So you want to protect your neighborhood from overdevelopment? And you want strong schools and good jobs? Those are mutually compatible goals, right? Not in Montgomery County.As we have seen…
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From the Chesapeake Climate Action Network:Clean Energy Town Hall Meeting with Congressman Kratovil Join concerned citizens, community organizations, and advocates to discuss clean energy, global warming, and other environmental issues…
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Alison Klumpp on Don Praisner
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Yesterday, Alison Klumpp, daughter of Marilyn and Don Praisner, made the following comments at a tribute to Don Praisner at the County Council.From the family and from myself, I would…
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WSSC Commissioner Juanita Miller has opened a new campaign fund to run for office. That’s not unusual – the former Delegate has run unsuccessfully for County Council and State Senate…
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Hate Email Circulates in Annapolis
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The following email has been sent to several state delegates. We have had to censor some of the most objectionable phrases but the intent should be clearly visible to readers….
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Last year’s special election in Council District 4 demonstrated the differences between the two groups of “progressives” in Montgomery County as well as any other event in recent history. Each…
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Team of Rivals Unites to Fight Facebook Ban
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The most unusual political coalition in Maryland’s recent memory has joined forces to battle the General Assembly’s deplorable prohibition of Facebook. Check out the lineups from both the Right and…
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First Cheap Shot of the Special Election
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Former District 4 Republican candidate Mark Fennel had this to say about the upcoming special election in a comment on Maryland Moment: I’ve called an emergency meeting of my closest…
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Who are the Real MoCo Progressives? Part Two
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Through the 1970s, there were relatively few non-white or Latino people in Montgomery County. That began to change in the 1980s. Nearly thirty years later, our political system is only…
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At this moment, the County Council, the Montgomery County Board of Elections (BOE) and the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) are locked in a struggle over the dates of the…