The Melby Minute
By Dennis Melby
ChairmanRepublican Party of Montgomery County, MD
One of my other jobs...I also serve as the Vice President of the Republican Club of Leisure World in Silver Spring.
Last Wednesday we had a wonderful guest speaker, Rabbi Dr. Peter Tarlow, on Socialism and Antisemitism. It brought in a capacity crowd...we ran out of chairs. Yes, MoCo Republicans are welcome...check out the schedule for more events coming soon.
News & Opinions
News & Opinions
Petition to limit Montgomery County spending nears ballot signature goal | Fox 5 DC | Tom Fitzgerald and Isabel Soisson | August 11, 2026, 4:42 pm
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The ‘Wrenching Transformation’ Of Our Suburbs | American Thinker | August 13, 2026
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LD15 PAC - Commentary
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In an editorial, the Wall Street Journal noted that former Attorney General Eric Holder of Takoma Park, Montgomery County’s ultra-liberal enclave, had been spearheading efforts to get state courts to redraw election maps he finds unfair.
“Unfair” by his definition is when Democrats win fewer congressional seats than their percentage of the statewide popular vote. Curiously, it’s a definition that was originally applied by the New York Times following the 2012 Maryland elections, the first to reflect a Democratic gerrymander which still applies to the state.
The Times observed back then that “In Maryland, Republicans won 35% of the votes but just 13% of the seats.” So, surely, Mr. Holder must have put Maryland high on his list of offenders to be challenged in court. But actually, it was not on his list at all, nor was any other state where Democrats benefited from gerrymandering. How coincidental.
2030 will be the occasion for the next decennial census which in turn will be the basis for redistricting and, as such, will influence elections for a decade to come.
It has been proposed that redistricting be done by an independent, non-partisan commission but Democrats won’t commit. After all, who knows who might win how many seats in such a scenario.
Taxes Through the Roof!
TAXES THROUGH THE ROOF
By Dennis Brent Melby
Democrat majorities in Rockville and Annapolis. Taxes through the roof. Have you had enough yet?
Martin O’Malley wanted to tax the rain – Larry Hogan (no Trump conservative) lowered nuisance fees and left the state with a surplus.
Wes (I want to run for President) Moore spent the surplus and raised fees and taxes through the roof. Not to be outdone Marc Elrich
and Will Jawando said “Hold my beer, I’ll see you and raise you one!” Let’s spend tax money on our campaigns, on groups that will help get us elected and to prove there’s no ceiling to our spending - empty buses, empty bus lanes, closed schools and lowering grades for the kids. We’ll make sure we DON’T spend it on cops in schools, but make sure the Apple Ballot crew gets raises in this election year.
Is there an alternative? You bet. Haven’t you had enough? I sure have, and so have most of the voters in Montgomery County. I’m so glad so many Democrat friends read our newsletter too.
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The Jawando Experiment
By Lori Jaffe (with apologies to Jay Ward and his team.)
It was a lazy August afternoon in MoCo. Kidney and Lloyd, two moon men who had recently landed on earth, were bored and looking for something to do.
Lloyd: “Hey Kidney, what do you want to do today?”
Kidney: “Oh I don’t know Lloyd, what do you think?”
Lloyd: “So far we’ve had a fun time here on earth. But now that things have settled down, life is pretty boring.”
Kidney: “I know what you mean Lloyd, we need to think.”
And so they thought, and they thought some more…
Lloyd: “I know, the mid-term elections are coming up. What do you say we create a politician?”
Read moreYOUR FEEDBACK MATTERS!
Thanks to those who sent in feedback! Here is some of the feedback that we received.
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Taxes and fees out of control. I would get out of Mont. Co. if I wasn't too old to move. Too difficult, I live alone, only on Soc. Sec. It is not affordable to live around here anymore. I am not voting for any of the politicians currently in power. They need to be voted out. They spend money without a thought of what it is doing to the residents. Enough of this wasting money. We need a change. I spend all my RMD money from my IRA's to pay taxes on a very small house.
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Property taxes are out of control. It’s time for a change.
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Dennis MelbyChairmanRepublican Party of Montgomery County, MDI'm the MC at the Republican Club of Leisure World, we'll have a great program. Check out the following event.
