transparency
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Who Got the Money?
Read more: Who Got the Money?In an effort to have budget and spending transparency, the County publishes the spendingMontgomery data dashboard that compiles revenue and spending information. You can dive into the data, and even download the data for your own analysis. We jumped into the 2023 Expenditure Ledger and downloaded the data so we could run a more comprehensive…
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The Montgomery Historical Society’s “The Immigrant Experience” Online Exhibit Reveals CM Jawando Has No Ancestral Ties to the Middle Passage
Read more: The Montgomery Historical Society’s “The Immigrant Experience” Online Exhibit Reveals CM Jawando Has No Ancestral Ties to the Middle PassageA brief follow-up to earlier posts where we clearly showed Montgomery County Councilmember Will (Yemi?) Jawando has made several misleading and outright false claims in official ‘proclamations’ or government communications (e-mails from his office) concerning his familial ancestry and story and how it is intertwined with Black American slavery and overcoming government-supported segregation. The most galling of these…
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File an MPIA: An Easy Action Step
Read more: File an MPIA: An Easy Action StepThough CleanSlateMoCo offers an open platform for you to submit your viewpoints, opinions and research, it is often hard putting pen to paper. We get it! You know you aren’t satisfied with the conditions of the county. You might even know specific issues that really bother you. But the writing is hard. We wanted to…
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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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CM Mink’s Senior Legislative Aid and Lead for the HHS Committee Appears to Still Be Involved with County Supported Non Profit
Read more: CM Mink’s Senior Legislative Aid and Lead for the HHS Committee Appears to Still Be Involved with County Supported Non ProfitCouncilmember Kristin Mink’s noted ‘Senior Legislative Aid’ (and lead for the HHS Committee on the County Council) along with her top aid for ‘residential tenant issues & housing code enforcement’ (per CM Mink’s own contact page) appears to still be involved with something called the ‘Montgomery County Racial Network’ (MORE), itself a “coalition of local…
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Part 4: Evan Glass’s Twitter Violates Your Rights
Read more: Part 4: Evan Glass’s Twitter Violates Your RightsThe 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…
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As Black History Month 2023 Draws to Close, Questionable Past Statements Made by Council Members Come Into Focus
Read more: As Black History Month 2023 Draws to Close, Questionable Past Statements Made by Council Members Come Into FocusAs the month of February draws to a close, it is important to reflect on the many contributions of foundational Black Americans, both in Montgomery County and beyond. This country (and county) wouldn’t be what it is without their tremendous contributions in the face of so much adversity, and despite past prejudices – much of…
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Part 1: Is @Marc_Elrich really a “personal” account
Read more: Part 1: Is @Marc_Elrich really a “personal” accountThe following is a multi-part series on the Twitter accounts of the Montgomery County Council. It has been written and submitted by an anonymous author. Part 2 on Will Jawando can be found here. If you have been blocked by any members of the Montgomery County Council on Twitter, please contact us at inquiry@cleanslatemoco.com As…