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Read more: Board of Education Compensation: Part 3—Granting talented teenagers a sense of entitlement
Board of Education Compensation: Part 3—Granting talented teenagers a sense of entitlement
Delegates Vogel and Charkoudian’s giveaway to their friends on the Board of Education includes a scholarship to the student member of the board (SMOB). SMOBs already receive a $25,000 scholarship, and Vogel-Charkoudian want to increase that to the lesser of a) the highest tuition + room + board within UMD and b) 80% of a…
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Read more: Natali announces fix for snow removal
Natali announces fix for snow removal
After receiving around 8 inches of snow this week, receiving multiple complaints about slow snow removal, and being forced to close school for 3 days, Natali-Gonzalez has a decided to take a stand. One Wednesday, she gathered with representatives from CASA to announce that she will be introducing legislation that cancels all current snow removal…
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Read more: Board of Education Compensation: Part 2—Nobody needs a full-time BoE
Board of Education Compensation: Part 2—Nobody needs a full-time BoE
In part 1 of this series we reviewed the historical narrative for granting full-time pay to MCPS Board of Education members. The overarching theme for the pay increase is that the board members are doing full-time work for part-time pay. Here is a map of the counties in the DC region. The ones shaded in…
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Read more: Board of Education Compensation: Part 1—At MCPS, friends don’t let friends make less than $124,000
Board of Education Compensation: Part 1—At MCPS, friends don’t let friends make less than $124,000
MoCo delegates Lorig Charkoudian and Joel Vogel have introduced MC 7-25, which provides for the following: a) MCPS Board of Education members get pay raises to $124,000/year starting December 2026 from the current $25,000/year (BoE president gets $10,000 more); b) the student member of the board is entitled to 80% of that $124,000 to be…
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Read more: Legislative Achievements of Vice President Will Jawando
Legislative Achievements of Vice President Will Jawando
We are convinced that election to President and Vice President must be done simply on the basis of years of service and have nothing to do with successful enacting legislative priorities that benefit the county. Here is quick summary of the legislative achievements of the newly selected Vice President of the County Council, Will Jawando.…
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Read more: Hearing on BOE Adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Association definition of Antisemitism
Hearing on BOE Adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Association definition of Antisemitism
On December 5, 2024 several members of the public testified before the Board of Education against the BOE adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Association definition of Antisemitism, as the County Council did in 2022. Former MCPS parent Evelyn Frankl stated in her testimony, “In the context of Jews and Palestinians in the US, Jews are…
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Read more: Once again, Reardon Sullivan provides a dose of inspiration
Once again, Reardon Sullivan provides a dose of inspiration
Our county’s elected, appointed, and shadow governments are almost entirely progressive—in the entitled and coercive form of the doctrine. Reforms that are badly needed (job creation, zoning, school choice, voting reform, taxation, etc.) are blocked in favor of imbecilic laws to protect us from unnecessarily paying an extra $68/year at the gas pump. Activists in…
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Read more: Maryland / MoCo’s Tax Base is Heavily Reliant on Federal Jobs; So Why Not Open Up the Economy and Diversify?
Maryland / MoCo’s Tax Base is Heavily Reliant on Federal Jobs; So Why Not Open Up the Economy and Diversify?
Maryland politicians are sweating hard about what could happen in January, 2025 when President-elect Donald Trump assumes office as the 47th President of the United States. Headlines like the following by Caley Shannon and Andrea Duran, writing for SoMDNews.com, have been common: Some of this would appear to be click-bait and perhaps, unwarranted fear-mongering. Successive U.S.…
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Read more: CM Friedson, please stop paving the streets in Chevy Chase Section 5
CM Friedson, please stop paving the streets in Chevy Chase Section 5
I’ve written quite a few posts on the need for zoning reform as a way of reducing the cost of housing. In this matter I hold CMs Friedson and Balcombe in high regard for their efforts in promoting zoning reform. Driving down Connecticut Avenue on the western border of Section Five in the Town of…
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Read more: CM Stewart wants to be kind, bold, and resist? She needs to write for Clean Slate MoCo!
CM Stewart wants to be kind, bold, and resist? She needs to write for Clean Slate MoCo!
The electoral earthquake we all felt November 5 has had its predictable reactions. Personally, I’m not overly charmed by the degree of vindication we see in some (certainly not all) pro-Trump channels. After all, the GOP victors must be gracious to their opponents, and they certainly must avoid the hubris and dismissiveness the progressives have…