News and Views
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County Exec Celebrates Tax Day, Says Average American Working Nearly Four Months Just to Pay Taxes is “Too Low”
Read more: County Exec Celebrates Tax Day, Says Average American Working Nearly Four Months Just to Pay Taxes is “Too Low”Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich celebrated tax filing day (April 15th) with his usual enthusiasm. “April 15th is a national holiday to me, but frankly, we simply need more and more taxes to bring about utopia.” said the disheveled County Exec in a video accompanying his weekend e-newsletter to county residents. “I’ve read that the…
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MoCo State Delegate Wilkin’s Anti-Free Speech Bill Gets Dramatically Watered-Down, Passes Both Chambers
Read more: MoCo State Delegate Wilkin’s Anti-Free Speech Bill Gets Dramatically Watered-Down, Passes Both ChambersA quick follow up to our story about the draconian, anti-free speech Maryland House Bill 333, co-sponsored by Montgomery County based delegate Jheanelle Wilkins (Democrat, representing part of Silver Spring). It passed. Unfortunately, it is now headed to Governor (and sometimes fantasy baseball player) Wes Moore’s desk. It’ll be signed and become law. The good news? …
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Before Electing an Abolitionist….What Does it Mean?
Read more: Before Electing an Abolitionist….What Does it Mean?In securing the coveted Apple Ballot endorsement, Natalie Zimmerman who is running for BOE District 2, completed a questionnaire where she professed to be an abolitionist educator. While parts of MoCo are probably highly aware of what this language means, we are guessing that the Leisure World mee-maw and the 60 hour a week plumber…
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Governor Wes Moore Temporarily Resigns, Joining Olney Cropdusters for Summer Season
Read more: Governor Wes Moore Temporarily Resigns, Joining Olney Cropdusters for Summer SeasonMaryland Governor Wes Moore, fresh off fantasy baseball camp in Florida with the Baltimore Orioles (hat tip – theduckpin.com) has announced his intention to step away from Annapolis and the vagaries of “governing” a state like Maryland this summer to pursue his true passion… semi-pro, minor league baseball. In his absence, Lieutenant Governor (and Montgomery…
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One way the teachers’ union and MCPS manipulate teachers
Read more: One way the teachers’ union and MCPS manipulate teachersDuring the teachers’ union’s disruptive sit-in in May 2023, Rebecca Rothstein, educator and union representative, made the following argument as to why the public schools need to be “fully funded.” I’ve wanted to be a teacher my entire life…How dilapidated are our school buildings. How hard is it for teachers to pay their bills today.…
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The fallacy of MCPS’s top 100 salaries
Read more: The fallacy of MCPS’s top 100 salariesMoCo360 released a blockbuster list of the top 100 earners at MCPS. The most outrageous, elitist, and abominable aspect of this list is that I’m not on it. Outside of that, there really isn’t anything wrong. It really is OK that the school Superintendent Monifa McKnight made $342,400/year. Let’s do some critical analysis. Those top…
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Breaking Up MCPS
Read more: Breaking Up MCPSThere are some aspects of our life that are so ingrained in our consciousness that we don’t even question them. One of them is the boundary for “Montgomery County Public Schools.” The school district’s boundary coincides with the county’s boundary, so there is only one public school system for the entire county. Is that really…
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Removing a Council Member
Read more: Removing a Council MemberSome jurisdictions provide a remedy for removing an elected official that no longer serves his/her constituency. For Americans, arguably the most important removal procedure is against the president of the United States. Only the House of Representatives can impeach a president, and the Senate conducts the trial for removal. A two-thirds majority in the Senate…
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Captain Obvious: CE Marc Elrich Says “Montgomery County Alone Will Not Be Able to Roll Back Climate Change”
Read more: Captain Obvious: CE Marc Elrich Says “Montgomery County Alone Will Not Be Able to Roll Back Climate Change”Fresh from international travel to Taiwan that will yield “valuable results” (but no actual details or contract with a relocating company), County Executive Marc Elrich is back this spring with a “message” from his office. I was struck by this particular quote in his long diatribe against oil / energy companies and the prosperity they’ve…
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Francis Scott Key Bridge – Wes Moore Timeline Leaves Questions
Read more: Francis Scott Key Bridge – Wes Moore Timeline Leaves QuestionsFirst and foremost, our sincere prayers are with the families of the victims of this event. And not for one second did we ever doubt that our first responders would turn their backs on an emergency. They are like buffalo – they face the storm straight on. However, we are a bit, shall we say…