Politics
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Investigating the Montgomery County “Green Bank” – Part 1
Read more: Investigating the Montgomery County “Green Bank” – Part 1This is part one of an investigative series taking a closer look at the Montgomery County Green Bank, a government institution/financing arm with many interesting connections to politics and politicians. Is it public? Is it “sorta” private? Is it a not-for-profit organization? A corporation? Such questions should continue to surround the Montgomery County “Green Bank”,…
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MCPS Board of Education: MoCo’s most illegitimate governing body
Read more: MCPS Board of Education: MoCo’s most illegitimate governing bodyEmployees using MCPS credit cards for suspiciously personal use; secretive policy meetings; a proposed 10% tax hike to fund a school system with no performance improvements in return; capricious boundary changes. There are lots of reasons that people are upset with the Board of Education, but I fail to see the need for a rumpus.…
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Where Is the Watchdog? Montgomery County’s Office of Internal Audit Last Posted a Report Seven-Plus Months Ago
Read more: Where Is the Watchdog? Montgomery County’s Office of Internal Audit Last Posted a Report Seven-Plus Months AgoMontgomery County’s Office of Internal Audit (MCIA) is housed under the ‘Office of the County Executive’ and states that its program: “…provides independent strategic risk-based auditing services. The core function of this program is to improve internal controls and provide reasonable assurance of reliable financial reporting, effective and efficient operations, legal and regulatory compliance, fraud…
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The Property Tax Hike Rebellion
Read more: The Property Tax Hike RebellionLet’s talk about the 10% increase in property tax (aka, “10 cent revenue enhancement”) supposedly to fund MCPS. Montgomery County demographics are largely Democrats, and much of the workforce is in government, contracting, and hospitality industries. Many would ordinarily support paying more for the schools. (Not to diminish the real burden this places on retirees…
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Is WSSC Serving the People of MoCo or Companies & Lobby Shops With Donor Ties to Local Democrat Politicians?
Read more: Is WSSC Serving the People of MoCo or Companies & Lobby Shops With Donor Ties to Local Democrat Politicians?The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) probably deserves its own investigative series. If we had a truly inquisitive local ‘fourth estate’ we might have gotten one a long time ago. But local media in Montgomery County is obsessed with being ‘friends’ to the powerful, instead of auditors or investigators. Our very own “Independent” and tax-supported…
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Politicians Bending Their Morality
Read more: Politicians Bending Their MoralityDuring the 2022 election season it was not popular to be associated with a church that ascribed to beliefs that were counter mainstream MoCo culture. In fact, if you belonged to a church that did not support, for instance, gay marriage or transgender ideology you were labeled “hateful”. This was especially evident in the school…
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CM Albornoz Showcases Radical Maoist “Activist” Portrait in E-mail Post Bragging About Student-Created Pilot “APIDA” Course Within MCPS
Read more: CM Albornoz Showcases Radical Maoist “Activist” Portrait in E-mail Post Bragging About Student-Created Pilot “APIDA” Course Within MCPSMontgomery County Councilmember Gabe Albornoz’s (Democrat, At-Large) latest e-mail update or “bulletin” to constituents (all 1.1 million of us, being that he’s “At-Large”) had the intriguing header “Focusing on Community Priorities” (see below). CM Albornoz has been in public office since 2018. On his “About” Council government page he claims: Gabe is truly “at-large,” having…
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Citizen Led Petition to Limit County Executive to Two Terms Gets Off to Strong Start at Olney Days
Read more: Citizen Led Petition to Limit County Executive to Two Terms Gets Off to Strong Start at Olney DaysResidents of Montgomery County are gathering signatures to get a question on the November 2024 election ballot that, if passed, would limit the County Executive to only two consecutive terms in office, not the current three. Under the current MoCo charter, a County Executive can serve three consecutive terms, which spans twelve years. This would…
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Looking Behind the Curtain of “Progressive Maryland Liberation Alliance PAC” & the Nonresidents Who Smeared Esther Wells
Read more: Looking Behind the Curtain of “Progressive Maryland Liberation Alliance PAC” & the Nonresidents Who Smeared Esther WellsFirst off, a big congratulations to Esther Wells for becoming the next President of the Montgomery County Taxpayers League. A very deserving position for a CPA, a finance professional, and someone actually invested in trying to improve Montgomery County for everyone, not just a few special interests or connected unions. In 2022, Esther was involved…