In: County Council, District Court, Lawsuits, Local Government, Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Parks and Planning, Planning Board

March 13, 2024 In September 2023, the Montgomery County Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found misconduct of one of the County Council employees. The letter from the OIG stated that $11,490 of reservation fees were obtained and never paid for: “The investigation revealed that in 2022 and 2023, theContinue Reading

In: Administrators, BOE, Community Feedback, Community Interviews, County Council, Education & Culture, MCPS, Superintendent

February 13, 2024 – Employee that allegedly hindered OIG’s Investigation and was allegedly a key source of cronyism and retaliation in MCPS is back from Administrative Leave Update 2/13/24 11:30pm – This article was updated to correct the title (and subsequent details) which was originally written as “Chief of DistrictwideContinue Reading

In: Budget, County Council, County Executive, Government, Information, Local Government

Background A lot has been made of the Montgomery County budget recommended by County Executive Elrich. Including our previous piece on it here discussing the lack of accountability and declining services. There has also been a lot of back and forth between the County Council, County Exec, residents and theContinue Reading

In: 2022 Elections, Community Feedback, Election Results, Elections, Esther Wells Tweets, Government, Local Government, Maryland, MCDCC

This article is based on the live tweets from Esther Wells with permission and some parts are paraphrased or incomplete based on that limitation. The forum took place tonight 12/21/2022. District 14 Vacancy Governor Elect Wes Moore selected Eric Luedtke to join his inner circle as his chief legislative affairsContinue Reading

In: Campaign Contributions, County Charter, County Council, County Executive, Government, Information, Local Government, Maryland, Planning Board, Taxes

Background Info The County Council is set to interview finalists today for the 5 empty Montgomery County Planning Board spots after all 5 members resigned. Here is the full County Council Staff Report which includes everyone’s resume. Here is some basic information via Montgomery Perspective about each finalist. Some haveContinue Reading

In: County Council, Ethics, Government, Local Government, Maryland, MCEA negotiations, MCPS, Parks and Planning, Planning Board, School, Superintendent

MOCO Roundup Since so much is going on in the County, I’ve decided to do what I hope will be weekly roundups of all the most important going ons across all local government. The election is coming up and we will have some coverage on that separately – this willContinue Reading