Politics
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Anti-Hate Task Force Dehumanizes Straight Whites
Read more: Anti-Hate Task Force Dehumanizes Straight WhitesA lot of CleanSlate supporters bemoan the progressives’ coercion, hypocrisy, and anger. In conversations with them, I always effuse optimism, saying the progressives’ bigotry will flame out, and America’s great, tolerant, centrist majority will prevail. I’m not optimistic today. Last June, Council Member Evan Glass sponsored a resolution to establish an anti-hate task force. We’ll…
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A Local Movement for Ranked-Choice Voting Arises
Read more: A Local Movement for Ranked-Choice Voting ArisesIn these needlessly divisive times, it’s easy to despair for the future. If you need a dose of optimism that doesn’t need a prescription, join the ranked-choice voting movement, where participants are enthusiastically working to reclaim our democracy at the local, state, and federal levels. The Maryland state chapter of Rank the Vote came to…
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Rewind the Clock for an Illegal Amendment of County Charter?
Read more: Rewind the Clock for an Illegal Amendment of County Charter?Watch the video below. It has been trimmed to start around min 58:00. On August 4 2020 the resolution to expand the County Council to 11 seats was introduced and adopted on the same day. This was in violation of County Council Rule 7 County council Rule 2 allows them to suspend their other rules.…
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People, Even “Labor Democrats”, Are Slowly Waking Up to the Consequences of Ideologues in Power in Montgomery County
Read more: People, Even “Labor Democrats”, Are Slowly Waking Up to the Consequences of Ideologues in Power in Montgomery CountyI enjoy reading Adam Pagnucco’s “Montgomery Perspective” posts from time to time. Anyone who wants a helpful perspective on Montgomery County government machinations, Democrat machine “insider baseball” deliberations and some interesting takes on the ramifications of MoCo Council policy should read it. Adam was a former chief of staff for former Councilmember Hans Riemer. Yes, the…
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Big Questions? We Will Be In Touch (jk)
Read more: Big Questions? We Will Be In Touch (jk)The following was submitted by a reader that wished to remain anonymous. We are publishing it as submitted. With the debate over MCPS’s policy for opt-out taking place, I wanted to understand where each Council Member stood on the issue. I took the time in early July to write an email asking for their opinion. …
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Flashback: Will Jawando’s Dubious Claim About His Student Activism and Why He Started an NAACP Chapter at Catholic University
Read more: Flashback: Will Jawando’s Dubious Claim About His Student Activism and Why He Started an NAACP Chapter at Catholic UniversityMontgomery County Councilmember and current U.S. Senate candidate Will Jawando has made dubious, thoroughly misleading claims about his ancestral history in the past, whether through speeches at official county government African-American history events or via his office’s official e-mails to constituents. We’ve documented several of these instances at CleanSlateMoCo.com, using the Councilmember’s own words and…
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It’s Literally Theater
Read more: It’s Literally TheaterIn March of 2021 current Council Member Dawn Luedtke was nominated and elected to the Olney Theater Center Board of Directors. And though as of 2023 she is no longer part of the Board of Directors, while campaigning for the County Council, Dawn highlighted the Olney Theater on her campaign website. And her bio on…
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Kate Stewart’s Public Campaign Funding (and do we abbreviate Board of Elections “ATM?”)
Read more: Kate Stewart’s Public Campaign Funding (and do we abbreviate Board of Elections “ATM?”)In a previous post we explored the possibility that Council Member Kristin Mink’s campaign took almost $9,000 from the public election fund beyond what it was allowed. In this post we explore the possibility that CM Kate Stewart took about $7,500 in the same manner. Recall that MoCo contributes up to $125,000 of matching funds…
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Ranked-Choice Voting Proves Itself in Arlington
Read more: Ranked-Choice Voting Proves Itself in ArlingtonThe effort for election reform continues (oh so slowly) in the region, and it passed a major milestone on June 20. That was the day Democratic voters nominated primary winners for the Arlington County Board—and they used ranked-choice voting. Before explaining why this is so significant, let’s refresh how we elect our own at-large members…
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A Look At Kristin Mink’s Campaign Finances: Part 2
Read more: A Look At Kristin Mink’s Campaign Finances: Part 2In this post we explore the possibility that Council Member Kristin Mink’s campaign took almost $9,000 from the public election fund beyond what it was allowed. Page 17 of the summary guide for public funding, published by both the state and county boards of elections, states that a district candidate cannot receive more than $125,000…