News and Views
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MCEA in Violation of Election Laws
Read more: MCEA in Violation of Election LawsToday, via its Twitter account, MCEA teased the release of a social media toolkit to support the BOE candidates that it has endorsed. Join the #RedforED #MCEAAppleBallot Blitz tomorrow! A social media toolkit with shareable graphics, captions, and the candidates’ handles is available at https://t.co/lFPIuM297x pic.twitter.com/hgOkUJrTQq — Montgomery County Education Association (@mceanea) March 26, 2024…
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Excerpts from 2 Apple Ballot Candidates
Read more: Excerpts from 2 Apple Ballot CandidatesWe recently released how the 3 Apple Ballot endorsed candidates answered the survey sent by MCEA. Make sure to check out how they answered each question in full. We took some time to pull excerpts of responses from 2 candidates:
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Released: Apple Ballot Questionnaire Answers
Read more: Released: Apple Ballot Questionnaire AnswersWellllll, since the Apple endorsed candidates will not be transparent and release the answers they provided to the Apple Ballot Questionnaire and since MCEA will not release the answers the candidates provided…..we will. This of course does not cover any additional interviews the candidates took part in, what they might have been asked, and how…
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MoCo’s Socialism Is for the Rich: Part 1—The $10 COVID Tests
Read more: MoCo’s Socialism Is for the Rich: Part 1—The $10 COVID TestsAn astonishing fact has very recently come to my attention: a COVID test costs $10 at CVS. (That would be for one BinaxNOW COVID-19 Antigen Self Test; sophisticated consumers, a skill set that continuously eludes me, can bulk purchase two such tests for $19.00.) Fully four years after the first signs of a worldwide pandemic…
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If Power is Just Going to Be Centralized in Annapolis, Why Do We Need a County Council?
Read more: If Power is Just Going to Be Centralized in Annapolis, Why Do We Need a County Council?A core legislative / governing theme has emerged this 2024 session of the Maryland General Assembly in Annapolis, MD. Power and decision rights are being taken away from Maryland counties and localities and being centralized in Annapolis. Well, to be specific, centralized in the hands of a few Democrat politicians who convene in Annapolis a…
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Headlines on Repeat in “Safe and Inclusive” MoCo: Once Again, Thousands Doled Out to “Deter Hate”
Read more: Headlines on Repeat in “Safe and Inclusive” MoCo: Once Again, Thousands Doled Out to “Deter Hate”The local headlines are on repeat. Rinse, wash, and repeat. Almost as predictable as the day is long. “County grants $XX/YY Thousands to Deter Hate Crimes” they blare. “Places of worship to receive $XX funding to prevent hate.” An “anti-hate” task force is commissioned. Its recommendations are long on grievance and grifting, short on actual…
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Revisiting CM Mink’s Comments on “Civility” When Addressing Politicians or Political Appointees in Public
Read more: Revisiting CM Mink’s Comments on “Civility” When Addressing Politicians or Political Appointees in PublicRecently, outspoken and (self-acclaimed progressive firebrand) Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez was in the news for being chased out of a public movie theater by protesters upset she hasn’t used the word “genocide” in describing the ongoing military actions in Gaza by the nation of Israel. Ocasio Cortez, videotaped by the chanting activists as she left…
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CE Elrich Demands Sales Tax Per Song Played, Wants to Close the “Karaoke Club” Loophole
Read more: CE Elrich Demands Sales Tax Per Song Played, Wants to Close the “Karaoke Club” LoopholeFresh off his demands for higher corporate and income taxes in Maryland, as well as his push for the set-up of “special taxing districts” locally, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich has set his sites on taxing music – be it recorded or live. “People are playing music for free every day. People are consuming live…