By Dennis Melby

It’s Sunday morning, I’m enjoying my coffee and reading the paper – so of course my blood pressure’s getting high. Through all the left-wing slant of The Washington Post I see a little story about the presidential campaign. Holy Cow I swear, it’s over in 99 days!

Yes, Democracy Dies in Darkness is talking about how good it is that the candidate who didn’t get one vote in her name in the Primary is poised to be nominated for President in Chicago. Mayor Daley (the first) would be rolling over in his grave. Jeff Bezos wants his money back.

Mayor Daley’s town – which never had a whiff of political chicanery – follows through again with the will of the people. Even Jussie Smollett couldn’t think this one up!

Apparently our members, great Republicans, non-affiliated and even some Democrats are amused, perplexed, outraged and committed to getting a better candidate in the Oval Office for the next four years.

Thanks for stepping up. Yes, SO MANY volunteers every day are coming over. We need you too.  Click the volunteer button at the bottom of this newsletter – our Party Secretary will get back to you and get you involved with a campaign or two.  If you’d prefer, send me a note at [email protected] and we’ll see what you can do on the Federal, State and local level to help to turn things around.

By Lori Jaffe

Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, who has been his own worst enemy, spends a lot of his time talking about (0:17) climate change, (9:10) gardening, and preventing (7:01) house parties. Even library cards have not escaped his attention. But families care about kids (education), cops (safety), and jobs (full-time gainful employment). Given all his talk about working to improve Montgomery County, we must ask, “Where’s the Beef?” Tell your neighbors that they will get their chance in November to limit him to two terms.

Message to Maryland folks July 29^th, 2024, Prepared by Peter Huessy, President of Geo-Strategic Analysis of Potomac, Maryland

This week’s report will highlight to issues: what is the reason for the increase in the homeless population, especially in California, which has spent  $5.6 billion to deal with homelessness in the past three years. This essay from the Epoch Times is lengthy, but the issue is complex and the Times does an excellent job helping the reader understand things. In the early 1960’s the US government decided that mental illness was something that could be dealt with through outpatient medical treatment, especially with drugs. Deinstitutionalization became the watchword, pushed by Harvard University.

State Mental Hospitals were promised first by President Kennedy and then President Johnson that their costs would be dramatically reduced as these mental institutions, many of them in appalling shape, could be closed. Thousands of beds were destroyed. We substituted the streets for metal hospitals, and with the climb in illicit drug availability, addiction and homelessness rates increased. This is the story of Lancaster California, a desert community where the average rent is $2595 a month. Its only $4595 in Los Angeles.

By Elizabeth Ohmen. 

It has been a wild few weeks, politically speaking!

We have a revitalized Republican Party strongly behind Donald Trump, and a lying and desperate Democrat Party and media selling yesterday's garbage (the awful Vice President Harris) as tonight's delicious dinner

This should be quite a show! 

So, I was at my local grocery the other evening, and a young man was my cashier. We chatted about the price of groceries, and there was a joke about how we could all use an extra 10 bucks right about now.  I said, "I hope that you are voting on the right side of sanity, for people who will get more money back into your wallet."  Right away, he said that he saw right through Kamala. (Yay!) But I was saddened to hear he felt that his vote would be a lost cause if he could even decide who to vote for. He seemed dedicated to his belief that it was all for naught. To my surprise, he believed that Trump was not supported by most Hispanics. I stayed an extra minute, (no one was behind me in line) giving him my best reasoning to venture outside of his closed mind. I like to think that I started the wheels turning in his brain.

The Montgomery County Board of Elections is promoting National Poll Worker Recruitment Day on Thursday, August 1, 2024. It’s a National Day of Action established by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to encourage people to help America vote by signing up to be a poll worker and serve their community. By encouraging people to become poll workers in their communities, the Board of Elections aims to inspire civic engagement, strengthen our democracy, and to ensure that elections are free and fair.

Laurie Halverson and Robin Ficker testified before the Montgomery County Council

Most of the Montgomery County Council respected the will of the people last week and took two momentous steps.

1. By a tight vote they decided not to make it easier to raise taxes. They voted 6 to 5 not to override previous ballot initiatives with a new charter amendment making it easier to raise property taxes.
2. They honored the 15,000 county citizens who this month petitioned to limit the County Executive to two consecutive terms, and let the voters decide in November.

As we said before, the previous Council hearing was well run and allowed everyone to speak. Members were attentive and respectful, a welcome change from previous Councils. Do we call out the Council when they do things detrimental to our citizens best interest? You bet. So let's take a moment to praise them when they do the right thing.

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What else happens in July? Well, if you're a homeowner you get your property tax bill. If you're one of the 1/3 of county households reassessed this year Bidenflation has caused your estimated value to go through the roof. In addition your all-Democrat County Council has raised your property tax. Get ready to happily pay the piper.

Oh, you're a renter? Yep, the property owner gets the notice too.

• Do you think she'll just absorb it and pay more to the government without raising your rent at some point?
• Do you think Trump likes being criticized?
• Do you think Biden secretly teaches MENSA classes?

We didn't think so either.

Other nations are watching us.

Last week started with an assassination attempt on the former President. Mid-week he was nominated to return to the White House by an overwhelmingly enthusiastic Republican Party. The end of the week saw the sitting President issue a written statement on social media that he was quitting the Presidential contest.

Other nations are watching us. Not all are our friends.

Here, national politics is local. Many of the folks who run the White House, Congress and the federal agencies live in Montgomery County, with their spouses and families. They’ve been lying to us. Our President, they said, was fit as a fiddle and behind closed doors he could run rings around anyone – sharp as a tack and hard to keep up with. They were lying to us.

When our honorable Congressman Jamie Raskin is fully behind you, you obviously really have to worry. And with a great friend like Nancy Pelosi in your corner you really should not turn your back.