June 6, 2018
Why not save precious land and build our new schools up, not out? Why not co-locate schools next to our many parks, sharing the play space?
Montgomery County health officials, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health and the Virginia Department of Health, are investigating a confirmed case of measles and advising individuals who may have been exposed to monitor for any potential symptoms. While most individuals in the United States are vaccinated against measles, exposure poses potential risk to those who have not been vaccinated.
The individual contracted measles outside of the United States; developed symptoms here; received a confirmed diagnosis May 23; and is currently under medical care. Listed below are the dates, times and locations of the potential exposures associated with the individual diagnosed with measles:
With almost 1,200 total votes, the four winners of our poll were Gabe Albornoz (top left in our photo, 127 votes), Steve Solomon (top right in our photo, 96 votes), Danielle Meitiv (bottom left in our photo, 93 votes), and Shruti Bhatnagar (bottom right in our photo, 91 votes). Other top-vote getters included Will Jawando (89 votes), Jill Ortman-Fouse (74 votes), Marilyn Balcombe (68 votes), Evan Glass (62 votes), Hoan Dang (61 votes), and incumbent Hans Riemer (57 votes). Full mock election results can be found here: www.mocoshow.com/blog/moco-mock-election-county-council-at-large
This was not a scientific poll, as the poll was available to any person of any age (in order to vote in Montgomery County elections you must be a resident of the county and at least 18 years of age).
The 33 Democrats will be running in the primary on June 26th to narrow it down to four candidates from each party.
In this poll you will have to opportunity to vote for the four candidates you would like to see elected. The Poll will run from 11:30am on Thursday, 4/26/18 until 11:30AM on Monday, 4/30/18.
Mayor and Council Approve Voting by Mail for City Elections
Rockville, Maryland, April 10 – Rockville residents will have the option of voting by mail during Mayor and Council elections under a process approved unanimously Monday by the Mayor and Council.
While there’s a lot of campaigning left to do, I decided to put together a panel of six people that are pretty involved in the happenings within our county so that we can figure out which candidates may be leading this race a few months before the primaries.
Our panel consists of the following people (top left to right in the photo, then bottom left to right):
This comes on the heels of over 1,000 MCPS students walking out of school this past Wednesday to attend a gun control rally on Capitol Hill.
The event is limited to high school students in Montgomery County and will take place at the Blair High School auditorium.
Ortman-Fouse has also endorsed the man that was running against her, John Robertson.
Here’s her Facebook post from earlier today:
Silver Chips, the school paper, tweeted the message above stating that students will walk out at 9:30am, march down Colesville Rd. to Silver Spring Metro Station, and take the metro to Union Station in protest of fun violence and in support of gun control.
I am told that a walkout off of school campus would pose too great of a security risk to be supported by MCPS. I’m also told that MCPS supports the desire of their students to express their opinions, but that they must ensure they do so in a manner that does not raise any safety or security concerns (e.g. establishing a length of time for the event and directing students towards a location within the school).
His proposal to let voters decide the fate of cannabis legalization would put the issue on the November 2018 ballot. If he fails to make it happen this session, the next opportunity would be the November 2020 ballot.
“Due to the ongoing debate about medical marijuana licensing in Maryland, I would say the odds of advancing a legalization referendum are under 50% right now.” Moon told me. He does, however, feel confident that voters would approve legalization if it was to make it on the ballot.
Alec Ross will be involved in the democratic primary this June along with Rushern Baker (Prince George’s County Executive), Ben Jealous (former NAACP President), Kevin Kamenetz (Baltimore County Executive), Richard Madaleno (State Senator D-Kensington), James Shea (Baltimore attorney), and Krishanti Vignarajah (former Michelle Obama aide).
Verratti, a MoCo native, has never been elected to public office. In the past, she has supported a bill that allows for the refinancing of student loans for Montgomery County residents. She would like to provide incentives for young workers to live in MoCo, as well as encourage businesses to start and grow here.