Here’s what the Apple means for the County Council races.District 1 Endorsement: Incumbent Roger Berliner This is a mild surprise as Berliner and MCEA have not been on each other’s…
Apple Ballot
The Apple Drops, Part One
The endorsement of the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), which is distributed by teachers on election day as the “Apple Ballot,” is a seminal event in any MoCo election cycle….
And the Apple Goes to…
The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) decided its endorsements tonight at its Representative Assembly. The winners of the Apple Ballot are…District 14Senate: Karen Montgomery (challenger)House: Anne Kaiser, Eric Luedtke (open…
Manno Supporters Lobby for Apple
Fifty-eight supporters of Delegate Roger Manno’s campaign for Senate have written MCEA on his behalf arguing for his place on the Apple Ballot. That endorsement is rated by MoCo politicians…
Last night, MCEA’s Representative Assembly was scheduled to vote on Apple Ballot recommendations for most state legislative races in the county. But the session was taken up mostly by contract-related…
MCEA Starts its Recommendation Process
The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) is starting its recommendation process for state and local candidates. At stake is the Apple Ballot, rated by most Montgomery County politicians as the…
Yesterday, nearly half of the elected state and county officials in Montgomery County debated the relative endorsement value of the Post and the Apple Ballot. Today, we’ll look at the…
The Washington area’s paper of record has launched an all-out holy war against the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), the county’s most powerful labor union. From a political perspective, this…
MCEA Fights Back Against the Post
The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) has sent out a mass email to its members refuting the Washington Post editorial branding it a “toxic influence” on Montgomery County politics. Whatever…
The Limits of Labor
Ann Marimow is a good reporter and I respect her work. But in her Sunday Post article, “Union Influence Sways Montgomery Budget Talks,” I believe she overstates her case. Montgomery…