In: Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition, County Executive, Local Government

July 11, 2024 Later today, Tim Wise a prominent anti-racism educator will be speaking as part of a Montgomery County Public Libraries ‘Contemporary Conversations’ speaker series. The Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition (BACC), a local advocate group “committed to ending the desecration of the historic Moses African Cemetery on River RoadContinue Reading

In: Lt. Governor, Maryland, Maryland Economic Council, Pieter Friedrich

May 30, 2024 The appointment of a longstanding member of a far-right supremacist movement is causing consternation amongst Marylanders, according to transparency activists. Dr. Sudhir Sekhsaria of Potomac was appointed last year to the Maryland Economic Council, a select-group of business leaders from across Maryland with longstanding business interests inContinue Reading

In: BOE, Community Feedback, County Council, Education & Culture, Government, Local Government, MCPS, Montgomery County Police Department, Policing, Public Funding, Public Safety, Safety, School Funding, Special Education, Transportation

April 8th, 2024 – This testimony was given to the County Council on the FY2025 operating budget Hello my name is Jason Makstein and I run the blog Moderately MOCO but today I am testifying as a community advocate about various items in the operating budgets. My focus will beContinue Reading

In: Community Feedback, Community Reports, County Council, Local Government, Montgomery County Police Department, Policing, Public Safety

March 8, 2024 This was sent in as a follow up to Opinion: Defending Effective Policing: The Case Against Restricting Consent Searches and Bill 2-24 – Moderately MOCO following the County Council Public Hearing on the bill. Any councilmember who is for Councilmember Jawando’s Bill 2-24 must be prepared toContinue Reading

In: Community Feedback, Community Reports, Incident Response, Maryland, MCPS, Opinion, Restorative Justice, Safety, Special Education

February 26, 2024 – Opinion submitted by an MCPS elementary school special education teacher of 10 years Once upon a time, in the summer before we returned from COVID, the county pushed a new initiative. Rooted in peaceful ideals, restorative justice (RJ) was sold as a panacea for hate andContinue Reading