Greg Visscher
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The Montgomery County ‘ID Required’ Chronicles: Free Computer (Part 1)
Read more: The Montgomery County ‘ID Required’ Chronicles: Free Computer (Part 1)Part one in a multi-post series about what you need a Photo ID for in Montgomery County, Maryland, particularly if you want to participate in society or just get “freebees” from local government. Remember – this is a County run by elected officials in Rockville and represented in Annapolis by people such as State Senator…
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Wealth Transfer to the Wealthy: How CE Marc Elrich & MoCo’s State House Politicians are Fleecing Poorer Electric Rate Payers
Read more: Wealth Transfer to the Wealthy: How CE Marc Elrich & MoCo’s State House Politicians are Fleecing Poorer Electric Rate PayersMarc Elrich likes to brag about being a firm believer in “equity” and “fairness” Particularly with regard to wages and the County mandated minimum wage, County Exec Elrich is quick to brag about being on the side of “the little guy”. Never mind that the regressive policies he advocates for and pushes into law dramatically…
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MoCo Delegate Wilkins Frets About a “Reduction in the People Who Are Entering Casinos” While Gambling Addiction Spikes
Read more: MoCo Delegate Wilkins Frets About a “Reduction in the People Who Are Entering Casinos” While Gambling Addiction SpikesIncoherent nanny state-ism reared its head again in Annapolis this past month. Obsessed with promoting wealth inequality in Maryland and squeezing gambling addicts or other targeted, desperate people for every red cent, Annapolis politicians received a report called the “Maryland Online Casino Study”. A briefing of the Maryland online casino study presented Thursday in front…
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MoCo’s “Boost” – No Strings, Taxpayer Funded Universal Basic Income Program
Read more: MoCo’s “Boost” – No Strings, Taxpayer Funded Universal Basic Income ProgramWhen I first saw that email, I’ll be honest, I thought it was a scam. Have you seen the Montgomery County Collaboration Council’s (see screen shot below) newest video promoting the “story” of the Montgomery County UBI program participant? Probably not. As of this writing, it only has 38 views after being posted for a…
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Another Quick Reminder: MoCo’s EV Promotion Isn’t Saving the Environment — In Fact It Is Damaging the Local Ecosystem
Read more: Another Quick Reminder: MoCo’s EV Promotion Isn’t Saving the Environment — In Fact It Is Damaging the Local EcosystemA quick follow-up to our May, 2023 post entitled “More Tire Toxicity in MoCo?” , because another report in the Miami Herald by Ashley Miznazi confirms what we published just a few months ago: Ah, yes, “getting away from gasoline” — just like MoCo’s Executive, the “green fiend” himself, Marc Elrich, wants you to do! Be…
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MoCo, Say No to Further “Special Taxation” Districts Without More Local Representation and Power Decentralization!
Read more: MoCo, Say No to Further “Special Taxation” Districts Without More Local Representation and Power Decentralization!Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich has a bold “new” idea to fund “infrastructure” and more “mass transit” boondoggles (see: Purple Line). Well, actually, it is a throwback proposal that goes back to the stagnant days of “Tax Hike” CE Ike Leggett. You see, Marc Elrich wants to enable “local taxing authorities” in MoCo. Writing for…
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Household and Government Debt Way Up in Maryland… So of Course Montgomery County’s Exec Wants to… Spend More!
Read more: Household and Government Debt Way Up in Maryland… So of Course Montgomery County’s Exec Wants to… Spend More!New research from Forbes Advisor shows that Maryland sits just outside the top-five of states with the most “combined” debt. Forbes in this case defines total debt as “household debt” and “government debt”. Why does this matter? Well, for starters, elevated government debt thanks to Democrat-controlled Annapolis means that: When a state owes more than…
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MoCo’s “Friends of the Library” Non-Profit Defends Race-Based Pricing for Exclusionary “MoComCon”, Has Interesting “Core Staff”
Read more: MoCo’s “Friends of the Library” Non-Profit Defends Race-Based Pricing for Exclusionary “MoComCon”, Has Interesting “Core Staff”Montgomery County’s Friends of the Library (FOLMC) seems to think $50-$75 in additional tabling fees are “unaffordable” for “BIPOC” vendors at its upcoming “MoComCon” convention in Germantown, MD. First brought to our attention by this piece at The Washington Times entitled “White vendors pay more: MoCo libraries use race-based pricing for comic book convention”, the…
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Why Is Montgomery County Giving Taxpayer Money to a “Micro-Lender” Requiring No Credit Score, No Employment, No Address, No Immigration Status from Its Borrowers
Read more: Why Is Montgomery County Giving Taxpayer Money to a “Micro-Lender” Requiring No Credit Score, No Employment, No Address, No Immigration Status from Its BorrowersIn yet another blow to fiscal stewardship of the taxpayer dollar in Montgomery County, data from the MoCo “Checkbook” in 2023 reveals that Montgomery County’s “Economic Development Fund” gave a nonprofit corporation called Life Asset Inc. a $50,000 check in May, 2023. See our screen shot below: Life Asset Inc. says it is a “nonprofit…
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Nobody Can Predict the Future — But MoCo’s Trends, Under These Politicians / Ideologues, Seem Clear
Read more: Nobody Can Predict the Future — But MoCo’s Trends, Under These Politicians / Ideologues, Seem ClearNobody can precisely predict the future. But, with a basic understanding of history, economics, business cycles, interest rates and public policy (oh, and political ideology), one can pretty confidently spot and analyze trends. Trends are a fairly constant thing until they “aren’t” of course — but for a clear economic trend to stop, it generally…