Culture
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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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Progressives use your words, but not your dictionary…
Read more: Progressives use your words, but not your dictionary…I’ve been studying the “woke” (critical social justice) movement since the Evergreen State riots in 2017. I have always identified as a classic liberal, and I still do. I am self-employed, and one could easily argue that I work in the progress business; I earn more when my clients do well, less and sometimes none…
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MoCo Sets Aside its Values with “Sister City” Partnership with Xi’an, China
Read more: MoCo Sets Aside its Values with “Sister City” Partnership with Xi’an, ChinaDid you know Montgomery County has five “Sister Cities”? Three are in Asia, one in Africa and one in, yep, Marc Elrich’s favorite country, El Salvador (more on this in another investigative post). Per the ‘about’ page on the County’s Sister City website, the mission here is: People have come to Montgomery County, Maryland from…
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Investigating the Taxpayer Support of CM Evan Glass’s Former Employer, Gandhi Brigade Youth Medi
Read more: Investigating the Taxpayer Support of CM Evan Glass’s Former Employer, Gandhi Brigade Youth MediMontgomery County Councilmember (and now Council President) Evan Glass’s former employer, a 501c3 charity called Gandhi Brigade Youth Media or GBYM, has raked in State of Maryland and Montgomery County grants, records show. Gandhi Brigade Youth Media states that its mission is to: create communities where young people build the confidence and media skills to express…
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Book Banning is Alive and Well at Montgomery County Public Libraries
Read more: Book Banning is Alive and Well at Montgomery County Public LibrariesLocal author, and general thorn in the side of Montgomery County COVID lockdown fanatics, co-authored a book that was published in 2023 titled, “Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation”. If you haven’t purchased a copy yet, you can do so via Amazon, here. The book summary on Amazon: The kids…
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Montgomery County’s “Ethnic Advisory” Groups – Inclusion via Exclusion?
Read more: Montgomery County’s “Ethnic Advisory” Groups – Inclusion via Exclusion?Montgomery County government’s sprawling bureaucracy includes the ‘Office of Community Partnerships‘, led by Diane Vy Nguyen-Vu, who is the director. It first came on my radar as I researched Montgomery County’s “Sister Cities” non-profit. More to come on that – like how much did MoCo taxpayers spend on former CM Craig Rice (and maybe future “special…
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Reviewing the Board of “Independent” Montgomery Community Media (MyMCM)
Read more: Reviewing the Board of “Independent” Montgomery Community Media (MyMCM)A common originator and sharer of local news information and stories today in Montgomery County is MyMCM, or Montgomery Community Media. Interestingly enough, it sounds like Montgomery Community Television, Inc. (which runs / oversees MyMCM) was founded in 1984. When scouring the inter-webs, I found this interesting web page from 19+ years ago at montgomeryschoolsmd.org of…
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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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Part 2: Will Jawando’s Twitter Use Violates Constitutional Rights
Read more: Part 2: Will Jawando’s Twitter Use Violates Constitutional RightsThis is Part 2 of a series on Twitter use by Montgomery County elected officials. You can read Part 1 here, which in addition to focusing on CE Elrich’s attempt to circumvent public disclosure requirements provides a background of the legal precedent in the constitutional violation elected officials commit when they block you on social…