Sprawling Towards Montgomery

• Dear Leader is the people's inspiration...

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  Posted: September 30, 2008, 7:44pm EDT
  

• His heart is in the right place...

  ...but his head is not.
  
  
  
  Kudos to my son who knows how to do this stuff! [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2008, 7:45pm EDT
  

• I'm with Lynette...

  Lynette Long of Bethesda, a Democrat, will vote for McCain-Palin. So will I.
  
  I tried. I really tried to like Barry. I put aside the hard feelings from witnessing the Obama camp and the media's despicable and sexist treatment of Hillary this past spring. I can't stand to [...]
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  Posted: September 14, 2008, 11:21pm EDT
  

• I'm not dead yet...

  ...Just resting my eyes and laying real still. I'm a little exhausted with politics for the moment, having spent a good part of the year in the losing corner.
  
  Next week, the spouse, kids (and 1 significant other!) I will be gathering strength at the lake. And yes, [...]
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  Posted: July 10, 2008, 8:22pm EDT
  

• Repubs turn repugnant�

  The republican corpse in moco emitted a foul stench yesterday. Instead of taking the opportunity to come off as reasonable in the face of the all-dem council’s dalliance with male crossdressers and womens’ lockerooms, the repubs came off as whacked in the head social extremists.
  
  According to [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2007, 9:21am EST
  

• Rolling down a river...

  The Rollingwood community was just told once again to take a hike. Former Mayor of Garrett Park Floreen and former Takoma Park town councilman Elrich, joined the majority of the county council this morning in slamming the door... oops, I mean, sending the matter of municipal incorporation to further study [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2007, 10:47am EDT
  

• Fricked over...

  ...is how some are feeling following the central committee's selection of Bill Frick to fill out Marilyn Goldwater's term in the General Assembly. Bill's a nice enough guy, and will be a team player. And that's exactly how Senator Brian Frosh wants it.
  
  The also rans [...]
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  Posted: September 15, 2007, 2:12pm EDT
  by Montgomery Slacker

• Bye-bye, Miss American Pie

  Number of comments: 1
  Bloom County spent much of its run lampooning conservative Christianity - without censorship. Now in the 21st century, American newspapers have censored Bloom County's sucessor, Opus for lampooning conservative Islam - twice. So much for the progressive values we hold so dear. [...]
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  Posted: September 02, 2007, 7:52pm EDT
  by Montgomery Slacker

• Eaten alive...

  Number of comments: 1
  Well, my relaxing Saturday morning weeding the flower beds went terribly wrong. In what could have been a scene from a horror movie, I was litterally eaten alive by Asian Tiger Mosquitos. Today I count seven mosquito bites on my ankles, arms, neck and ears.
  
  The Asian [...]
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  Posted: July 16, 2007, 2:16pm EDT
  by Montgomery Slacker

• Backing out of tight spot...

  At the urging of Valerie Ervin and Ike Leggett, the council is backing away from its poorly thought out approval of increased fees and Saturday hours for meters in Bethesda, Silver Spring, and Wheaton parking lots.
  
  The likely action comes after Silver Spring and Wheaton businesses learned [...]
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  Posted: July 12, 2007, 10:23am EDT
  by Montgomery Slacker

• Not a good list to be on…

  Business must be heating for the many people who are just discovering their cell phone numbers on the list of numbers released by the DC Madam yesterday. What's surprising is how many realtors are on the list, including a Bethesda realtor I know.
  
  I've decided not [...]
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  Posted: July 10, 2007, 11:08am EDT
  by Montgomery Slacker

• shootout!...

  Number of comments: 1
  There was gunplay yesterday between security guards at the main gate of Walter Reed. Coming soon to a neighborhood near you!
  
  I don’t know whether to be more alarmed at the incident, or that federal security agents can fire ten aimed rounds and not hit anything… [...]
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  Posted: June 21, 2007, 7:34am EDT
  by Montgomery Slacker

• greens divided...

