Statement on Venezuela
Early Saturday morning I was alerted about the overthrow of the corrupt Maduro regime in Venezuela.
Much like President George H. W. Bush dealt with the corrupt Panamanian leadership, Trump is bringing indicted members of the Maduro regime here for prosecution.
Of course this is a National/international story but many of us in Montgomery County, even family of our own leadership, have been touched by drugs, death and criminality from the Venezuelan and Mexican cartels.
UARE - ACTION ALERT
Reading the Headlines Is Just the First Step
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Make a small donation to support UARE’s work.
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Record school spending fails to reverse decline in test scores| The Center Square | Esther Wickham | December 22, 2025
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ACTION NEEDED MARYLAND HEALTH CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK
The new recommended Family Life framework for Maryland removes references to gender in grades Pre-K through 4. They have recommended teaching those concepts in grades 5-12.
If you agree that introducing these concepts should be up to the parents, and that the concepts of "sex assigned at birth" or "gender identity" are not based in science, please click the link below to comment. The state board will be reviewing the comments to make a decision on the final draft of this framework. Please be specific and ask that lessons on gender identity and sexual orientation be removed from all grades, Pre-K through 12.
Here is the link to comment: MSDE Health Education Public Comment Survey
2026 PREDICTIONS
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Chairman Dennis Melby: Republicans win at least two seats on the Montgomery County Council, maybe more.
First Vice Chair Reardon Sullivan:
- The ballot initiative to limit spending in MoCo to the prior year rate of inflation will get on the ballot and pass with 55% of the vote
- There will be at least one (1) legal action to a current Council member that will affect the Democrat primary.
- Republicans will win an election in County government for the first time in 15 years.
- The RNC will sue Maryland regarding voter integrity.
Second Vice Chair Monte Gingery: Republicans also win 1-2 school board seats and 1 congressional seat
Finance Chair Laura Benson: There will be growing pressure from MoCo residents this year to reverse both the plastic bag ban and gas leaf blower ban.
Secretary Lori Jaffe: Montgomery County will wake up and vote for common sense.
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Crime Reports
Crime Reports
Damascus Man Arrested After Hours-Long Standoff
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Nearly 200 Traffic Stops Lead to 23 DUI Arrests During MCPD Holiday Enforcement | The MoCo Show | MCS Staff | December 16, 2025 at 10:42AM
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2 rescued from 9th-floor ledge after armed intruder breaks into their Maryland hotel room | ABC 7 News | Katie Bourque & Christian Flores | January 1, 2026, 1:45 pm, Updated January 2, 2026, 4:04 am
News & Opinions
News & Opinions
04 Aug 2025 Torrey Snow: Why Wes Moore Must Opt in to Federal School Choice Program | National Center for Public Policy Research | Torrey Snow | Project 21 Commentary
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MoCo state delegation proposes pay raise for school board members, more local food in school lunches | Bethesda Today | Ceoli Jacoby | December 24, 2025, 3:20 pm
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Bipartisan Revolt Against Ranked-Choice Voting | Capital Hill News | December 28, 2025
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Delegate Matt Morgan discusses Maryland Matters Article about Maryland's budget deficit | Facebook | Matt Morgan | December 29, 2025
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Let’s make 2026 about ‘We the People’ | The Washington Times | Randolph May | December 31, 2025
SAVE THE DATE - 2025 MCGOP CONVENTION
Thursday, February 26, 2026
GOP Lunar New Year Dinner
Leisure World Republican Club
Leisure World Republican Club celebrates
A New Year of Hope
On Wednesday January 14th @ 1:30 pm. in Clubhouse 1, in the Chesapeake Room 
Republicans will bring in a New Year of Hope with guest speaker Reardon “Sully” Sullivan, former Chairman of the Montgomery County Republican Central Committee. www.mcgop.com. He will present on topics including: election integrity, combatting high energy prices, addressing out-of-control County Council spending and tax increases, promoting a healthy economic environment to enhance our standard of living, a return of safety and security to our County by supporting law enforcement and the need to fight religious persecution and hatred.
For the past 25 years, Reardon Sullivan is founder and owner of a consulting engineering company in Montgomery County. He attended Wootton High School, earned a Mechanical Engineering degree from University of Maryland and completed studies towards an MBA at George Washington University.
We are gearing up for midterm elections and feel very encouraged by tripling our growing numbers in the club, we have much to celebrate with continued growth, increased political knowledge and plans to take concrete action in making our voices heard. All are welcome to toast in a New Year. Although not required, we are asking for appetizers or desserts to share. Check out our Shadow Box #14 – Clubhouse 1. To donate, become, or renew membership ($15.00), send checks to: RCLW PO Box 12293, Silver Spring, MD 20908. For info contact Maria Dudish at [email protected]
Welcome Aboard
By Dennis Brent Melby
I've just heard that the top contender for DC Mayor is a Socialist Democrat. She has the most money, the most support and is the front runner in the polls.
Do you think she'll join New York Mayor Mamdani and MoCo Executive Marc Elrich and MoCo Congressman Jamie Raskin as the Socialist Democrat faces of the Democrat Party? It sure looks like it. Meantime the Republicans are experiencing a surge, and who it is is surprising a lot of folks.
Former Democrats Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump
Seems folks are flocking to the Republican Party. Former Democrats, folks 30 and younger, young men, black men, folks with newfound religious convictions, legal immigrants who've become American citizens, Hispanic and Asian American - all the folks who the press uses hyphens to describe are reregistering as Republicans. Yes, even here in Montgomery County, long thought to be the Left of the Left. And we welcome them.
Please help us make Montgomery County politics more rational, less doctrinaire and more normal. Here's how you can change your Party registration, just go HERE.
And there's more...
Read moreNew Central Committee Officers - 2026
New Officers Elected to Montgomery County Republican Central Committee
