Greg Visscher
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Is WSSC Serving the People of MoCo or Companies & Lobby Shops With Donor Ties to Local Democrat Politicians?
Read more: Is WSSC Serving the People of MoCo or Companies & Lobby Shops With Donor Ties to Local Democrat Politicians?The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) probably deserves its own investigative series. If we had a truly inquisitive local ‘fourth estate’ we might have gotten one a long time ago. But local media in Montgomery County is obsessed with being ‘friends’ to the powerful, instead of auditors or investigators. Our very own “Independent” and tax-supported…
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Why Do WSSC Water Rates Keep Getting Hiked? And Why Does the MoCo Council Not Bat an Eye?
Read more: Why Do WSSC Water Rates Keep Getting Hiked? And Why Does the MoCo Council Not Bat an Eye?“Council Backs WSSC Request for 7% Rate Increase” was the headline at taxpayer sponsored MyMCMedia.org. Instead of an 8% rate hike on water, which WSSC initially asked for, the Montgomery County Council decided to be kind of frugal, in a MoCo sense, and “unanimously voted to support Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Water’s (WSSC) request to…
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CM Albornoz Showcases Radical Maoist “Activist” Portrait in E-mail Post Bragging About Student-Created Pilot “APIDA” Course Within MCPS
Read more: CM Albornoz Showcases Radical Maoist “Activist” Portrait in E-mail Post Bragging About Student-Created Pilot “APIDA” Course Within MCPSMontgomery County Councilmember Gabe Albornoz’s (Democrat, At-Large) latest e-mail update or “bulletin” to constituents (all 1.1 million of us, being that he’s “At-Large”) had the intriguing header “Focusing on Community Priorities” (see below). CM Albornoz has been in public office since 2018. On his “About” Council government page he claims: Gabe is truly “at-large,” having…
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MCPS Needs Consistency in What Schools/Principals Deem Worthy of Being an “Alert” Communication to Parents
Read more: MCPS Needs Consistency in What Schools/Principals Deem Worthy of Being an “Alert” Communication to ParentsMontgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) are the largest public school system in the state of Maryland, as they frequently remind us. Currently at 210 schools, there are many unique school environments (neighborhoods, surrounding roads, etc) and risks for each of these physical campuses. MCPS does have a pretty robust “Alert MCPS” opt-in system for parents…
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Citizen Led Petition to Limit County Executive to Two Terms Gets Off to Strong Start at Olney Days
Read more: Citizen Led Petition to Limit County Executive to Two Terms Gets Off to Strong Start at Olney DaysResidents of Montgomery County are gathering signatures to get a question on the November 2024 election ballot that, if passed, would limit the County Executive to only two consecutive terms in office, not the current three. Under the current MoCo charter, a County Executive can serve three consecutive terms, which spans twelve years. This would…
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Looking Behind the Curtain of “Progressive Maryland Liberation Alliance PAC” & the Nonresidents Who Smeared Esther Wells
Read more: Looking Behind the Curtain of “Progressive Maryland Liberation Alliance PAC” & the Nonresidents Who Smeared Esther WellsFirst off, a big congratulations to Esther Wells for becoming the next President of the Montgomery County Taxpayers League. A very deserving position for a CPA, a finance professional, and someone actually invested in trying to improve Montgomery County for everyone, not just a few special interests or connected unions. In 2022, Esther was involved…
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Maryland’s Sky-High Regressive Gas Tax Set To Increase Yet Again, July 1, 2023
Read more: Maryland’s Sky-High Regressive Gas Tax Set To Increase Yet Again, July 1, 2023Maryland residents will experience another crushing increase in cost of gasoline at the pump this summer drive season across Maryland. This is all courtesy of a Martin O’Malley-era law passed by Maryland Democrats in Annapolis that insanely ties gasoline tax rate increases to the rate of inflation. Energy costs themselves are a main driver of…
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CM Laurie-Anne Sayles’ Chief of Staff is an….Interesting Fellow
Read more: CM Laurie-Anne Sayles’ Chief of Staff is an….Interesting FellowNew Montgomery County Councilmember (Democrat, At-Large) Laurie-Anne Sayles has an interesting Chief of Staff. Mr. Ikheloa has his own Wikipedia page / entry and claims he is a prominent “literary critic” who has worked in the “American civil service since 1984.” Indeed, Mr. Ikheloa has worked for many years in the “civil service”, mainly with…
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CM Laurie-Anne Sayles Appears to Attend Will Jawando’s Mega Church (Its Non-Profit Corp Has Received Thousands in Taxpayer Funding)
Read more: CM Laurie-Anne Sayles Appears to Attend Will Jawando’s Mega Church (Its Non-Profit Corp Has Received Thousands in Taxpayer Funding)Revisiting an earlier topic / investigation today, first published here at CleanSlateMoCo.com. It is regarding the non-profit arm of an AME mega-church in the Maryland – DC area that is attended by Montgomery County CM Will Jawando and his wife Michelle, and appears to use this connection to a local politician (and his wife, who…
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MoCo Origins (Part One) – The El Salvador Connection
Read more: MoCo Origins (Part One) – The El Salvador ConnectionThis is part one of an investigative series on the origins of several immigration movements, associated non-profits / NGOs and geopolitical events a world away that have shaped Montgomery County, Maryland into the community it is today. It is also a unique look back at some of the international escapades and adventures of local MoCo…