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Read more: Is there empathy anywhere in America for Montgomery County?
Is there empathy anywhere in America for Montgomery County?
Uber drivers are a variegated bunch. Some of them are overworked, some of them have too much free time. Some are chatty, some are sullen. Taking an Uber ride from Denver’s charming Union Station, I scored one of the overworked, chatty ones. “Where are you coming in from?” he asked. “Just outside the Washington, DC…
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Read more: Does Andrew really care about your wallet?
Does Andrew really care about your wallet?
After nearly 8 years of saddling MoCo residents with increased taxes and higher costs of living, a pending announcement to run for County Executive has Andrew Friedson pivoting to “care about the financial burden of living in Montgomery County.” Marc Elrich released his proposed budget this year, once again asking taxpayers to agree to have…
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Read more: At a minimum, developers deserve a “thank you.”
At a minimum, developers deserve a “thank you.”
Mandy enters the Gaithersburg My Organic Market and buys a bunch of fresh, locally sourced broccoli (crowns only). She goes to the cashier, effects payment, then walks up to the on-duty manager and snaps, “You manipulative wheeler-dealer, you should be ashamed!” Next, Mandy drives to Wonderland Books in Bethesda where she picks up the book…
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Read more: Evan Glass Turns Financial Advisor
Evan Glass Turns Financial Advisor
On March 5, Evan Glass sent a letter, using his official designation, to the Executive Director of the Montgomery County Employee Retirement Plan. In the letter he says that Elon Musk has created the potential for widespread economic disruption in Montgomery County. Which on the surface is interesting in that what has actually caused the…
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Read more: MOCO’s Big Problem
MOCO’s Big Problem
“As a culture, we have lost the ability to engage in fruitful, edifying discussions with people from opposing viewpoints. The moment the conversation shifts to a hot topic, respect flies out the window and that person becomes the enemy.” This is from an editorial assignment for my eleventh-grade AP Language class. I was speaking specifically…
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Read more: Community Profile: A Charter School Comes to Montgomery County—Interview with LaChaundra Graham
Community Profile: A Charter School Comes to Montgomery County—Interview with LaChaundra Graham
The MECCA Business Learning Institute (MBLI) is a public charter school opening in Germantown, Fall 2025. The school’s founder (and president/CEO of the parent organization MBEF College & Career Academies, Inc.) LaChaundra Graham effuses the energy, passion, knowledge, and determination required to provide the county’s school children with a solid middle-school experience. She took a…
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Read more: Council Members’ residents’ KPIs showing alignment
Council Members’ residents’ KPIs showing alignment
A MoCo Show article from last December reported on the remarkable increase in the county’s bus ridership. “MCDOT’s Ride On system has provided more than 18.5 million rides during the current fiscal year [2024], compared with 15.4 million rides the previous fiscal year.” The article quoted County Executive Marc Elrich’s reaction: “I am pleased to…
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Read more: MCPS Teacher Spreads Self Authored Nonbinary Identity Book
MCPS Teacher Spreads Self Authored Nonbinary Identity Book
An MCPS teacher has written a book, titled Hang, The Girl. The Amazon description of the book states: In Hank, the Girl, Hank discovers she is a girl after believing she was a boy. At first, Hank worries what her classmates will think, but she soon realizes their love and friendship are unconditional. As her classmates…
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Read more: FOIA Reveals Elrich Snubbed Jewish Community While Engaging Muslim Community after Oct 7th
FOIA Reveals Elrich Snubbed Jewish Community While Engaging Muslim Community after Oct 7th
A FOIA of MCPS emails related to the October 7, 2023 Hamas terrorist attack in Israel obtained by Parents Defending Education revealed that on October 16, 2023 Arwa Abde, Middle Eastern Liaison at the County Office of Community Partnerships, sent out an e mail inviting members of the Middle Eastern American Advisory Group to a…
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Read more: Showing compassion to our unemployed DEI neighbors
Showing compassion to our unemployed DEI neighbors
The Federal Aviation Administration’s Academy in Oklahoma City trains air traffic controllers for domestic and foreign airspace and is one of America’s premier educational institutions. Anyone can apply, few are accepted, even fewer graduate. As an example of the academy’s tough standards, students are given a blank paper and required to draw the airspace for…