Greg Visscher
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As Black History Month 2023 Draws to Close, Questionable Past Statements Made by Council Members Come Into Focus
Read more: As Black History Month 2023 Draws to Close, Questionable Past Statements Made by Council Members Come Into FocusAs the month of February draws to a close, it is important to reflect on the many contributions of foundational Black Americans, both in Montgomery County and beyond. This country (and county) wouldn’t be what it is without their tremendous contributions in the face of so much adversity, and despite past prejudices – much of…
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CM Evan Glass Proposes “Anti-Hate” Task Force, But Then What is MoCo’s Committee on “Hate / Violence” Really Doing?
Read more: CM Evan Glass Proposes “Anti-Hate” Task Force, But Then What is MoCo’s Committee on “Hate / Violence” Really Doing?…..and what went down at the Annual Montgomery County “Friendship Picnic”? Montgomery County Council President Evan Glass (Democrat, At-Large) made some local headlines this week by proposing [via a letter to Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich] a “task force” to “tackle the incidents that he described as “disturbing and frightening.” Per the letter: Council President…
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MoCo CM Will Jawando’s Interesting Church and Democrat Party / Think Tank “Elite” Connections
Read more: MoCo CM Will Jawando’s Interesting Church and Democrat Party / Think Tank “Elite” ConnectionsThis is part three of a series of investigations into the nexus of money, corridors of power, special interests and mega-churches that surround CM Will Jawando. You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. In part one of our series, we looked into why nearly $500,000 in taxpayer money during FY23 was ‘granted’…
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Kingmaker Elrich Selects Craig Rice for Cushy New Job
Read more: Kingmaker Elrich Selects Craig Rice for Cushy New JobFormer Montgomery County CM Craig Rice’s “Appointment” to a “Special Projects Manager” position is the latest in a recent history of revolving door politics and “Friend to Me” favoritism. Great work by Adam Pagnucco at MontgomeryPerspective.com for exposing Council Bill 4-23E, which has yet to be voted on. In a nutshell, The County Executive wants…
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What is up with the “Boost” Guaranteed Income Program?
Read more: What is up with the “Boost” Guaranteed Income Program?MoCo Council Members Jawando, Albornoz Promoting MoCo “Boost” Guaranteed Income Program That Provides No Updates to-Date on Efficacy, Has No Strings Attached on How Money Spent, and Requires No Social Security or Individual Taxpayer Number (ITIN) to Participate In a shocking display of disregard for taxpayer money, Montgomery County is partly funding ($2 million dollars…
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MoCo’s SBIR/STTR Matching Grant Program – What Do Taxpayers Really Get for Their “Invested” Dollars?
Read more: MoCo’s SBIR/STTR Matching Grant Program – What Do Taxpayers Really Get for Their “Invested” Dollars?Another ‘matching grant program’ by Montgomery County came to my attention last week. County Executive Marc Elrich’s newsletter promoted the “Montgomery County Small Business Research Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) matching grant program”. Curious, I looked into the grant program, and note that it is designed to ‘support companies engaged in research…
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CM Will Jawando’s Home Could Host an Acre of Solar Panels – With Room to Spare
Read more: CM Will Jawando’s Home Could Host an Acre of Solar Panels – With Room to SpareCouncil Member Will Jawando was endorsed by ‘Our Revolution MD’ prior to the 2022 County Council election. ‘Our Revolution MD’ is a state-level org/entity of the geriatric Senator and twice-defeated Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ org called “Our Revolution”, a partisan (527?) organization that wants full-bore socialism and centralized power in the hands of a few…
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18+ Years of Combatting “Hate” Through County Council Resolutions
Read more: 18+ Years of Combatting “Hate” Through County Council ResolutionsIf one navigates to the Montgomery County ‘Legislative Information Management System‘ (LIMS), filters the record type to “Resolutions” and searches for the keyword “hate”… a total of 53 hits comes up from the database. Way back in 2006, there was resolution 15-554, which proposed to: “Consult with members of the Commission on Human Rights, the…
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Not the Onion: County Exec Elrich Lauds the “Health and Safety Benefits” of Government Liquor Distribution
Read more: Not the Onion: County Exec Elrich Lauds the “Health and Safety Benefits” of Government Liquor DistributionLiquor, lotto, pot. The foundations of a thriving, “healthy” and “equitable” Montgomery County economy and people are all around us in 2023. Oh, and did you know that the community center gyms are “free” now? Ok, that was snark. But it isn’t far from the truth. On January 27th, County Exec Elrich wants you to…
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MoCo Council Member (At-Large) Will Jawando’s Interesting Church and Non-Profit Connections
Read more: MoCo Council Member (At-Large) Will Jawando’s Interesting Church and Non-Profit ConnectionsThis is part one of a series of investigations into the nexus of money, corridors of power, special interests and mega-churches that surround CM Will Jawando. You can read Part 2 here. In the spring of 2016, pre-Trump and pre-Covid-19, the Washington Post published a glowing small profile on one Will Jawando, who was, at…