  I was browsing through the council’s press releases over the weekend (I know – get a life) and chanced across a disagreement back in april between roger berliner and marc elrich. The point of contention was a developer’s innovative proposal to provide legally mandated green space.
  
  The Bethesda [...]
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  Posted: June 18, 2007, 11:44am EDT
  by Montgomery Slacker

• Party of Love...

  A fellow democrat has had a lot to say on my blog recently about our party’s elected officials. Here are a few of my favorite quotes from her posts…
  
  On the District 16 Delegation…
  
  

  “How are things ever going to change if people like you defend the noblesse [...]

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  Posted: June 14, 2007, 2:57pm EDT
  by Montgomery Slacker

• I love you man...

  Hey Dan, thanks for reading!... [...]
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  Posted: June 13, 2007, 10:06pm EDT
  by Montgomery Slacker

• Dear "Lefty"…

  Number of comments: 2
  I’m sorry I let you down. I could try harder to satisfy you, but I doubt that’s possible, so I won’t. But you asked me about my take on the substance of Ms. Oldak's column, and that question merits an answer. I may also have some questions for [...]
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  Posted: June 13, 2007, 4:42pm EDT
  by Montgomery Slacker

• Friendly fire…

  The anti-second crossing lobby in on a hair trigger these days, taking the whacking stick to Ike for openly stating what is the lay of the land.
  
  “No one disagrees that we should have another crossing. The question is the location,” are the offensive words uttered on WTOP.
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  Posted: June 13, 2007, 2:53pm EDT
  by Montgomery Slacker

• O’Malley comes of age…

  There’s one race we all lose. The race against entropy.
  
  Montgomery County’s own Martin O’Malley has learned that the hard way, suffering stress fractures to his right shin while running on a treadmill.
  
  I’ve always known Martin to be the “nice boy” who in [...]
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  Posted: June 12, 2007, 9:50am EDT
  by Montgomery Slacker

• A gentleman passes...

  Gilbert Gude, US Congressman for montgomery county from 1967-1977, has passed away. A consummate gentleman, Congressman Gude was a throwback to a time when Montgomery County voted for candidates based on their positions and record, and not blind faith in the party ticket.
  
  At this point, I must [...]
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  Posted: June 09, 2007, 9:50am EDT
  by Montgomery Slacker

• On the record and off the leash…

  Number of comments: 7
  Council aide Reggie Oldak has stepped out of the shadow of her boss, Councilmember Roger Berliner, to opine about a recent column written by dem curmudgeon Blair Lee.
  
  The dem establishment is rarely happy when one of their own fails to drink the kool [...]
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  Posted: June 07, 2007, 10:34am EDT
  by Montgomery Slacker

• They're feeling better...

  After an unexplained absence, Neighbors for a Better Montgomery is back on line. Now that they've paid their bills, maybe they can get around to updating their content.
  
  Question is, how do we know its truly NeighborsPAC still running the website. Hmm?... [...]
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  Posted: May 23, 2007, 7:55pm EDT
  by Montgomery Slacker

• I'm swamped...

  Kid home from college... lots of laundry... [...]
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  Posted: May 23, 2007, 10:22am EDT
  by Montgomery Slacker

• Support our schools... speed...

  Number of comments: 1
  An excellent idea from Ike, to use money from speeding cameras to improve pedestrian safety at public schools. I may not like the cameras but I'll feel better when I get a ticket if I know where the money will go.
  
  I was equally impressed by Ike's statements [...]
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  Posted: May 22, 2007, 2:40pm EDT
  by Montgomery Slacker

• Here doggy doggy...

  I thought there was something oddly familiar about Councilmember Roger Berliner’s Spring newsletter, appropriately entitled "The Berliner Brief". Turns out, the header is the same graphic used in his campaign literature and press releases. In fact, the photo of roger and pooch also appeared prominently on his campaign [...]
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  Posted: May 22, 2007, 2:13pm EDT
  by Montgomery Slacker

• Catfight!…

  Okay, I’ve gotten myself in hot water with MidCoMaven over at MoCoPolitics by suggesting that Drew Powell is a grenade lobber.
  
