hypocrisy
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Does Andrew really care about your wallet?
Read more: Does Andrew really care about your wallet?After nearly 8 years of saddling MoCo residents with increased taxes and higher costs of living, a pending announcement to run for County Executive has Andrew Friedson pivoting to “care about the financial burden of living in Montgomery County.” Marc Elrich released his proposed budget this year, once again asking taxpayers to agree to have…
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MOCO’s Big Problem
Read more: MOCO’s Big Problem“As a culture, we have lost the ability to engage in fruitful, edifying discussions with people from opposing viewpoints. The moment the conversation shifts to a hot topic, respect flies out the window and that person becomes the enemy.” This is from an editorial assignment for my eleventh-grade AP Language class. I was speaking specifically…
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Selective Outrage? CMs Evan Glass, Kate Stewart Strangely Silent as Campaign Signs are Stolen, Vandalized Across MoCo
Read more: Selective Outrage? CMs Evan Glass, Kate Stewart Strangely Silent as Campaign Signs are Stolen, Vandalized Across MoCoWhere’s the beef? I mean, where is the outrage (by the local politicians)? As posted here on October 29th, opponents of ballot Question A here in Montgomery County appear to have turned to outright vandalism in taking “Yes for A [Term Limits]” yard signs off of people’s private property. The act was recorded a handful…
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With Stewart, Ortman-Fouse, and Mink, it’s about control; With Diaz, it’s about compassion
Read more: With Stewart, Ortman-Fouse, and Mink, it’s about control; With Diaz, it’s about compassionPhotojournalism is an amazing feature of the modern age. Starting with the Civil War, American photojournalists have been capturing events military and civilian, lives wealthy and poor. They have been implanting into our collective consciousness jolting perspectives and immortalizing key moments. Here are two iconic photographs I curated from My Modern Net. Migrant field worker…
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Zoning Change Proposal Impacts Only 55% of County Council
Read more: Zoning Change Proposal Impacts Only 55% of County CouncilAs the county holds listening sessions and reviews a proposal put forward by the Montgomery County Planning Board, it is important to see how these changes might impact the County Council members. Shockingly, 45% of the current county council will be excluded from any direct impact from these zoning changes. The proposal recommends these changes:…
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Neo-Feudalism: Your Piedmont Property? It Might Get Seized via Eminent Doman for Power Lines. Eric and CM Dawn Luedtke’s 2 Acre Ashton Estate? In the Clear.
Read more: Neo-Feudalism: Your Piedmont Property? It Might Get Seized via Eminent Doman for Power Lines. Eric and CM Dawn Luedtke’s 2 Acre Ashton Estate? In the Clear.A new post by WJLA ABC7 local news and Fox45 local news reporter Gary Collins entitled ‘Clean energy’ goals forcing Maryland to double size of electric grid, Moore official says is showcasing perfectly the limits of “clean energy” virtue signaling ideology in Annapolis… and also the way local Maryland politicians will always exempt their lands, their labor…
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Joy! Unity! A Call for “Kinder Rhetoric”… Just Kidding. Here is a Collection of Recent Posts by MoCo’s Delegates to the Democratic National Convention
Read more: Joy! Unity! A Call for “Kinder Rhetoric”… Just Kidding. Here is a Collection of Recent Posts by MoCo’s Delegates to the Democratic National ConventionHere is a brief run-down of the “uplifting” and “unifying” rhetoric MoCo’s Delegates to the prior week’s DNC deployed during their stint in Chicago, Illinois. Remember… “Hate has no home in MoCo”. We even have a county committee against “hate/violence” that is sometimes transparent with the public. State delegate Jheanelle Wilkins kicks us off here,…
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Montgomery College Names Anti-Israel Professor Faculty Member of the Year
Read more: Montgomery College Names Anti-Israel Professor Faculty Member of the YearIn May 2024, Montgomery College President Jermaine Williams named Anti Israel activist, Dr. Katya Salmi, faculty member of the year, weeks after he demanded she not show the Antisemitic film Occupation of the American Mind. This included a $5,000 cash award. Faculty Awards | Montgomery College, Maryland Dr. Salmi is a member of Montgomery College’s…
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The Many Times CE Marc Elrich “Gets Personal” When Discussing the Political or Mundane
Read more: The Many Times CE Marc Elrich “Gets Personal” When Discussing the Political or MundaneWhen does the political get “personal”? Increasingly, with MoCo County Exec Marc Elrich, it appears to occur whenever someone has a different policy idea or theory on governing than him. Take, for example, his recent personal jab on Reardon “Sully” Sullivan as reported by Adam Pagnucco (himself reporting on Fox 5’s Tom Fitzgerald’s interview with…
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MCEA and Laura Stewart Reveal Ideaology
Read more: MCEA and Laura Stewart Reveal IdeaologyAs early voting continues in MoCo the MCEA union representatives and their endorsed candidates are camping out at popular polling locations handing out the Apple Ballot, strong arming voters to pull the lever for them, and generally creating the perception that they are a consensus choice. At least one candidate has reported that he has…