News and Views
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Cobalt Red: Is MoCo Government’s Obsession with Promoting Electric Vehicles Helping Fuel the Congo’s Cobalt Mining Tragedies?
Read more: Cobalt Red: Is MoCo Government’s Obsession with Promoting Electric Vehicles Helping Fuel the Congo’s Cobalt Mining Tragedies?Did you know? “Zero-Emissions Vehicles are an important part of Montgomery County’s Climate Action Plan (CAP) to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 80% by 2027 and 100% by 2035.” broadcasts the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection website. “The goals of the county’s Zero-Emissions Vehicle initiatives are to increase use of EVs by both residents…
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Follow the science? Not in Jawando’s push for rent-control. (Part 1)
Read more: Follow the science? Not in Jawando’s push for rent-control. (Part 1)Council Member Will Jawando is leading the County Council’s effort to introduce county-wide rent control. Since taking office, CM Jawando has been pursuing policies, enactments, and budgets that are void of any policy analysis, and the issue of rent control is no exception. In this post we’ll review remarks he made at a recent hearing…
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Traffic Stop Report: All Feeling, No Logic
Read more: Traffic Stop Report: All Feeling, No LogicThe Source of the Spring published an article today announcing that the Police Advisory Commission plans to hold a virtual forum on traffic enforcement. Scheduled for January 9th at 6:30 pm, community members can register to provide up to 3 minutes of testimony related to the release of their report on traffic enforcement. It is…
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Comparing the Music Venue Cronyism in Montgomery County, Twelve Years Later
Read more: Comparing the Music Venue Cronyism in Montgomery County, Twelve Years LaterHappy New Year! Did you dance the night away to some live music? We are headed face first into 2023. The United States Congress is in a flux. New people are getting sworn into office in Annapolis, Maryland. And music venue cronyism is alive and well in Montgomery County, MD! Let’s start with the Live…
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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…