  I’ve gotten her to admit that her statement that “NeighborsPAC is the absolute definition of leadership” may need qualification and that “the Teachers Union were a far [...]
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  Posted: May 21, 2007, 5:07pm EDT
  by Montgomery Slacker

• What's in a name?...

  Number of comments: 1
  The bash and build industry is playing it soft these days. They’ve created a front group called “Renewing Montgomery” to assure the natives that they mean them no harm. Aside from the fancy web page, the McMansioneers are also reaching out to homeowners associations.
  
  At least one civic [...]
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  Posted: May 21, 2007, 8:53am EDT
  by Montgomery Slacker

• You wouldn’t like me when I’m offended…

  I know, its old news. But while I was out, Dan at “just up the pike” had a run in with Duchy Trachtenberg after blogging that a call to her office was not returned. This is Dan’s account of what happened.
  
  

  …Trachtenberg was not amused. "I take this [...]

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  Posted: May 18, 2007, 3:59pm EDT
  by Montgomery Slacker

• Like the new site design?...

  My new found peace with development has given me the inspiration to pave over the green wedges that were taking up space on the old design.
  
  Ah, progress... [...]
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  Posted: May 18, 2007, 1:48pm EDT
  by Montgomery Slacker

• how I learned to stop worrying and love development...

  Now that the big housing boom has gone bust, the county council is considering a policy that raises the fees big development pays to further clog our roads and schools. The policy will also boost the taxes paid by new homebuyers.
  
  Some may remember the council failed [...]
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  Posted: May 18, 2007, 10:36am EDT
  by Montgomery Slacker

• Leading from the rear...

  Instead of tackling the looming budget crunch or the traffic crunch, our friends on the county council have decided to take on nestlé crunch.
  
  Today's Post points out how confusing and perhaps unenforceable the new feel good measure is.
  
  Having seen [...]
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  Posted: May 17, 2007, 1:29pm EDT
  by montgomery slacker

• NeighborsPAC punked?...

  The website for the once mighty NeighborsPAC is down, apparently for failing to pay their web hosting fees. If "Big Development" was just devious enough, they'd already have placed a bid on the domain name.
  
  Maybe NeighborsPAC could use a corporate sponsor... [...]
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  Posted: May 17, 2007, 12:07pm EDT
  by montgomery slacker

• Ike remembers his friends...

  Its good to be a FOI (Friend of Ike) these days. After proposing a whopping 7.5% pay raise for the county employees' union (4% "general wage adjustment" + 3.5% "increment"), Ike was recently seen dabbling in small town elections by standing alongside former NeighborsPAC director Drew Powell as [...]
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  Posted: May 17, 2007, 11:39am EDT
  by montgomery slacker

• Sorry, I've been away...

  After a lovely stay in a nearby state capital, and a well-deserved vacation, I'm back. I hope to crank up the posts in the coming days... [...]
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  Posted: May 14, 2007, 1:03pm EDT
  by montgomery slacker

• Ike takes care of Mike...

  Former councilman Mike Subin is heading to an $86,000-a-year part-time position as the head of the county’s criminal justice coordinating committee. You might have missed the news unless you read down to the last paragraph of this article…
  
  No word yet on what this means for Mike’s day [...]
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  Posted: March 23, 2007, 1:11pm EDT
  by montgomery slacker

• One thing's for sure, we're all gonna be a lot thinner…

  Duchy goes after trans fats...
  
  When I first read the headlines, I thought the long-awaited payback to Steve Abrams had begun… [...]
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  Posted: March 22, 2007, 6:06pm EDT
  by montgomery slacker

• Blasphemers!...

  ...buuurrrnnnn them! [...]
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  Posted: March 10, 2007, 11:50pm EST
  by montgomery slacker

• Ego tripping…

  Ladies and gents, we have a bonifide celebrity in our midst. Hans Reimer has an entry on Wikipedia...
  
