Today, surrounded by other council members and Moms Demand Action representatives, Evan Glass proposed a bill to require gun shops to distribute suicide prevention information to customers that purchase a gun or ammunition. The Suicide Awareness and Firearm Education (SAFE) Act was co-sponsored by several council members, including co-Council Vice President Andrew Friedson (D-Dist. 1)…
I must admit, I spit out my coffee reading the Moco360 Media’s Political Notes section today. About halfway down there was a quick summary of the Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) Conference. If you aren’t familiar with this conference, it is held yearly in Ocean City. During the event, outside of taking a multitude of…
On August 2nd, disgraced College Park mayor Patrick Wojahn pleaded guilty to 140 child pornography charges. Via a plea deal Patrick will receive 30 years in prison for his actions, which were uncovered by officials investigating several social media accounts. Patrick has long been a character in PG County politics, serving as mayor since 2015,…
The last 2 weeks in Montgomery County have been especially horrific. By especially, I mean more horrific than the typical level of travesty that has taken hold of our county. Let’s do a quick recap. Last Friday through Sunday there were 5 shootings and 2 stabbings, including a poolside shoot out. (link) A report came…
As Kristin Mink’s statements cause waves of outrage both locally and nationally, there is a group of people that have remained strangely quiet – the Montgomery County Council. Outside of the County Council President, Evan Glass, responding to a question from a local reporter, there have been no formal press releases or statements. Not a…
In March 2023, the Mayor of College Park, Patrick Wojahn, was arrested and charged with 40 counts of possession of child pornography & 40 counts of possession with the intent to distribute. He subsequently resigned from his position. Patrick was well known and supported in the ever tight circle of MD Democrats and the MD…
Employees 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.…
During the 2022 election season it was not popular to be associated with a church that ascribed to beliefs that were counter mainstream MoCo culture. In fact, if you belonged to a church that did not support, for instance, gay marriage or transgender ideology you were labeled “hateful”. This was especially evident in the school…
The Metro Washington Area’s “Council of Governments” (MWCOG or just COG) is a regional body that says on its “About Us” page / shadow box that it is: the one place in metropolitan Washington that regularly brings leaders together to develop solutions to the region’s major challenges. But has it developed solutions to the region’s major…
The following is Part 4 in a multi-part series on the Twitter accounts of the Montgomery County Council. It has been written and submitted by an anonymous author. Part 1 on Marc Elrich can be found here. Part 2 on Will Jawando can be found here. Part 3 on other Council Members can be found…