Students in Montgomery County from Sunrise MoCo will be leading a rally for climate change on August 26th at 11am in Rockville by the Executive Building at 101 Monroe St. If you’re a student, you can sign up to attend … Continue reading Students plan Climate Change demonstration: Rally for MoCo on August 26th
Repealing LEOBR and Montgomery County Community Solar In this Episode, Vito takes a look at how repealing the Law Enforcement Officer’s Bill of Rights is going in Maryland and how Community Solar didn’t quite get the start we needed in Montgomery County. EPISODE 1 NOTES 2:30 – Quote from Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher via Maryland Matters 3:05 – MGA Committee Meeting Video 3:36 – ACLU MD Tweet 3:57 – Will Jawando Tweet 7:13 – ZTA 20-01 bill 8:26 – Letter from Kumar Barve to Council via The Seventh State 9:03 – Mike Tidwell quote from Washington Post 9:38 & 10:51 – … Continue reading The MoCo Local Podcast – Repealing LEOBR and Montgomery County Community Solar
UPDATE: The Board of Education has asked the SRO Workgroup to reconvene given the concerns raised by 6 members of the workgroup. The Workgroup was tasked with seeking out community input and will reissue their recommendations in May. However, they … Continue reading Members of MCPS SRO Workgroup Call Process “Incredibly Flawed” in letter to County Council
The lawsuit against Montgomery County’s most recent indoor dining ban brought by the Restaurant Association of Maryland with several local restaurants signing on as Plaintiffs will be heard on Wednesday. Despite contact tracing data showing that many cases within Montgomery … Continue reading Updates: Montgomery County Restaurant lawsuit against indoor dining ban will be heard Wednesday
COVID-19 Exposure Notifications are now available for Maryland. The notification system is an API developed by Apple and Google in conjunction with health departments to help alert individuals who may have been exposed to COVID-19. For privacy reasons, these alerts … Continue reading COVID-19 Exposure Notifications are now available in Maryland on iOS and Android devices
The Montgomery County Board of Education race was one of the most controversial races I’ve ever seen in local politics. Two of the pro-equity candidates moved on from the Primary, Sunil Dasgupta and Lynne Harris. Unofficial vote counts were released … Continue reading Lynne Harris wins election to Montgomery County Board of Education At-Large seat
Adam Pagnucco at The Seventh State recently wrote about Montgomery County’s spending during the pandemic, arguing that the county needs to balance the budget. His alternative was to threaten a tax hike. It seems unlikely the federal government will send … Continue reading What’s wrong with higher taxes?
Germantown, Gaithersburg (Bohrer Park), and Wheaton lead turnout in Early Voting so far. With one day left for in person Early Voting, it looks like there were not enough people willing to vote in person in 2020 to beat 2016 … Continue reading Germantown, Gaithersburg, Wheaton lead turnout in Early Voting
Only 7.969 participated in Early Voting on Day 7. This is far below the voter turnout for Day 7 of the 2016 General Election, which saw 21,937 voters. The Bohrer Park Voting Center in Gaithersburg, MD saw the most in-person … Continue reading Dismal Voter Turnout on Day 7 of Early Voting
18,576 voters turned out on Day 5 of Early Voting in Montgomery County, MD which exceeded the Day 5 turnout in 2016. The Germantown Voting Center saw the most activity on Day 5. Day 6 of Early Voting in Montgomery … Continue reading Days 5 and 6 of Early Voting in Montgomery County were hit and miss
