YOUR FEEDBACK MATTERS!
Thanks to those who sent in feedback! Here is some of the feedback that we received.
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Poll Workers Needed
Did finally get to be a Judge but they do not make it easy. Had to take the test again. Hope I will be assigned to same place as before.
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David Duke or Graham Platner
You are a "tonic" in this sad county!
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Dennis, As you most likely know just as I do, the Devilcraps will elect whomever HATES President Trump the most and their agenda/policies are in furtherance of Obama’s “fundamental transformation” of America from a Democratic Republic into a Totalitarian Oligarchy.
Americans better wake up NOW!
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Read moreMelby Minute 06-15-26
Since Bethesda Today won't publish my Letter to the Editor, I'm sharing it with you here.
Dear Bethesda Today:
Now let me say clearly - as both the present Chairman of the Republican Central committee, and the former President of the Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors (GCAAR) I’d be thrilled if they sent out a team of well dressed canvassers, a press release, a mailing, a Weather balloon, a TV ad, or even a TikTok video telling which MoCo Republicans to vote for. Wouldn't embarrass us at all.
That’s not only their right but their duty and I’m all for it, don’t ask permission, what’s the old Nike ad? JUST DO IT!
We have great candidates, we have a great team, and come November we'll finally have a place at the table. I KNOW IT.
DENNIS MELBY
Chairman
Republican Party of Montgomery County Maryland
What are you thoughts? Tell me at [email protected]
Early Voting
Republican volunteers spanned the county during early voting, from Gaithersburg to Burtonsville to Bethesda to Potomac. Turnout was low for Republicans, the weather was hot hot hot. We thank the souls who braved the heat. Mail in, Early Voting and Election Day will complete the cycle. (And of course since it's Maryland we may know results within a week.)
Crime Reports
Crime Reports
MCPD News Releases including Missing Children Reports
Father and Daughter Arrested for Silver Spring Stabbing | June 12, 2026
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Six girls stopped for thefts at Bethesda Lululemon, CVS | DC News Now | Makea Luzader | June 5, 2026, 4:59 pm
News & Opinions
News & Opinions
MCPS 2023 Tax Hike Debunked | Montgomery County Republican Party | June 2026
Budget Bedlam: Top Stories, May 2026 | Montgomery Perspective | Adam Pagnucco |June 9, 2026
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Structural Deficit Explained | EPIC of MoCo | Video 05-15-2026
1st District Candidate Reardon Sullivan Looks To Make Council More Efficient | Patch | Gaby Arancibia |June 10, 2026
Vehicle capacity reduced by 33% overnight on Wisconsin Ave. in Bethesda with bus lanes | Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row | Robert Dyer | June 4, 2026, 6:46 am
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Maryland elections board OKs counting original ballots if party matches, only vote | Fox 45 News | Jeff Abell | June 9, 2026, 10:18 pm Updated June 9, 2026, 10:53 pm
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Mississippi Proves that More Money Won't Fix Our Schools | American Thinker | Douglas Carswell | June 9, 2026
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County Executive Marc Elrich has proposed another round of tax and fee increases in Montgomery County. In addition to higher property tax rates and rising property assessments, the proposal includes increases to the County piggyback tax, transportation tax, electric vehicle charging tax, solid waste tax, water quality tax, and more.
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FROM THE COMMITTEE TO CONTROL MOCO SPENDING
David Duke or Graham Platner
By Dennis Brent Melby
Who you support tells a lot about you. Why you support them tells even more.
WHO YOU SUPPORT MATTERS
If you don't remember David Duke let me refresh your memory. Duke fancied himself a leader of the Ku Klux Klan - a white southern group founded by the Democrats after the Civil War and more recently funded clandestinely by the SPLC (The Southern Poverty Law Center) as a way to increase donations to the SPLC coffers. He ran in Louisiana as a Republican for Governor and the US Senate - but even though he was a registered Republican, he was an extremist and a racist.
He had also been a Democrat and a Nazi. The Republican Party, headed by George Bush, unequivocally disavowed him and told people not to vote for him. And it worked, he lost. That is what you should do - disavow extremists.
Fast forward to 2026, Graham Platner is running for US Senator from Maine - setting up a race between an extremist left wing Democrat and a very liberal Republican incumbent, Susan Collins. To say she doesn't want President Trump to campaign for her is un understatement! She represents her state passionately, and votes her conscience 100%. Yet because of the R behind her name, she's vulnerable. Democrats are falling all over themselves to endorse and campaign for Platner, a candidate with a Nazi SS death squad tattoo, numerous allegations of womanizing and abusive relationships, demeaning comments about folks in the military, and too many questionable statements to catalog. He's ahead in the polls.
Yes, I'm comfortable being with the party that disavowed Duke. I'm amazed that Democrats backing Platner is even an option...but it is. Democrat Party leaders say, "We just need someone to oppose the President on everything all the time." Surely the Democrats can do better. The Party of Believe All Women has a real problem putting words into action.
Remembering Anne Frank
Born June 12 1929 – Died February or March 1945
October 10, 1942, excerpt from Anne Frank's diary(Photo)
Excerpt from Anne Frank's diary for the date October 10, 1942: "This is a photograph of me as I wish I looked all the time. Then I might still have a chance of getting to Hollywood. But now I am afraid I usually look quite different." Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Credits: Anne Frank Stichting (Anne Frank House)