REGISTER HERE

Dennis Melby, Chairman

Party Headquarters are upstairs at 15833 Crabbs Branch Way in Rockville. 301-417-9256 VM  

February 4, 2026

Joseline Peña-Melnyk, Esq., House Speaker Maryland State House

100 State Circle

Annapolis, MD 21401

Madame Speaker,

I write today to share with you that while I do not take personal offense at your mistreatment of me on the floor yesterday, I do take offense on behalf of the more than 43,000 residents of Maryland whose voices I speak for.

As I was speaking on third reader about ICE Detention Centers on a bill about ICE and immigration, you repeatedly cut me off claiming I was not “on the bill.” ICE Detention is absolutely germane to the debate on HB444, albeit clearly embarrassing for Democrat House members, as they are solely responsible for those conditions due to 2021’s Dignity Not Detention bill.

The Republican Party through its elected board, the Montgomery County Republican Central Committee (MCGOP) is currently recruiting qualified applicants to fill  Committee vacancies for Legislative District (LD) 14 (Burtonsville), LD 15 (Potomac), LD 18 (Kensington), LD 19 (Gaithersburg), and LD 20 (Silver Spring). Eligible individuals must be registered Republican voters who reside in the appropriate area. You may check to confirm your LD by Clicking Here.

If interested in applying, please submit your letter of interest and political/professional resume to the MCGOP’s Party Secretary Lori Jaffe ([email protected]) NO LATER than 5 PM February 9, 2026.  Interviews will be scheduled at a later date.

Following interviews, if nominated to fill this vacancy the full MCGOP Central Committee will vote to consider the nomination at a date to be determined. If elected to serve, member volunteers are to be active participants in all MCGOP efforts: attend regular meetings, promote the election of Republican candidates, organize, and operate effective political organizations in your Legislative District, engage in fund-raising activities and build grass-roots political support within Montgomery County. You would fill the remainder of this term ending in November 2026. It is fun, challenging, yet rewarding work.

MCGOP reserves the right to not interview applicants as well as to keep vacancies unfilled.

Thanks to those who sent feedback! Here are some comments that we received last week: 

________________

Reardon "Sully" Sullivan, candidate for County Council - District 1

I’m paying close attention to the public debate surrounding Superintendent Taylor’s proposed closure of Wootton High School. This matter warrants open and intellectually honest discussion within the public forum. I respect Council Members Yamil Hernandez, Adam Van Grack, and others who have shared their perspectives in a professional and thoughtful manner.

At the highest level, the mission of Montgomery County Public Schools should be the education of our children. That mission should not be subordinated to large-scale bussing initiatives intended to engineer social diversity, as referenced in Superintendent Taylor’s Boundary Study introduction video (see the 2:10 mark) HERE

  News & Opinions

_______________

Divided County Council reaffirms annual bond limit for capital projects | Bethesda Today | Ceoli Jacoby | February 4, 2026, 6:45 pm

Moore’s latest argument for redistricting? Combating ‘political redlining’ | The Baltimore Banner | Pamela Wood, Lee O. Sanderlin and Greg Morton | February 4, 2026, 5:30 am

The Media’s Double Standard Toward Obama and Trump on Deportations | The Daily Signal | Larry Elder | February 5, 2026

By Dennis Brent Melby

They were all dead. Left locked in the back of a semi trailer in the hot southern California desert. The cartel smugglers had fled days before, they'd already gotten their money and decided it wasn't worth getting caught by the border patrol because of a broken down truck. The ICE agents unlocked the truck to see the carnage, the misery and the death from the 120 degree heat, folks had clawed each other trying to get just one more breath of air. The agents started to remove the corpses, most agents were Hispanic, and the folks looked a lot like them, good guys and bad guys come in all colors.

Homan spied a 6 year old boy in the back. He froze "take everyone out - leave the boy" he said. When the men were out he went in and gingerly picked up the little boy. "He reminds me of my son" he said, gently carried him out and sat with him a while. Tom Homan is a crusty guy. Doesn’t smile a lot and is serious most of the time.

When he was with me in Gaithersburg the end of last year he teared up when talking about this particular rescue. He made us all cry, no one deserves to be treated in such a horrible fashion, and he vowed to protect the victims of the cartels. He also vowed to protect the American victims facing the onslaught of gang members, released prisoners, mental inmates, traffickers and violent criminals being sent to America because of our open borders. 

President Trump named him “Border Czar”, Kamala Harris' old position. Alejandro Mayorkis said the border is secure...it was not. It is now. NOT ONE person comes into the US illegally now. Kids, women and most immigrants will be safer because of it.

TODAY'S GROUDHOG DAY - MORE WINTER?