Former County Executive Doug Duncan has written a sharply-worded Op-Ed in the Post criticizing state and local leadership. This is sure to make tongues wag. We reprint the piece below.Where…
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Chris Paladino’s Biography
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Attached is Chris Paladino’s bio courtesy of the candidate.***** I was born in New York City to two young parents who struggled every day to make ends meet. Mom worked…
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Special Election Dates: April 21 and May 19
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Janel Davis has the story. The County Council also voted not to close precinct locations for the special election – a good decision. We reproduce the press release below.Montgomery County…
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In its brief coverage of the District 4 special election, the Washington Post made an inexplicable mistake: ignoring the campaign of former Montgomery County Civic Federation President Cary Lamari.Lamari ran…
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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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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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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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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…