One of the leading concepts promoted by the woke left is opportunity hoarding. Opportunity hoarding is whenprivileged social groups control access to community resources and prevent underprivileged groups from utilizing important resources. Lynne Harris, Laura Stewart and Natalie Zimmerman are all white women running against women of color. Harris is running against Rita Montoya, Stewart…
The board game Game of Life as we know it today was originally published in 1960. My edition at home is from the year ca. 2000, and it certainly shows its age in terms of social norms. Nevertheless, there is one square that is as germane today as it was in 1960: Run for Mayor,…
On September 19th at 7pm, the Montgomery County Tax League (MCTL) will be hosting a virtual forum for candidates of the Board of Education (register here). Teaming up with MCTL are several co-sponsors: 480 Club, Gaithersburg/Germantown Chamber of Commerce, Moderately MoCo, Parents Coalition of Montgomery County, and CleanSlate MoCo. I volunteered to represent and ask…
David Stein, the new Montgomery County Educators Association (public school teacher’s union) President, is making some local headlines this week for putting out a statement (speaking on behalf of the MCEA membership) against “Question A”. The local ballot initiative this November, if passed, would term limit the County Exec to two terms, similar to the term…
This election, Question 1 on the Maryland ballot asks voters to amend the Maryland Constitution with a reproductive freedom amendment. The Reproductive Freedom amendment is not what you think. Over 70% of Marylanders are pro-choice. Supporters and sponsors hoped to take advantage of that sentiment and get this amendment passed without any effort without voters…
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…
Here 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,…
While 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…
In 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 –…
Occupation: Maryland State Delegate, representing MoCo’s 16th District Affiliations: Maryland Democratic Party. Former legislative assistant to longtime career politician (since 1997!) U.S. Representative Bradley J. (Brad) Sherman of California. Former legislative director to U.S. Representative Brian N. Baird of Washington state (2005-07). Member of the Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus. Also a member of the Maryland Legislative Jewish…