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Read more: Citizen Led Petition to Limit County Executive to Two Terms Gets Off to Strong Start at Olney Days
Citizen Led Petition to Limit County Executive to Two Terms Gets Off to Strong Start at Olney Days
Residents of Montgomery County are gathering signatures to get a question on the November 2024 election ballot that, if passed, would limit the County Executive to only two consecutive terms in office, not the current three. Under the current MoCo charter, a County Executive can serve three consecutive terms, which spans twelve years. This would…
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Read more: Looking Behind the Curtain of “Progressive Maryland Liberation Alliance PAC” & the Nonresidents Who Smeared Esther Wells
Looking Behind the Curtain of “Progressive Maryland Liberation Alliance PAC” & the Nonresidents Who Smeared Esther Wells
First off, a big congratulations to Esther Wells for becoming the next President of the Montgomery County Taxpayers League. A very deserving position for a CPA, a finance professional, and someone actually invested in trying to improve Montgomery County for everyone, not just a few special interests or connected unions. In 2022, Esther was involved…
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Read more: The Losers and Winners of Rent Control in MoCo
The Losers and Winners of Rent Control in MoCo
The social-justice crowd claims that rent control is the only way to protect defenseless tenants against their oversized landlords. (The previous four posts in this series have shown that the only actor with oversized power in the county’s housing market, and the only actor to blame for the shortage of affordable housing is the county…
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Read more: Maryland’s Sky-High Regressive Gas Tax Set To Increase Yet Again, July 1, 2023
Maryland’s Sky-High Regressive Gas Tax Set To Increase Yet Again, July 1, 2023
Maryland residents will experience another crushing increase in cost of gasoline at the pump this summer drive season across Maryland. This is all courtesy of a Martin O’Malley-era law passed by Maryland Democrats in Annapolis that insanely ties gasoline tax rate increases to the rate of inflation. Energy costs themselves are a main driver of…
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Read more: Will Jawando – A Legacy of Control, Punishment, and Favoritism
Will Jawando – A Legacy of Control, Punishment, and Favoritism
Councilmember Will Jawando is well into his second term, after winning only 17% of the votes in the 2022 Democratic primaries. In this post we list the bills for which he is the only sponsor, and provide a brief analysis. Legislative Initiatives Below are all the council enactments for which CM Jawando was the only…
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Read more: MoCo’s Housing Programs and Associated Failure
MoCo’s Housing Programs and Associated Failure
This post, part 4 in a series on our county’s distorted housing market. You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here, and Part 3 here. At the time of this writing, the powerful and controlling County Council is considering two rent-control measures that, in the words of the less powerful but equally controlling County Executive Marc…
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Read more: CM Laurie-Anne Sayles’ Chief of Staff is an….Interesting Fellow
CM Laurie-Anne Sayles’ Chief of Staff is an….Interesting Fellow
New Montgomery County Councilmember (Democrat, At-Large) Laurie-Anne Sayles has an interesting Chief of Staff. Mr. Ikheloa has his own Wikipedia page / entry and claims he is a prominent “literary critic” who has worked in the “American civil service since 1984.” Indeed, Mr. Ikheloa has worked for many years in the “civil service”, mainly with…
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Read more: CM Laurie-Anne Sayles Appears to Attend Will Jawando’s Mega Church (Its Non-Profit Corp Has Received Thousands in Taxpayer Funding)
CM Laurie-Anne Sayles Appears to Attend Will Jawando’s Mega Church (Its Non-Profit Corp Has Received Thousands in Taxpayer Funding)
Revisiting an earlier topic / investigation today, first published here at CleanSlateMoCo.com. It is regarding the non-profit arm of an AME mega-church in the Maryland – DC area that is attended by Montgomery County CM Will Jawando and his wife Michelle, and appears to use this connection to a local politician (and his wife, who…
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Read more: MoCo Origins (Part One) – The El Salvador Connection
MoCo Origins (Part One) – The El Salvador Connection
This is part one of an investigative series on the origins of several immigration movements, associated non-profits / NGOs and geopolitical events a world away that have shaped Montgomery County, Maryland into the community it is today. It is also a unique look back at some of the international escapades and adventures of local MoCo…
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Read more: We Don’t Build Bridges Anymore – And It is Crushing the DMV Region
We Don’t Build Bridges Anymore – And It is Crushing the DMV Region
The District-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) region suffers from a paralysis. Bridge-building paralysis, specifically. In the year 2023, the region’s top traffic bottlenecks stem from a lack of bridges and options to cross water. Don’t let any local politician fool you. The issue is no new bridges. Getting across a river is like crossing a gauntlet for millions…