Spending
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Montgomery County Hires Often-Used Consultant to Search for Racism and Gender Discrimination in Markets MoCo Govt Transacts In
Read more: Montgomery County Hires Often-Used Consultant to Search for Racism and Gender Discrimination in Markets MoCo Govt Transacts InMoCo government has contracted with something called “MGT Consulting Group” (a vendor it has used before) to search for racism and “gender discrimination” in markets the County is in and with sub-contractors the county government uses. This same contractor has secured the same “Disparity Study” service with neighboring Frederick County, MD, as well. It is…
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CASA Misspent Federal Funds Per Audit; Prince William County, VA Supervisors Show Spine, Revoke More Then $1 Million Grant
Read more: CASA Misspent Federal Funds Per Audit; Prince William County, VA Supervisors Show Spine, Revoke More Then $1 Million GrantWe have written extensively about CASA in the past and how it hoovers up large amounts of Maryland taxpayer money. The self-acclaimed “foremost immigrant organization in the mid-Atlantic region and a national leader in supporting immigrant families” is also very politically active in MoCo, and due to this activism it ran into a public relations nightmare…
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MoCo’s “Boost” – No Strings, Taxpayer Funded Universal Basic Income Program
Read more: MoCo’s “Boost” – No Strings, Taxpayer Funded Universal Basic Income ProgramWhen I first saw that email, I’ll be honest, I thought it was a scam. Have you seen the Montgomery County Collaboration Council’s (see screen shot below) newest video promoting the “story” of the Montgomery County UBI program participant? Probably not. As of this writing, it only has 38 views after being posted for a…
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MoCo, Say No to Further “Special Taxation” Districts Without More Local Representation and Power Decentralization!
Read more: MoCo, Say No to Further “Special Taxation” Districts Without More Local Representation and Power Decentralization!Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich has a bold “new” idea to fund “infrastructure” and more “mass transit” boondoggles (see: Purple Line). Well, actually, it is a throwback proposal that goes back to the stagnant days of “Tax Hike” CE Ike Leggett. You see, Marc Elrich wants to enable “local taxing authorities” in MoCo. Writing for…
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Household and Government Debt Way Up in Maryland… So of Course Montgomery County’s Exec Wants to… Spend More!
Read more: Household and Government Debt Way Up in Maryland… So of Course Montgomery County’s Exec Wants to… Spend More!New research from Forbes Advisor shows that Maryland sits just outside the top-five of states with the most “combined” debt. Forbes in this case defines total debt as “household debt” and “government debt”. Why does this matter? Well, for starters, elevated government debt thanks to Democrat-controlled Annapolis means that: When a state owes more than…
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A Mere Five Months After Touting the “POWER” Act for Offshore Wind in Maryland, MoCo Politicians Prove To Be Poor Economic Forecasters
Read more: A Mere Five Months After Touting the “POWER” Act for Offshore Wind in Maryland, MoCo Politicians Prove To Be Poor Economic ForecastersWhich way does the (economic) wind blow? Can politicians in Montgomery County predict it with any accuracy? Less than five months after touting the “Promoting Offshore Wind Energy Resources” or “POWER” Act in Annapolis, MoCo-based Maryland politicians like Delegate Lorig Charkoudian (Democrat, District 20) are re-discovering (or perhaps learning) that it is easy to pass…
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DEI Waste Alert: City of Rockville’s Ridiculous “Diversity-Themed Taglines” ($148K) and “DEI” City Project Look”
Read more: DEI Waste Alert: City of Rockville’s Ridiculous “Diversity-Themed Taglines” ($148K) and “DEI” City Project Look”City of Rockville spends 150k for a progressive redesign, but then punts for more work to be done.
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Non-Profit Cronyism in MoCo – Siphoning Millions From We the Taxpayers
Read more: Non-Profit Cronyism in MoCo – Siphoning Millions From We the TaxpayersMontgomery County is engaged in egregious political cronyism with the “non-profit”, CASA. This is an established fact and one we will not stop exposing. And kudos to Adam Pagnucco at MontgomeryPerspective.com for diving even deeper into the issue today (though he dare not type the word “cronyism” about the County Council or Marc Elrich). What is…
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Personal Thoughts on Street Safety
Read more: Personal Thoughts on Street SafetyThe lead image was photographed close to the Montrose Road offramp of the I-270. There is nothing more stirring, jolting, or heartbreaking than driving by a small memorial marking where a fatal accident occurred. We see them on Old Georgetown Road, Georgia Avenue, and interstate onramps. Was the victim a careless pedestrian looking at an…
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The White Oak Façade Improvement Smells a Bit Odd
Read more: The White Oak Façade Improvement Smells a Bit OddMontgomery County Exec Marc Elrich and County Councilmember Kristin Mink trekked up to the White Oak area of eastern Silver Spring, MD last week to take photos with a giant check of “Maryland State Legislative Bond” money (see photo below, courtesy of MontgomeryCountyMD.gov). Doling out other people’s money is a past-time of politicians – but…