Leisure World Republican Club
On August 12 @ 7PM in Clubhouse 1, Rabbi Tarlow joins us for the second time – a speaker who has previously drawn a packed house.
Rabbi Dr. Peter Tarlow, is a resident of Leisure World, a world-renowned speaker, author, and expert specializing in Crime and terrorism in the tourism industry. He is the Rabbi Emeritus of Texas A&M Hillel where he served for 30 years. MORE HERE
- September 9 @ 7PM we welcome Esther Wells, MoCo Candidate for County Executive. (In October we go back to our daytime meetings).
- October 14 @ 1:30 PM we invite Brenda Diaz, candidate for MCPS School Board.
- Tuesday, November 3 is Election Day.
Cheryl Riley, Congressional Candidate will join us at the August meeting, as will Glenn Fellman, author of Montgomery Leek social media site.
We welcome everyone to our meetings for respectful dialogue and delicious refreshments. We are accepting donations for our Communication Fund as well as membership ($15.00/yr) for October 2026-2027 payable to RCLW Box 12293 Silver Spring, MD 20908. Questions can be directed to Maria Dudish at [email protected].
News & Opinions
News & Opinions
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Opinion: Three solutions for solving MCPS equity funding controversy | Bethesda Magazine | Gordie Brenne | August 6, 2026, 10:54 am
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Maryland Republicans predict legal challenge to constitutional amendment on redistricting | Maryland Matters | Bryan Sears | August 5, 2026, 5:05 am
Councilmember Kristin Mink Introduces Bill to Prohibit Housing Discrimination Based on Citizenship or Immigration StatusOUR LAST FREE ELECTION?
Daniel Ortega, the FSLN National Socialist Dictator of Nicaragua has just announced that there is no longer a need to have popular elections in his country and has called off future efforts in democracy to prevent the “undesirables” from overcoming the popular will of the people. The Socialist Democrats understand this.
This is the same “President” that jailed and tortured many of our recently immigrated, naturalized and registered Republican members, some of whom were jailed for years in a effort to convince them of the efficacy of the Socialist state.
IT WON'T HAPPEN HERE
No free elections on the Socialist Republic of Cuba either.
None in Iran.
In Venezuela, before it's recent liberation by the United States, the Socialist "elected' Presidents Hugo Chavez and Nicholas Maduro ran their one party system into the ground, and if there was an inkling the election was going wrong the ballots were seized and the results always came out for them. Even one time former President Jimmy Carter was a poll watcher -yet it always seemed to go overwhelmingly for the National Socialist – leaving tens of thousands to escape to South America and the US for a better life. Some of our most vocal Republicans are former residents begging Americans to not let happen here what happened there.
Do you see vibrant democracies in GAZA, in the West Bank, in Socialist North Korea, in Red China? No. No dissent, no free press, no other parties…only the socialist alternative – it's THE BEST ALTERNATIVE they say for their people.
THEY'RE JUST PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS
That won’t happen here! They say. Our people won't allow it. We're just normal, progressive Democrats.
Well they're not. I know normal Democrats, I've voted for many. The National Socialist Democrat wing is frightful.
GRAHAM PLATNER IS NO BOBBY KENNEDY
The Socialist Democrats want to eliminate the Presidency, the Senate, the Supreme Court, prisons, the armed forces, the police, add more states and rig elections so they'll never lose, perhaps even pause elections until things are more equitable...but it's just TALK they say...don't take them seriously they say.
Maybe that’s true – but if you look all over South and Central America, and across the globe you’ll see that if folks still have the opportunity to change they’ll choose their free democracies and multi-party states instead of the “Dictatorship of the Proletariat.” As we watch traditional Democrats fall to the woke left National Socialist party you have to wonder - is it time for the end of democracy? Is it time for “reeducation camps” for folks who don’t tow the Peoples Party Line (apologies for the headline in our newsletter).
Here in MoCo many folks think so. Do we have more Socialist Democrats for local government than any other jurisdiction? Which side do you find yourself on? I know for myself, my friends and my family I choose democracy. Not socialism, communism, theocracy or one party rule. How about you? Is it time to cancel all further elections once "the People's Party" takes over?