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September 23, 2025 – AI-assisted article based on YouTube transcript of Montgomery County Council meeting from Sep 15, 2025 – Joint TE/ECON Committee Hearing “Wild West” or Community Asset? The Montgomery County Council’s joint Transportation & Environment (TE) and Economic Development (ECON) Committee convened on September 15, 2025, to reviewContinue Reading

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9/2/2025 – By Glenn Fellman. Originally posted by The Montgonion as part of their expanding non-satire news coverage. From the U.S. Senate Chamber in Washington, DC to the Town Council meeting room in Kensington, officials elected by Montgomery County citizens represent their constituents in matters large and small. Not onlyContinue Reading

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July 22, 2025 – By Javier Rivas Ongoing M-83 Highway Debate Divides MoCo Residents For over 60 years, the Midcounty Highway Extended (M-83) has been an issue for the planning of maps in Montgomery County. The proposed 8.7-mile highway envisioned to connect Clarksburg with Gaithersburg, running parallel to Route 355,Continue Reading

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July 1, 2025 By Justin Linn Montgomery County is moving forward with a ban on gas-powered leaf blowers, citing strong environmental and public health benefits. While the primary goal of the ban is to reduce disruptive noise for residents and workers, county officials emphasize that the policy also brings majorContinue Reading

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April 22, 2025 – 9:15pm Council member Evan Glass sent the following statement to Moderately MOCO when asked about the proposed 3.5 cent property tax increase: “Over the last few weeks I have heard from residents across Montgomery County who have expressed their thoughts about the county executive’s 3.5 centContinue Reading

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October 30, 2024 I attended the October 29 meeting at Clarksburg High School about the possibility of M83 being removed from the master plan (hosted by Montgomery Planning). I live tweeted the first hour and a half of presentation and Q&A sessions until the questions began to get a bitContinue Reading

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September 27, 2024 – By Robert Passovoy To submit an opinion piece for consideration, contact us here. This Op. Ed. Is in response to the Attainable Housing Strategies Initiative that is being pushed by the Montgomery County Council in the attempt to address the problem of housing shortages in theContinue Reading

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June 9, 2024 Today during the June 9th County Council meeting, they confirmed Corey Smedley as the new Fire Chief of the Montgomery County Fire & Rescue. He was the County Executive’s nominee for the positions and has over 33 years of public safety experience. “Chief Smedley served as fire/EMSContinue Reading

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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

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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