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Read more: The Fallacy of the Life Sciences Obsession: Part 2—Betting against the Annapolis casino
The Fallacy of the Life Sciences Obsession: Part 2—Betting against the Annapolis casino
In Part 1 of this series we listed the infrastructure the local, state, and county governments are giving away for free for the University of Maryland’s Institute for Health Computing (UM-IHC) in North Bethesda—all sited at the coveted Metro North Bethesda station. How wise is this move? The UM-IHC is funded by MoCo, state, and…
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Read more: The Fallacy of the Life Sciences Obsession: Part 1—Subsidizing live/work/learn/play but not bus service
The Fallacy of the Life Sciences Obsession: Part 1—Subsidizing live/work/learn/play but not bus service
For many years our county’s officials have been extolling MoCo as a bio-tech center. In his weekly message from August 2, Marc Elrich said MoCo is #3 among all of America’s life science hubs. In a Glass Gazette from July 2024, Council Member Evan glass noted that “Our life sciences sector is incredibly important to…
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Read more: What Words Don’t Often Appear in CM Friedson’s “Flyer” Newsletter to Residents, Taxpayers?
What Words Don’t Often Appear in CM Friedson’s “Flyer” Newsletter to Residents, Taxpayers?
We’ve posted about Councilmember Andrew Friedson’s “newsletter” before here at CleanSlateMoCo.com. Dubbed the “Friedson Flyer”, the Councilmember sends it out at least once a month, sometimes twice in a 30-day span. It is meant to inform residents and taxpayers about the good work his office has been doing and the happenings in and around his…
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Read more: Laura Stewart Misses the Point of Campaigning
Laura Stewart Misses the Point of Campaigning
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,…
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Read more: Will Laura Stewart Legitimize You?
Will Laura Stewart Legitimize You?
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…
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Read more: How optimistic can we be for school reform with “Term Limits” Boss Stein?
How optimistic can we be for school reform with “Term Limits” Boss Stein?
In a video clip appearing on Montgomery County Media, incoming president of the Montgomery County Education Association (teachers’ union) David Stein delineated his responsibilities. I need to be the public face of the union…I need to be the person who is talking to MCPS, overseeing our bargaining processes, talking to our members, supervising the staff…
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Read more: Rabid Partisan David Stein, Longtime MCEA Rep, (Now MCEA President) Wants You to Know He’s “Setting Partisan Politics Aside” in Anti-Term Limits Advocacy
Rabid Partisan David Stein, Longtime MCEA Rep, (Now MCEA President) Wants You to Know He’s “Setting Partisan Politics Aside” in Anti-Term Limits Advocacy
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…
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Read more: The Limits of Affordable Housing Initiatives—Part 2
The Limits of Affordable Housing Initiatives—Part 2
Part 1 of this series summarized a few of the thoughts (out of many) presented by DC affordable-housing developer Patrick McAnaney in his extremely comprehensive series about affordable housing. We learn from McAnaney that zoning has a limited impact on the availability of affordable housing, because other factors are in play that are beyond the…
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Read more: The Limits of Affordable Housing Initiatives—Part 1
The Limits of Affordable Housing Initiatives—Part 1
Today I rejoice, because I was proven wrong by someone with more wisdom and experience than I. Moments like that are as humbling as they are liberating. I’ve written quite a few posts about affordable housing, and my claim has been that the way to achieve an inventory of affordable housing is to re-zone. Throw…
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Read more: MoCo Boost “Storytellers” Video Features Jose, Is Fully in Spanish, and Doesn’t Confirm If Recipient is an American Citizen
MoCo Boost “Storytellers” Video Features Jose, Is Fully in Spanish, and Doesn’t Confirm If Recipient is an American Citizen
A brief follow-up here on MoCo’s ongoing “Boost” UBI (partly paid for by you, the hardworking taxpayer or you, the business owner, or you, the public school teacher) that caught my eye as I went back to the county’s MocoBoost.org website to see if new data or – gasp- an actual report on the efficacy…