News and Views
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Neo-Feudalism: Your Piedmont Property? It Might Get Seized via Eminent Doman for Power Lines. Eric and CM Dawn Luedtke’s 2 Acre Ashton Estate? In the Clear.
Read more: Neo-Feudalism: Your Piedmont Property? It Might Get Seized via Eminent Doman for Power Lines. Eric and CM Dawn Luedtke’s 2 Acre Ashton Estate? In the Clear.A new post by WJLA ABC7 local news and Fox45 local news reporter Gary Collins entitled ‘Clean energy’ goals forcing Maryland to double size of electric grid, Moore official says is showcasing perfectly the limits of “clean energy” virtue signaling ideology in Annapolis… and also the way local Maryland politicians will always exempt their lands, their labor…
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So You’re Saying It Can Be Done? Contrary to MoCo’s Tax-Hiking CE and County Council, a Midwest Town Hasn’t Charged Property Tax in 37 Years
Read more: So You’re Saying It Can Be Done? Contrary to MoCo’s Tax-Hiking CE and County Council, a Midwest Town Hasn’t Charged Property Tax in 37 YearsInteresting story today that caught our eye, this one from Realtor.com in their “trends” post: Per this writer Julie Gerstein for Realtor.com, it sounds like a town in Missouri outside of St. Louis is doing just fine for its residents — without levying a property tax at all. Who knew? Well, some of us did. …
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School Vouchers Are Already Here!
Read more: School Vouchers Are Already Here!I’ve written at least nine posts about the need for school vouchers, and I’m convinced that at some point they will become a reality—even in progressive Montgomery County where Superintendent Monifa McKnight and teachers’ union president Judith Martin very likely turned MCPS into a safe space for sexual predators. For our newer readers, here’s a…
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Joy! Unity! A Call for “Kinder Rhetoric”… Just Kidding. Here is a Collection of Recent Posts by MoCo’s Delegates to the Democratic National Convention
Read more: Joy! Unity! A Call for “Kinder Rhetoric”… Just Kidding. Here is a Collection of Recent Posts by MoCo’s Delegates to the Democratic National ConventionHere is a brief run-down of the “uplifting” and “unifying” rhetoric MoCo’s Delegates to the prior week’s DNC deployed during their stint in Chicago, Illinois. Remember… “Hate has no home in MoCo”. We even have a county committee against “hate/violence” that is sometimes transparent with the public. State delegate Jheanelle Wilkins kicks us off here,…
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The Real “Gold Bar Scam” is the Government Pretending Gold Isn’t Money (MoCo/Maryland Govt Included)
Read more: The Real “Gold Bar Scam” is the Government Pretending Gold Isn’t Money (MoCo/Maryland Govt Included)County Exec Marc Elrich came out on Saturday, August 17th with his latest “Message from the County Executive” video. In it, the chief exec of Montgomery County updated residents on what was deemed “The Gold Bar Scam” and impacted several people in the Bethesda area: “The Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office has filed criminal charges…
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More Lipstick on a Liquor Monopoly Pig: MoCo ABS Launches a Podcast
Read more: More Lipstick on a Liquor Monopoly Pig: MoCo ABS Launches a PodcastMontgomery County Alcohol Beverage Services (aka the County’s Corporate Liquor Monopoly, profiled in our series here by Clean Slate’s Michael Bell) is launching a podcast… “Spirited Discussions”. An August 14 County press release / update announced it: “Montgomery County Alcohol Beverage Services (ABS) has introduced a new podcast series, Spirited Discussions: A Podcast by Montgomery…
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Whom would you rather mentor your child, a leader or a whiner?
Read more: Whom would you rather mentor your child, a leader or a whiner?What can we say about Colin Powell that hasn’t already been said? The son of immigrants, he grew up in Harlem and the Bronx (that’s 1940s Harlem and 1940s Bronx, not the gentrified areas we know today), and thanks to his inner resolve, became a four-star general and a secretary of state. The same goes…
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MoCo Bringing Up the Rear in Housing
Read more: MoCo Bringing Up the Rear in HousingSince elected officials harp on and on about the housing crisis in Montgomery County I was surprised to find these recent area stats when looking through Reventure App. First up is the for sale inventory. This metric shows the number of available listings on the market. You will see in looking at the map that…
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Unelected Annapolis Representatives: It’s Not Who They Are, It’s What They Do
Read more: Unelected Annapolis Representatives: It’s Not Who They Are, It’s What They DoWhile awaiting jury duty a few years ago, I was in the Well Being Cafe inside the county’s Executive Office Building. Perusing the news on my tablet, I overheard a conversation between a few people who apparently were high-ranking county or state Democrats. One of them concluded the conversation, “Great! We’ll have A run for…
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MoCo’s Relationship with Annapolis
Read more: MoCo’s Relationship with AnnapolisIn February 2024, Delegate David Moon promoted, on behalf of the entire Montgomery County delegation in Annapolis, HB1300. The brutally concise summary of that legislation holds unenforceable certain restrictions in housing associations, specifically those meant to limit construction of dense housing on lots designated as single-family detached. The bill’s title appears as Montgomery County –…