headlines like the following by Caley Shannon and Andrea Duran, writing for SoMDNews.com, have been common: Some of this would appear to be click-bait and perhaps, unwarranted fear-mongering. Successive U.S.…
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Coping, Seething, and Fleeing for Blue-sky
Read more: Coping, Seething, and Fleeing for Blue-skyStill processing the results of the 2024 Presidential election, members of the Montgomery County Council have decided to either leave Twitter / X completely or climb aboard the lefty “Bluesky” social media app bandwagon in addition to their Twitter / X and other social media accounts. CM Gabe Albornoz announced he was leaving Twitter /…
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How President-Elect Donald Trump Can Still Win Maryland’s 10 Electoral College Votes — Thanks (In Part) to Former State Senator Jamie Raskin
Read more: How President-Elect Donald Trump Can Still Win Maryland’s 10 Electoral College Votes — Thanks (In Part) to Former State Senator Jamie RaskinPresident-elect Donald Trump could still win Maryland’s 10 Electoral College votes from the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. Yes, you read that right. It would be a result of the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV), a movement that seeks to “nullify the Electoral College in favor of a direct election of the president, but it only…
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Councilmember Evan Glass Sows Hysteria, Promotes Mental Health Resources to “Process the Election Results”
Read more: Councilmember Evan Glass Sows Hysteria, Promotes Mental Health Resources to “Process the Election Results”Montgomery County Councilmember Evan Glass, who we’ve profiled repeatedly here, here and here… is back with a “Glass Gazette” post-election day to Montgomery County taxpayers and constituents. As you might guess, it starts off a wee bit melo-dramatic: The comment about Mr. Glass’s “top priority” being “ensuring every Montgomery County resident feels safe and…
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Selective Outrage? CMs Evan Glass, Kate Stewart Strangely Silent as Campaign Signs are Stolen, Vandalized Across MoCo
Read more: Selective Outrage? CMs Evan Glass, Kate Stewart Strangely Silent as Campaign Signs are Stolen, Vandalized Across MoCoWhere’s the beef? I mean, where is the outrage (by the local politicians)? As posted here on October 29th, opponents of ballot Question A here in Montgomery County appear to have turned to outright vandalism in taking “Yes for A [Term Limits]” yard signs off of people’s private property. The act was recorded a handful…
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Congressman Raskin’s List of Baffling Votes in the Current U.S. Congress
Read more: Congressman Raskin’s List of Baffling Votes in the Current U.S. CongressCongressman Jamie Raskin (Democrat, representing most of Montgomery County in Maryland’s now less-gerrymandered 8th Congressional District) is going for his 5th term in the “people’s house”, the United States House of Representatives. With election day and (hopefully) election results around the corner, I thought it would be good to take a quick look at how…
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Evan Glass’s Regressive Policies are Already Hitting HOAs, Causing HOA Fees to Rise Beyond Local Inflation Rate
Read more: Evan Glass’s Regressive Policies are Already Hitting HOAs, Causing HOA Fees to Rise Beyond Local Inflation Rate“Grab a rake!” Or… be prepared to pay up to your HOA. Councilmember Evan Glass’s awful, dumb, regressive policies strike your wallet, yet again. Recently, here in Olney, MD (unfortunately unincorporated) my HOA board issued a notice that HOA dues for FY2025 are set to increase some 7%, potentially, after neighborhood comment and a final…
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How Did Maryland’s Wes Moore Score on a Fiscal Policy Report Card of State Governors?
Read more: How Did Maryland’s Wes Moore Score on a Fiscal Policy Report Card of State Governors?Maryland Governor (Democrat) Wes Moore is lauded constantly and fawned over by Montgomery County’s statehouse politicians (all one political party adherents) and by his Lieutenant Governor, MoCo / Darnestown, MD resident Aruna Miller. Back in February of this year, here is what MoCo’s career politician / longtime chief executive Marc Elrich issued to the press…
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MCPS Says There is Still a “Critical Shortage” of Speech Pathologists in Discussion Between Longview Elementary Community / Parents, MCPS Office of Special Education
Read more: MCPS Says There is Still a “Critical Shortage” of Speech Pathologists in Discussion Between Longview Elementary Community / Parents, MCPS Office of Special EducationBack in April, 2023, the local NBC4 / Washington DC affiliate published an I-Team exclusive on the state of special education in area county schools. Overall, what the I-Team discovered was that the state of special education in and around Washington, DC was not in a good place for parents, students, or over-worked school staff…