  Just think, all that fame earned him "nearly 40% of the vote against a popular and established oponnent."
  
  With the exception of Ike Leggett, a search of Wikipedia [...]
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  Posted: March 09, 2007, 9:00am EST
  by montgomery slacker

• O’Malley fulfills a campaign pledge…

  …and puts the breaks on the purple line. The delay no doubt will be used to beef up ridership numbers for the red line extension and corridor cities transitway, which together would cost less, serve more people who currently commute by car, and destroy fewer trees than the proposed [...]
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  Posted: March 08, 2007, 11:55am EST
  by montgomery slacker

• State house wannabes don’t fade away…

  ...they end working at the County Council.
  
  Duchy Trachtenberg (D, at-large) has hired Dana Beyer, former candidate for Delegate in District 18. Up until 2003, Dr. Beyer lived her life as a man named Wayne, according to a Post article that ran before the primary. Dr. Beyer [...]
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  Posted: March 07, 2007, 10:27am EST
  by montgomery slacker

• Are you people nuts?!…

  I just got back from driving to the library to return a few books. Its a 2 miles round trip. Along the way there and back again I experienced six near-death events.
  
  Please, please, please people, if you drive stupid when water falls from sky, please stay [...]
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  Posted: February 13, 2007, 3:03pm EST
  by montgomery slacker

• Leopards and spots…

  Maybe I was wrong about Roger. Apparently, he has taken interest in the McMansion phenom and on Wednesday toured a few monster homes.
  
  This may come as a shock for anyone not paying attention during the last campaign when Roger benefited from the largest direct contribution from [...]
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  Posted: February 09, 2007, 12:10pm EST
  by montgomery slacker

• History, revised?...

  I've been told a link in the entry below on Lisa Nowak is dead. The link was to a tribute to Lisa Nowak, entered into the House record by Congressman Chris Van Hollen. I double checked and sure enough the linked article and any mention of it, has [...]
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  Posted: February 09, 2007, 10:05am EST
  by montgomery slacker

• I’m free… free!…

  …of the Comcast pig. After 3 rate increases in one year, my brave spouse ordered Verizon FiosTV and it was installed yesterday.
  
  It’s got 150 channels of digital TV, music, and on demand programming. Even with the TV set boxes, it’s cheaper than the non-digital flavor of [...]
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  Posted: February 08, 2007, 3:41pm EST
  by montgomery slacker

• It's true love...

  Between County Councilman Roger Berliner and his wife, Susan Dillon.
  
  So says Dillon's book, "A True Love Story".
  
  Its actually quite an inspiring book for any couple that has had to go through the anguish of infertility... [...]
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  Posted: February 06, 2007, 11:12am EST
  by montgomery slacker

• Local girl goes bad...

  Uhm... I'm not sure what to make of today's news about astronaut, and Rockville native, Lisa Nowak. We all thought very highly of her. I wonder if Barry Helfand is available now that the Abrams case is winding down...
  
  Update: Whoops! The link to the tribute [...]
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  Posted: February 06, 2007, 11:02am EST
  by montgomery slacker

• Abrams beats the rap...

  Charges are to be dropped in this case of republican on republican violence. Anyone else notice Abrams' attorney is none other than Barry Helfand, who also represented repub Ruth Ann Aron in the chille con muerte case? [...]
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  Posted: February 03, 2007, 2:06pm EST
  by montgomery slacker

• So much for party unity...

  someone's doing a lot of opposition research on Barack Obama, and I don't think its the repubs. Here's my guess... [...]
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  Posted: January 29, 2007, 3:39pm EST
  by montgomery slacker

• I'm shocked...

  ...not! "Moratorium off the table, but developers warned" [...]
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  Posted: January 25, 2007, 9:29am EST
  by montgomery slacker

• I'm back...

  ...Did I miss anything? [...]
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  Posted: January 25, 2007, 9:28am EST
  by montgomery slacker