News and Views
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MCPS picks a religion to advocate for….ignores the others
Read more: MCPS picks a religion to advocate for….ignores the othersIf you look up ‘religion’ on Wikipedia, the quick definition you get is (emphasis ours): Religion is usually defined as a social-cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements; however, there is no scholarly consensus over…
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High Priority Reimagining Public Safety Action Items Spell Disaster
Read more: High Priority Reimagining Public Safety Action Items Spell DisasterIt seems to now be a daily occurrence. Another shooting. Another robbery. Another carjacking, or assault, or act of violence. Having not previously read or explored the Reimagining Public Safety task force recommendations, I was curious to see which recommendations might be contributing to this culture. Started in 2020, some of the task force recommendations…
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Omnibus Earmark for MoCo: “Equity Incubator” at the Universities at Shady Grove
Read more: Omnibus Earmark for MoCo: “Equity Incubator” at the Universities at Shady GroveThe rushed-through Federal Omnibus “Budget” Appropriation for federal fiscal year 2023 survived amendment votes in the United States Senate and is now headed to the United States House of Representatives. It will likely pass in current form, barring something unforeseen. The bill directs $1.7 trillion in spending for the fiscal year ending in September 2023…
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Congressmen Raskin & Trone Use Omnibus to Bring Home Some Bacon to 20th-Richest County in USA
Read more: Congressmen Raskin & Trone Use Omnibus to Bring Home Some Bacon to 20th-Richest County in USA‘Tis the season. Appropriations season in Congress, once again. “Negotiators” (primarily two retiring US Senators) announced a framework / “agreement” on $1.7 trillion in appropriations that would direct federal government department spending and the grants/projects they “seed” through its fiscal year (ending September 30th, 2023). The agreement is over two months into the current federal…
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Voting Rights Violations in Montgomery County
Read more: Voting Rights Violations in Montgomery CountyMontgomery County comes across as a progressive jurisdiction that promotes equality of opportunity and access to all its residents. To some extent that is true: all of our elected leaders and their constituents place racial and gender equality as a primary objective, and for that we should be very proud. However, when it comes to…
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DHHS admits to being clueless on COVID-19 Dashboard Data
Read more: DHHS admits to being clueless on COVID-19 Dashboard DataNote: The following post contains information related to a MPIA that was sent to CleanSlateMoCo. We have redacted the names of all parties involved. On July 27th 2o22, County Executive Marc Elrich took to twitter to announce that Montgomery County had returned to a “high” COVID-19 Community Level. There was hidden glee in his announcement…
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Data Reveals MoCo Administrators and Department Heads Receive Salaries 600% Greater Than Median Income Worker
Read more: Data Reveals MoCo Administrators and Department Heads Receive Salaries 600% Greater Than Median Income WorkerThere is a wide wage gap in Montgomery County. Data from government watchdog website openthebooks.com reveals that Montgomery County Administrators and Department Heads are receiving some excellent direct compensation. This, at a time when the median income for working people in Montgomery County has stagnated to about $50,100, with household (joint) income coming in at…
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What or Who is Driving the Agenda at Montgomery County Historical Society’s “History Conference 2023”?
Read more: What or Who is Driving the Agenda at Montgomery County Historical Society’s “History Conference 2023”?“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” wrote the author of The Life of Reason, back in 1905. That quote seems pretty fitting for Montgomery County, MD. Twenty-plus years of taxing, spending, chasing out “unapproved” businesses or groups. Petty regulations and taxes (plastic shopping bags, for example). Agenda-driven County Council “proclamations”…
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“I own 2 rental properties and am prioritizing affordable housing”
Read more: “I own 2 rental properties and am prioritizing affordable housing”As reported by Bethesda Beat, newly confirmed County Council President Evan Glass laid out his top priorities for the next legislative session. Among these was the issue of “affordable housing”. Long serving as a talking point in the recent election cycle, affordable housing has been discussed at length by the current County Council and County…
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BOE Assigns a 100k Tax Lien Debtor to Fiscal Management Committee
Read more: BOE Assigns a 100k Tax Lien Debtor to Fiscal Management CommitteeUpdate 12/11/2022 – Reader tip provided info to include Rebecca Smondrowski’s federal lien in article. During the 2022 Board of Education campaign, parents and concerned community members took to twitter to share the financial issues they uncovered of school board candidate (now member) Grace Rivera-Oven. These revelations were of course ignored by the main local…