In: 2022 Elections, County Council, Elections, Government, Local Government, Maryland

Basic Information Republican Party – running for Montgomery County Council District 6 Email info@voteforviet.comWebsite www.VoteForViet.comFacebook www.facebook.com/VoteForVietTwitter www.twitter.com/VoteForViet Questions & Responses (All Candidates) 1 – What lessons learned do you have since the start of the pandemic? Screen time did not equal quality learning. In fact, our children are having to cope with historic learningContinue Reading

In: 2022 Elections, BOE, Elections, Government, Local Government, Maryland, MCPS, School, Virtual

Basic Information Facebook www.facebook.com/Esther4BOE Website https://voteforesther.com/ Twitter https://twitter.com/estherlwells Questions & Responses (All Candidates) 1 – What lessons learned do you have since the start of the pandemic? As a parent of a developmentally disabled 4th grader in MCPS, I have learned that when systems collectively struggle to meet the needs ofContinue Reading

In: 2022 Elections, BOE, Comptroller, County Council, Elections, Government, Governor, Local Government, Maryland, MCPS, Voting

After much research and discussion amongst our team, here is our recommended ballot for the 2022 General election. Note: Everyone can vote for all of the non-partisan BOE positions. For all election information visit the MOCO Board of Elections here or if you have any questions the social media teamContinue Reading

In: 2022 Elections, Board Of Elections, Campaign Contributions, County Council, Elections, Ethics, Government, Local Government, Other news, Parks and Planning, Planning Board, Visuals, Voting

Some new developments in the Casey Anderson story since our last piece on it where Casey Anderson (Montgomery County Planning Board Chair) admitted to and apologized for having a full bar and making drinks and distributing alcohol to groups of people in county offices after hours. Anderson Chairs Meeting RightContinue Reading

In: County Council, County Executive, Government, Local Government, Maryland, Roving Correspondent

Like clockwork, an August press release by Montgomery County, MD government crowed “Montgomery County has maintained its “Triple-A” bond rating for 2022 from the three major Wall Street bond rating agencies.” But there is a glaring difference from the last time Montgomery County politicians put out such a positive spin on localContinue Reading

In: 2022 Elections, BOE, Community Feedback, COVID-19, Election Results, Elections, Ethics, Local Government, Maryland, MCPS, Non Profits, Public Funding, School, STEM

MCPS Ethics Policy You can view the official MCPS and MCPS BOE Ethics Policy here. After reading the ethics policy and hearing that Joftus has said he will recuse himself from these decisions regarding KID Museum, it became clear to that he is following ethics guidelines by the rules. JoftusContinue Reading

In: 2022 Elections, Board Of Elections, Circuit Court, County Council, Election Petitions, Elections, Local Government, Maryland

Paula Bienenfeld’s Campaign Issued Press Release Today Independent Running In order for people to get on the ballot who are not in one of the two primary parties in Maryland they need to collect signatures. This is a very long time consuming process as you need to collect over 1000Continue Reading

In: 2022 Elections, Comptroller, County Council, County Executive, Election Results, Elections, JamesN, Local Government, Maryland, Voting

Introduction If you haven’t seen, after the recount in the Democratic Primary County Executive race, Marc Elrich won by 32 votes. Local map maker twitter user JamesN has given us permission to share his maps showing precinct voting breakdown for several of the Democratic primary races. You can also subscribeContinue Reading

In: Community Feedback, Community Reports, Maryland, Non Profits, Olney Cropdusters, Other news, Public Funding, Roving Correspondent, Sports

What is a Cropduster? I had no idea Olney was getting a semi-pro baseball team this summer until a neighbor and fellow parent of young children brought it up.  “Did you hear about this new Olney semi-pro team.  The Cropdusters?” Nope.  I confessed I had not.  What is a Cropduster? Continue Reading

In: 2022 Elections, Board Of Elections, County Executive, Election Results, Elections, Local Government, Maryland, MoCo Courts, Uncategorized, Voting

Quick Video Summary Of This Post Certified Election Results The election was officially certified on August 13, 2022 as evidenced in the tweet below with Marc Elrich winning by 35 votes. David Blair Requests Recount As reported by Steve Bohnel of Bethesda Beat, here is the requested order of recount:Continue Reading