Meme Du Jour |PureOPELKA | Mike Opelka | May 19, 2025 

The Republican Party wishes former President Biden and his family the best outcome with their recent struggle against cancer. We all know someone who has been visited with this scourge, and they remain in our hearts and prayers.

Reardon “Sully” Sullivan 

MCGOP Chairman

Walk Down Worthington / Massachusetts Ave. with neighbors and Andrew Friedson on April 21

By Ann Telma

The “New Options for Workers” piece of legislation known as “N.O.W.” doesn’t do what it purports to do which is to provide workforce housing for our teachers, fire fighters, and nurses. It disrupts existing neighborhoods, has not been put through the master plan process, and takes into account neither the existing cuts to the federal workforce which might reduce the demand for housing in Montgomery County nor the already approved housing units which have not yet been built, but are already in the pipeline. It’s expensive too because it includes a 20-year tax holiday for developers that some have valued at $2.5 billion!

Greenwood Elementary School serves both the Brookeville and Olney communities and is nestled in a family friendly neighborhood of single-family homes. For someone buying a home in that area, you would think it’s that perfect neighborhood where kids can walk to school or perhaps walk freely around the neighborhood without heightened safety concerns, however something is about to change.

2026 Budget Testimony | Gordie Brenne, Treasurer Montgomery County Taxpayers League | April 7, 2025

Wow, did you ever get the impression that the Maryland Governor and the Montgomery County Executive should copyright the phrase "tax and spend"? Seems like that’s all they want to do.

Even though in Annapolis our Governor inherited a massive surplus, he and the state legislature quickly turned it into a massive deficit. And who to go to pay your debts? Well, me and you, the beleaguered taxpayers. "Just pay your fair share" they say. They’re raising fees, they’re raising taxes, you better nail down your kids' swing set before they take that too!

And in MoCo it’s no different. Our one-party government, led by our one party County Executive (term limited by the way) is proposing YET ANOTHER tax increase, but he’s changed his mind within the last couple of weeks - instead of raising your property tax again he wants to raise your income tax. Remember the old chant "Don’t tax me. Don’t tax thee. Tax the one behind the tree!" Somebody’s got to pay for the outrageous spending MoCo does, and most times its with very little public scrutiny.

Of course we’re fighting it, that’s what we do. Read on in this newsletter about how you can help us. We can't do it alone - we need YOU.

Read on, we are chocked full of activities for May. Check it out. In the meantime let me know what else we have to tackle.

And if I don’t get to see you in person, Happy Mother’s Day! Hope you had a great Mom - I know I did.

Reardon "Sully" Sullivan

2025 MCGOP Chair

Yep, WE LISTEN - what do you think? Write me at [email protected]

By Lori Jaffe

Some of our very own local representatives and organizations have been in the national and local spotlights recently – for all the wrong reasons. Below we have highlighted a few that we think deserve to be in the “MoCo Hall of Shame.”

Members of MCGOP, MCFRW, CCWRC, PWRC, RWRC and UMRWC with MC Police District 3.

John Myrick, 2026 Candidate for Governor of Maryland, has chosen his Lieutenant Governor!

You can meet John Myrick in person at the next MCGOP Breakfast Club on Tuesday, May 13^th.

Mr. Myrick announced on April 30th at 12 noon in Annapolis that Dr. Brenda J. Thiam, a professional educator and former Maryland Delegate for Washington County, will be his running mate for Lt. Governor. At the press conference, Mr. Myrick shared his vision for Maryland and introduced Dr. Thiam with the following statement, “I look forward to working with Dr. Thiam as a strong partner to save our great state. As life-long dedicated public servants, we both know the importance of serving the needs and interests of the people, not the government. The current budget deficits and economic conditions in Maryland have created a very challenging time for most Marylanders. We are here to fix Maryland and create a new safe and prosperous future for all Marylanders!”