November 20, 2024 Featured image of Crown High School under construction by MyDrone.pro on 11/11/2024 There have been a few meetings regarding the upcoming MCPS Boundary Studies and also the budget as it related to the CIP (Capital Improvements Plan) which has major impacts on timing and considerations for theContinue Reading

September 5, 2024 Moderately MOCO is cosponsoring a virtual Montgomery county board of education candidate forum on September 19 at 7 PM! After the success of our in person forum before the primary, we are teaming up with several other cohosts to put on a virtual forum that will beContinue Reading

July 29, 2024 Today the Montgomery County Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi announced a new memorandum related to MCPS mismanagement of the electric bus contract “detailing the results of an OIG Investigation into the Montgomery County Public Schools’ (MCPS) management of a contract valued at over $160 million to procureContinue Reading

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

Increased volume and excessive speed are contributing to dangerous areas along Falls Chapel Way. Despite pleas to the Montgomery County Department of Transportation, residents have thus far been unsuccessful in getting a stop sign placed at a busy four-way intersection in a residential area. Falls Chapel Way is an extensionContinue Reading