One reason why Montgomery County is struggling so much over its maintenance of effort (MOE) issue is the rocky relationship between the County Council and its “Rogue Superintendent,” Jerry Weast….
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Phil Andrews Looks Back on 2009
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County Council President Phil Andrews sent out the following memo to the council reflecting on his term as President in 2009. Your author offers one additional note. Regardless of our…
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District 19 Race Snowballs Early
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Three Delegate challengers are now raising money in the District 19 Battle Royal. But here’s the problem: there is no evidence that any of the incumbents are going anywhere.Sam “Hunk…
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The Rogue Superintendent, Part One
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County Council Member Valerie Ervin, the Chair of the Council’s Education Committee, recently called MCPS leader Jerry Weast a “rogue superintendent.” That statement is a culmination of years of tension…
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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
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By Marc Korman. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, unless you live in Bethesda where the Christmas decorations went up before Halloween. But not everyone in the County…
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Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley will be on the “Political Pulse” political talk show on:Thursday, November 26th at 9:00 p.m. Friday-Sunday, November 27th-29th at 6 p.m. and Tuesday, December 1st at…
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Post Keeps Shrinking
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On November 20, the City Paper reported that the Post was laying off about ten website employees as it merged that operation with the newspaper. One of the workers was…
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MoCo Government Takes Over the Redskins
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Beleaguered Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder has turned over the team to the Montgomery County government. In an MPW exclusive, we bring you into a meeting of the County Council…
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A group of thirteen Montgomery County state legislators has written to the Governor asking him to select light rail for the Corridor Cities Transitway (CCT). The group includes every legislator…
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District 20 Delegate candidate Eli El continues to be unhappy with our revelations about his domestic abuse case, sending in eleven different comments to our original post on the subject….