As one crosses over the county boundary into Montgomery County from Howard County, near Ashton-Sandy Spring, you’ll see a road sign that says “Welcome to Montgomery County: Building a Drug-Free Community”. It is a pretty standard sign – and has been there for years. A throwback to a time when MoCo – and Maryland –…
Did you hear? Recreational marijuana is now available in Maryland! To those “adults” 21-and-over, of course (no chance the legal stuff will find its way to anyone younger in MD, wink wink). And specifically, the skunk, the green, the ganja, the “fire” is now legal and ‘recreational’ in Montgomery County, MD. Yes, nanny-state, neurotic, top-down…
The following is a counterpoint to the article entitled, Are Taxpayer Investments in Biotech Companies Too Risky?, published on March 6 2023. Life Science investing is risky. We should scrutinize the wisdom of any public investment into private ventures. And, our elected leaders, if they don’t have experience in this or other areas,…
Montgomery County Has Showered Millions of Taxpayer Dollars on Novavax, Company Recently Warned “Substantial Doubt Exists Regarding Our Ability to Continue as a Going Concern” Last week was a volatile one for Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax, as it saw its stock price decline sharply on the back of a form 10-K filing where the firm added…
In 2017, Governor Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency in MD as it relates to opioids. As part of this declaration, additional funding for 5 years was provided to improve enforcement, prevention and treatment services. The funding allocated was $50 million dollars, with 80% of it for local jurisdictions. [side note: the 2018 budget…