Newsletter

By Hessie Harris

BILL 12-23-23  will prohibit traffic stops.   That means traffic stops  to check suspected violations of licensing, registration, and certificate of title and insurance will be prohibited.  In Montgomery County, the most frequent crime is carjacking, most often by youth.

SUPPORT TWO-TERM LIMITS FOR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.

By Stacey Sauter

And they’re off!!

On April 28'th, The Committee for Better Government (“CBG”) officially launched its drive to gather signatures for a ballot initiative to limit the Montgomery County Executive to just two consecutive terms instead of three. Collecting over 200 signatures on its very first day of operations in the public, petitioners heard a wide-range of voters’ concerns at the 2023 Olney Days event with Republicans, Democrats, and Independents alike stating how disgruntled they are with Marc Elrich.

By Stacey Sauter

Meet Arthur Didinsky, the newest chairman of the Young Republicans in Montgomery County! Arthur is a  23-year old who grew up in Potomac and earned a Bachelor’s in Political Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder after graduating from Churchill High School. Professional and politically passionate, he currently works on Capitol Hill as a staff assistant for Congressman Ryan Zinke (R-MT).

Matthew Foldi, Jackie Sackstein and Arthur Didinsky of the Maryland and Montgomery County Young Republicans.

We're all amazed that Maryland, DC and MoCo are taking away streets and adding empty bike lanes. We're forced to pay for them, forced to wait in more traffic, and forced to "Smile" pretending it's for safety and the environment. They're not.

The Road Diet is a type of coercion, one that one-party rules makes possible.

Enjoy this great video of an Empty Bike Lane Picnic that took place in Bethesda this weekend.

Watch the video HERE or tap on the Empty Bike Lane pix.

Meet Arthur Didinsky the Youth Coordinator for the Montgomery County Republican Party and the Chairman of the Montgomery County Young Republicans. While Arthur’s day job may be working for Congressman Ryan Zinke and serving the People of Montana, he spends his free time helping the Republican movement here in Montgomery County.

Arthur needs your help! We need to continue the success of the Montgomery County Young Republicans and bring back the Montgomery County Teenage Republicans!

Do you know any highschool students or young adults interested in getting our country back on track? Please contact Arthur at [email protected]

House Republicans Respond to Signing of Radical Environmental Bills

Annapolis, MD – The House Republican Caucus today responded to Governor Wes Moore’s signing of several pieces of radical environmental legislation passed during the 2023 Legislative Session.

“The members of our Caucus fought tirelessly during the Legislative Session to defeat, or at least to improve these pieces of legislation,” said House Minority Leader Jason Buckel. “These bills drive up the costs for consumers and small businesses, making Maryland’s high cost-of-living even more unsustainable.”

House Bill 230/Senate Bill 224 – Clean Trucks Act of 2023 expands the California Gasoline-Powered Car Ban to include medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. The California Ban currently requires 40-75% of new mid- and heavy-duty vehicle sales to be electric vehicles by 2035. However, California is considering a full ban on gas and diesel-powered mid- and heavy-duty trucks by 2040. Under the Clean Trucks Act, Maryland will also adopt this full ban should California make that change.

“This bill, along with the enactment of the California Car Ban the Moore Administration pushed through in March, will further overtax our electrical grid here in Maryland and increase costs to consumers,” said Buckel. “Maryland is already a net importer of energy every year. We have no idea if our electrical grid will be able to handle these additional demands.”

Senate Bill 780 – POWER Act – aims to radically increase the number of offshore wind projects in Maryland, ignoring the growing concerns that both the construction and the operation of these facilities may have devastating impacts on marine mammals and the Atlantic ecosystem.

“We are very concerned not only about the increased costs to ratepayers as they subsidize these costly wind projects but also the environmental costs of these 800-foot-tall wind turbines off our coast,” said House Minority Whip Jesse Pippy.  “Additionally, there have been a record number of whale and dolphin deaths on our Atlantic shores that appear to correlate with an increase in the construction and operation of these giant wind turbines. It is irresponsible to push for such a profound increase in the number of offshore wind projects without fully understanding what impact they have on our fragile marine environments in Ocean City.”

Do You Know Where Your Tax Dollars are Going?

By Reardon Sullivan

Many of you are aware that the County Executive has proposed a 10%+ increase in our property taxes. This increase is being framed as solely to support our schools.  This is patently wrong.

I believe the County must carefully review each dollar in the budget to make sure we are maximizing the return on our investment. Let’s get rid of the “pork” and “ideological” spending and concentrate on funding for many of the critical needs that we have including basic STEAM education, support of the arts, and special-needs citizens before raising taxes in the $6.8 billion operating budget and/or the $17 billion capital budget.

Bike Lanes and Road Diets Are Not the Way to Go

By Amy Waychoff

Most of us have probably experienced — or at least heard about — the dramatically increased traffic along a .6 mile stretch of Old Georgetown Road in Bethesda and North Bethesda. This busy six-lane state highway (route 187) was reduced by one lane in each direction in the fall of 2022. The remaining lanes were narrowed, and a bike lane separated by flex posts was installed.