In: Community Feedback, Community Reports, Ethics, Government, Local Government, Maryland, MCDCC

ROCKVILLE, MD, July 12, 2023  – By Pieter Friedrich – Montgomery County’s Democratic Party is effectively broke, according to a leaked copy of the party’s budget which was shared with me by several local party leaders. This follows revelations that current party chair, Saman Qadeer Ahmad, is trying to cover upContinue Reading

In: Community Feedback, Community Interviews, MCPS, Moderately MOCO Interns, School

Written by Unisha Poudel (intern at Moderately MOCO) **Interviewee’s names will not be shown for privacy reasons Q&A Interview with multiple graduated seniors As a Junior myself I sat myself down (or more accurately virtually zoomed) with a wide variety of graduated seniors I could contact. Many were going toContinue Reading

In: Events, Imagination Stage, Information, Moderately MOCO Interns, Non Profits, Small Businesses

By Anna Lam (Moderately MOCO Intern) “Nate the Great” at Imagination Stage Imagination Stage’s energizing performance of the well-renown kiddetective “Nate the Great”, has left an overwhelmingly positive impact on all whocome to see it, including myself! The story of kid detective Nate the Great has been greatly popular, theContinue Reading

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

June 13 Meeting At the June 13 County Council hearing regarding Bill 27-23, repeal of the Policing Advisory Commission, much of the public testimony was false, inaccurate or misleading. Here is the bill memorandum. The video starting at this section of the meeting can be seen here. The chair ofContinue Reading

In: Events, Food, Free Events, Grand Opening, Music, Small Businesses, Vendors

Join us in celebrating the grand opening of Synergy Business Center in Gaithersburg on June 13 at 11:30 a.m.! There’ll be networking opportunities, vendors, food, music provided by Lujan Entertainment, Sparky the Harmonica Guy, and more until 2 p.m.! Synergy is offering vendors the opportunity to partner and promote their business at the ribbonContinue Reading

In: Community Feedback, Community Reports, Government, Local Government, Lt. Governor, Maryland, MCDCC

ROCKVILLE, MD: May 14, 2023 – By Pieter Friedrich — The Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC), on May 9, held its monthly meeting with a sizable group of school teachers, civil rights activists, and journalists seated in the audience. The meeting was far more raucous than anticipated, with shoutingContinue Reading

In: BOE, CEOs, Community Feedback, Construction, County Council, COVID-19, Development, Education & Culture, Enrollment, Esther Wells Tweets, Government, Incident Response, Live Stream, Local Government, MCPS, Mental health, Montgomery College, Public Safety, Restorative Justice, School, Superintendent, Taxes, Youth Sports

On Tuesday 5/2/2023, there was a virtual forum hosted by MCPS and featuring Dr. McKnight, Councilmember Jawando, Dr. Williams and BOE member Silvestre. Esther Wells live tweeted the meeting and her tweets have been cataloged into the piece below with some minor edits for clarity. Q: Budgets are in, whatContinue Reading

In: CEOs, Community Feedback, Community Reports, County Council, County Executive, Demographics, Drugs and Alcohol, Education & Culture, Government, Incident Response, Local Government, MCPS, Policing, Public Safety, Research, Restorative Justice, Safety, School, SROs

By Dana Noga Background We recently wrote about the Community Engagement Officer (CEO) program and Discipline report being in the spotlight at County Council committee meetings. This piece is a follow up to that which will cover CEO the portion of the meeting. You can view the entire meeting here.Continue Reading