Politics
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CM Mink’s Senior Legislative Aid and Lead for the HHS Committee Appears to Still Be Involved with County Supported Non Profit
Read more: CM Mink’s Senior Legislative Aid and Lead for the HHS Committee Appears to Still Be Involved with County Supported Non ProfitCouncilmember Kristin Mink’s noted ‘Senior Legislative Aid’ (and lead for the HHS Committee on the County Council) along with her top aid for ‘residential tenant issues & housing code enforcement’ (per CM Mink’s own contact page) appears to still be involved with something called the ‘Montgomery County Racial Network’ (MORE), itself a “coalition of local…
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Part 4: Evan Glass’s Twitter Violates Your Rights
Read more: Part 4: Evan Glass’s Twitter Violates Your RightsThe following is Part 4 in a multi-part series on the Twitter accounts of the Montgomery County Council. It has been written and submitted by an anonymous author. Part 1 on Marc Elrich can be found here. Part 2 on Will Jawando can be found here. Part 3 on other Council Members can be found…
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CM Evan Glass Proposes “Anti-Hate” Task Force, But Then What is MoCo’s Committee on “Hate / Violence” Really Doing?
Read more: CM Evan Glass Proposes “Anti-Hate” Task Force, But Then What is MoCo’s Committee on “Hate / Violence” Really Doing?…..and what went down at the Annual Montgomery County “Friendship Picnic”? Montgomery County Council President Evan Glass (Democrat, At-Large) made some local headlines this week by proposing [via a letter to Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich] a “task force” to “tackle the incidents that he described as “disturbing and frightening.” Per the letter: Council President…
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MoCo CM Will Jawando’s Interesting Church and Democrat Party / Think Tank “Elite” Connections
Read more: MoCo CM Will Jawando’s Interesting Church and Democrat Party / Think Tank “Elite” ConnectionsThis is part three of a series of investigations into the nexus of money, corridors of power, special interests and mega-churches that surround CM Will Jawando. You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. In part one of our series, we looked into why nearly $500,000 in taxpayer money during FY23 was ‘granted’…
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Kingmaker Elrich Selects Craig Rice for Cushy New Job
Read more: Kingmaker Elrich Selects Craig Rice for Cushy New JobFormer Montgomery County CM Craig Rice’s “Appointment” to a “Special Projects Manager” position is the latest in a recent history of revolving door politics and “Friend to Me” favoritism. Great work by Adam Pagnucco at MontgomeryPerspective.com for exposing Council Bill 4-23E, which has yet to be voted on. In a nutshell, The County Executive wants…
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New Council Members Shine in Twitter Transparency
Read more: New Council Members Shine in Twitter TransparencyIn continuing a series (Part 1, Part 2) on the use of Twitter by County Council members there is an update as it relates to several members of the county council. We are happy to report that newly elected council members have (so far) upheld not only a commitment to transparency but also to recent…
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The Continued Dismantling of the Juvenile Justice System
Read more: The Continued Dismantling of the Juvenile Justice SystemSponsored by Senator Carter, new legislation is being proposed that will directly impact the juvenile justice system. Senate Bill 93 is repealing a series of sections in the following articles in the Annotated Code of Maryland: Courts and Judicial Proceedings, Criminal Procedure, and Education. Senator Carter hasn’t publicly stated the objectives she seeks through the changes but…
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What is up with the “Boost” Guaranteed Income Program?
Read more: What is up with the “Boost” Guaranteed Income Program?MoCo Council Members Jawando, Albornoz Promoting MoCo “Boost” Guaranteed Income Program That Provides No Updates to-Date on Efficacy, Has No Strings Attached on How Money Spent, and Requires No Social Security or Individual Taxpayer Number (ITIN) to Participate In a shocking display of disregard for taxpayer money, Montgomery County is partly funding ($2 million dollars…
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Part 2: Will Jawando’s Twitter Use Violates Constitutional Rights
Read more: Part 2: Will Jawando’s Twitter Use Violates Constitutional RightsThis is Part 2 of a series on Twitter use by Montgomery County elected officials. You can read Part 1 here, which in addition to focusing on CE Elrich’s attempt to circumvent public disclosure requirements provides a background of the legal precedent in the constitutional violation elected officials commit when they block you on social…
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Promoting More Inequality and Feeding Addiction? Sen King Sponsors Expansion of Internet Gambling in Maryland
Read more: Promoting More Inequality and Feeding Addiction? Sen King Sponsors Expansion of Internet Gambling in MarylandMontgomery County, Maryland State Senator (Nancy King, a Democrat, District 39) appears as a co-lead sponsor for a bill that would push to expand internet gambling in Maryland. The bill would authorize “the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain licenses to certain video lottery operators to conduct or participate in certain Internet gaming…