corruption
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MCPS Board of Education: MoCo’s most illegitimate governing body
Read more: MCPS Board of Education: MoCo’s most illegitimate governing bodyEmployees using MCPS credit cards for suspiciously personal use; secretive policy meetings; a proposed 10% tax hike to fund a school system with no performance improvements in return; capricious boundary changes. There are lots of reasons that people are upset with the Board of Education, but I fail to see the need for a rumpus.…
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Is WSSC Serving the People of MoCo or Companies & Lobby Shops With Donor Ties to Local Democrat Politicians?
Read more: Is WSSC Serving the People of MoCo or Companies & Lobby Shops With Donor Ties to Local Democrat Politicians?The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) probably deserves its own investigative series. If we had a truly inquisitive local ‘fourth estate’ we might have gotten one a long time ago. But local media in Montgomery County is obsessed with being ‘friends’ to the powerful, instead of auditors or investigators. Our very own “Independent” and tax-supported…
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Who Exactly Was Advocating for HOME Act. Only the .001% of MoCo
Read more: Who Exactly Was Advocating for HOME Act. Only the .001% of MoCoSocial media has been flooded with pictures of a packed county council room with supporters holding signs and giving testimony. The perception is that there is a wide and inclusive foundation of support for the HOME Act. But is that really the case? Let’s take a closer look at who sent the participants and what…
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MoCo Sets Aside its Values with “Sister City” Partnership with Xi’an, China
Read more: MoCo Sets Aside its Values with “Sister City” Partnership with Xi’an, ChinaDid you know Montgomery County has five “Sister Cities”? Three are in Asia, one in Africa and one in, yep, Marc Elrich’s favorite country, El Salvador (more on this in another investigative post). Per the ‘about’ page on the County’s Sister City website, the mission here is: People have come to Montgomery County, Maryland from…
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MoCo CM Will Jawando’s Interesting Church and Democrat Party / Think Tank “Elite” Connections
Read more: MoCo CM Will Jawando’s Interesting Church and Democrat Party / Think Tank “Elite” ConnectionsThis is part three of a series of investigations into the nexus of money, corridors of power, special interests and mega-churches that surround CM Will Jawando. You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. In part one of our series, we looked into why nearly $500,000 in taxpayer money during FY23 was ‘granted’…
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Kingmaker Elrich Selects Craig Rice for Cushy New Job
Read more: Kingmaker Elrich Selects Craig Rice for Cushy New JobFormer Montgomery County CM Craig Rice’s “Appointment” to a “Special Projects Manager” position is the latest in a recent history of revolving door politics and “Friend to Me” favoritism. Great work by Adam Pagnucco at MontgomeryPerspective.com for exposing Council Bill 4-23E, which has yet to be voted on. In a nutshell, The County Executive wants…
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MoCo CM Will Jawando’s Interesting Choice for Chief-of-Staff [Part 2]
Read more: MoCo CM Will Jawando’s Interesting Choice for Chief-of-Staff [Part 2]This is part two of a series of investigations into the nexus of money, corridors of power, special interests and mega-churches that surround CM Will Jawando. You can read part 1 here. Earlier, we explored how Council Member Will Jawando (Democrat – At Large) has a connection to an area AME mega-church and its non-profit…
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MoCo Council Member (At-Large) Will Jawando’s Interesting Church and Non-Profit Connections
Read more: MoCo Council Member (At-Large) Will Jawando’s Interesting Church and Non-Profit ConnectionsThis is part one of a series of investigations into the nexus of money, corridors of power, special interests and mega-churches that surround CM Will Jawando. You can read Part 2 here. In the spring of 2016, pre-Trump and pre-Covid-19, the Washington Post published a glowing small profile on one Will Jawando, who was, at…