voting
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Unelected Annapolis Representatives: It’s Not Who They Are, It’s What They Do
Read more: Unelected Annapolis Representatives: It’s Not Who They Are, It’s What They DoWhile awaiting jury duty a few years ago, I was in the Well Being Cafe inside the county’s Executive Office Building. Perusing the news on my tablet, I overheard a conversation between a few people who apparently were high-ranking county or state Democrats. One of them concluded the conversation, “Great! We’ll have A run for…
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10,000 Reasons to Term Limit Marc Elrich (and Future County Executives)
Read more: 10,000 Reasons to Term Limit Marc Elrich (and Future County Executives)Since term limits for the Montgomery County Executive will be on the ballot in November (yay, real democracy!), let us now look at the many reasons to further term limit the County Exec (eight years is plenty of time), and send Marc Elrich home to his Takoma Park abode. Marc Elrich is a career politician…
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Local “Defenders of Democracy” Promote Coronation for Nominee Within 24 Hours of President Joe Biden Announcement, Reject a Mini-Primary
Read more: Local “Defenders of Democracy” Promote Coronation for Nominee Within 24 Hours of President Joe Biden Announcement, Reject a Mini-PrimaryIt took roughly 24 hours, but Councilmembers on Montgomery County’s legislative body, sometimes called the “MoCo Council”, quickly and dutifully coalesced around Vice President Kamala Harris as the potential US Presidential Nominee for their political club/tribe in 2024. Their proclamations of loyalty and (seemingly) enthusiastic endorsement of Vice President Harris as the “blue tribe” nominee…
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Even ChatGPT is confused by MoCo Elections
Read more: Even ChatGPT is confused by MoCo ElectionsOn June 13th Delegate Sarah Love officially became Sen. Sarah Love. The MoCo elected elite took to X to share their congratulations and gush how she was the “right pick”. It’s official! Congratulations to District 16’s new State Senator, @SaraLove4MD pic.twitter.com/TB5xys9He0 — Marc Korman (@mkorman) June 13, 2024 The strange thing (well strange to anyone…
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CleanSlate MoCo Spotlight: Local Opponents of Prosperity & Individual Choice – (New) State Senator Sara Love (District 16)
Read more: CleanSlate MoCo Spotlight: Local Opponents of Prosperity & Individual Choice – (New) State Senator Sara Love (District 16)Occupation: A newly crowned (by an “electorate” of 25 or so political club insiders) Maryland State Senator, representing MoCo’s 16th District Affiliations: Maryland Democratic Party. Member, serving on the Environment & Transportation Committee and two of its subcommittees, the Motor Vehicle & Transportation Subcommittee, which Love also chairs, and the Environment Subcommittee. In May of 2022, ahead of the U.S.…
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The Democratic BoE primaries: Part 2—Ranked Choice Voting
Read more: The Democratic BoE primaries: Part 2—Ranked Choice VotingThe outcome of the 2024 Democratic BoE primaries gives us a real-world view into how things could have been different under ranked choice voting (RCV). The rules of these BoE elections are extremely manipulative. The two top vote getters in each “district” face off in the general elections. That is nonsense, because everyone votes for…
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The Democratic BoE primaries: Part 1—the At-Large Voter Dilution
Read more: The Democratic BoE primaries: Part 1—the At-Large Voter DilutionThe most popular piece I wrote on Clean Slate MoCo is MCPS Board of Education: MoCo’s most illegitimate governing body. That article explains how the BoE’s multi-member, at-large elections are a glaring civil rights violation, because a small demographic elects all of the winners. There aren’t a lot of these entitled and aggressive voters, but…
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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…
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Montoya tries to play the anti-Semitism card—and fails
Read more: Montoya tries to play the anti-Semitism card—and failsMany of us received a mailer from the Rita Montoya campaign that conveys her concern about the anti-Semitism plaguing the county’s Jewish students and how she will address it. History is a powerful teacher. That’s why Rita Montoya will fight to implement mandatory Holocaust education in our schools, and use the power of knowledge to…
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Laura Stewart’s and Lynne Harris’ PTA
Read more: Laura Stewart’s and Lynne Harris’ PTAIt is time to dismantle the MCCPTA to school board pipeline! Corruption Stolen money and jail time. $30,000 in the treasurer’s pocket. https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/30k-has-disappeared-from-montgomery-county-pta-council-fund/12589/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/police-investigate-possible-fraud-in-maryland-pta-organization/2017/04/26/67dc9cb6-29fb-11e7-b605-33413c691853_story.html https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/woman-sentenced-embezzlement-pta-funds/ More corruption More misuse of funds. Inspector general investigating. Laura’s Free State PTA withholding $5,000 from Shriver elementary. https://moco360.media/2024/04/04/sargent-shriver-elementary-pta-violated-mcps-policy-with-grant-funds-county-inspector-general-says/ DEI committee that got rid of SROs School closures MCCPTA leadership…