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Read more: Montoya tries to thread the budget needle
Montoya tries to thread the budget needle
Squarely in the pocket of MCEA, Rita Montoya took to X today to showcase her support for MCEA protests and educate the general public on budget cuts. In a somewhat snarky, and very self-assured manner, she provided a citizen the dictionary definition of a budget cut. When MCPS & BOE decide to allocate less funding…
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Read more: Tale as Old as Time – Once Government (Taxpayer) Largesse Dries Up, Another Rockville Business Moves On
Tale as Old as Time – Once Government (Taxpayer) Largesse Dries Up, Another Rockville Business Moves On
Dawson’s Market, a higher-priced grocer (actually the only grocery store) in Rockville Town Square is departing, after threatening the same action about six years ago because of quote “declining sales” back in 2019. Per Sebastien Kraft with MoCo360 Media: This isn’t surprising in the least. In fact, it goes to the heart of why government,…
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Read more: My Dream Job
My Dream Job
Evan Glass was in a Pride Parade on Rockville Pike that got lost and was stranded in Urbana. Will Jawando fled to Wyoming because no MCPD officer had an extension cord long enough for a defunded motorized scooter to respond to his emergency calls. Kristin Mink was trapped in a never-ending drum circle with her…
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Read more: Councilmember Sayles Talks Up Barriers Broken, Ceilings Shattered as an “At-Large” MoCo Politician to Local Girl Scout Troop
Councilmember Sayles Talks Up Barriers Broken, Ceilings Shattered as an “At-Large” MoCo Politician to Local Girl Scout Troop
Fresh off a disappointing 6th place loss in the Democrat primary for U.S. Congress, House District 6, Councilmember “At Large” Laurie-Anne Sayles is back at her day job representing the whole of MoCo and talking to the youth. Oh, and defending local democracy. Including that “democracy” that appoints a select insider to a state senate…
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Read more: Alternatives to the MCPS Model of Educational Resource Allocation
Alternatives to the MCPS Model of Educational Resource Allocation
Given the results of last month’s Board of Education primaries, in which incumbents or union endorsees (and also Brenda Diaz!) won the top spots, some in the opposition have come to the conclusion that getting the best education for our students is no longer possible through MCPS. People are already talking about “school choice” or…
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Read more: CleanSlate MoCo Spotlight: Local Opponents of Prosperity & Individual Choice – (New) State Senator Sara Love (District 16)
CleanSlate MoCo Spotlight: Local Opponents of Prosperity & Individual Choice – (New) State Senator Sara Love (District 16)
Occupation: A newly crowned (by an “electorate” of 25 or so political club insiders) Maryland State Senator, representing MoCo’s 16th District Affiliations: Maryland Democratic Party. Member, serving on the Environment & Transportation Committee and two of its subcommittees, the Motor Vehicle & Transportation Subcommittee, which Love also chairs, and the Environment Subcommittee. In May of 2022, ahead of the U.S.…
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Read more: The Democratic BoE primaries: Part 2—Ranked Choice Voting
The Democratic BoE primaries: Part 2—Ranked Choice Voting
The outcome of the 2024 Democratic BoE primaries gives us a real-world view into how things could have been different under ranked choice voting (RCV). The rules of these BoE elections are extremely manipulative. The two top vote getters in each “district” face off in the general elections. That is nonsense, because everyone votes for…
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Read more: Which is a worse way to fund a campaign: self-financing or no-financing?
Which is a worse way to fund a campaign: self-financing or no-financing?
Some political activists criticize David Trone and his recent Senate primary campaign because he attempted to buy his victory with his own money. That’s a fair complaint. Michael Bloomberg, Vivek Ramaswamy, Tom Steyer, Steve Forbes, and H. Ross Perot are also on the list of wealthy candidates financing their own sometimes successful but more often…
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Read more: The Democratic BoE primaries: Part 1—the At-Large Voter Dilution
The Democratic BoE primaries: Part 1—the At-Large Voter Dilution
The most popular piece I wrote on Clean Slate MoCo is MCPS Board of Education: MoCo’s most illegitimate governing body. That article explains how the BoE’s multi-member, at-large elections are a glaring civil rights violation, because a small demographic elects all of the winners. There aren’t a lot of these entitled and aggressive voters, but…
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Read more: OIG: Where Talented Investigators Do a Mediocre Job
OIG: Where Talented Investigators Do a Mediocre Job
Clean Slate MoCo and other opposition outlets hold paramount the responsibility and accountability for the county’s elected, appointed, and shadow leadership. Not everyone is comfortable taking the opposition outlets seriously, and for them there is the county’s Office of the Inspector General. The OIG is tasked with the following (source): Review the effectiveness and efficiency…