Hogan gives up pressing for the misbegotten P3 before he leaves office; Wes Moore will be able to show his mettle

Today, Bethesda Beat reported that Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has given up trying to secure the misbegotten P3 plan for the I270/495 highway before he leaves office. https://mailchi.mp/bethesdamagazine/bethesdabeat-alert-636503?e=127235b306

The early months of the Wes Moore/Aruna Miller Administration will be a test of their commitment to sensible, progressive, and fiscally-sound government. 

 

While big-moneyed interests keep pushing the Hogan P3 Plan for I270/495, it is significant that Congressman Jamie Raskin and Congressman (and Attorney General-elect) Anthony Brown have strongly opposed the Plan for a long time. 

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/OPI/Resources/Files/pdf/2021/Letter_to_TPB_Rep_Raskin.pdf.

 

Comptroller-elect Brooke Lierman expresses serious concerns about the Plan’s wisdom and fiscal propriety. See 

https://wamu.org/story/22/10/21/a-conversation-with-maryland-comptroller-candidates-glassman-and-lierman/ (beginning at the 12:30 mark of the transcript). 

 

Elected Montgomery County leaders, including newly-reelected County Executive Marc Elrich, in-coming Council President Evan Glass, and a majority of the in-coming Council  oppose the Hogan Scam.   https://mastcoalition.org/candidate-stances

 

And the Sierra Club of Maryland (one of the Moore/Aruna campaign’s earliest supporters) is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit to stop the Plan; Friends of Moses Hall, whose mission is to protect historic Black Communities, is also a plaintiff. See 

https://www.sierraclub.org/maryland/blog/2022/10/groups-sue-halt-beltway-toll-lane-project

 

The Hogan Scam would make traffic worse, would create environmental problems, and would leave the taxpayers with huge financial multi-million dollar commitments to TransUrban (the Australian builders of the toll lanes), when those lanes inevitably do not produce the toll revenues projected by TransUrban. 

Soon enough, it will be time for Wes and Aruna to show that they will not be pushovers for big-moneyed interests, but instead will stand up for everyday Marylanders, leaving no one behind.

Martin Luther King Services at Temple Emanuel, 1987-2023

 

Martin Luther King Services at Temple Emanuel, 1986-2023

 

2023  Gloria M. Shepherd, Executive Director of the Federal Highway Administration (Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at Temple Emanuel and Showing One Way That His Vision Is Being Realized by Governmental and Community Action)

https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2023/01/celebrating-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-at.html

2022   Sunil Dasgupta, Director of the Political Science Program for the University of Maryland/Baltimore County at the Universities at Shady Grove (The Relevance of Dr. King to the “Critical Race Theory” Controversy)   https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-relevance-of-dr-king-to-critical.html

 

2021  Yolanda Savage-Narva, Director of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Programs for the Union of Reform Judaism (Striving to Create Dr. King's Beloved Community: Reform Judaism's Quest for Racial Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion)  https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2021/01/

 

 2020   Toni Holness, Public Policy Director, Maryland ACLU  (Making the Dream Real: Disparties in the Criminal Justice System)

            https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2019/12/mlk-shabbat-service-on-jan-17-speaker.html and

https://www.washingtonjewishweek.com/at-temple-emanuel-learning-in-order-to-do/

 and

             http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2020/02/at-temple-emanuel-learning-in-order-to.html

 

2019   Brenda Wolff, Montgomery County Board of Education (Making the Dream Real: Challenges in Public Education in Montgomery County) 

            https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2019/01/2019-temple-emanuel-mlk-service-with.html

 

 2018   Ike Leggett, Montgomery County Executive (Implementing Dr. King's Vision: What We Have Done in Montgomery County, and What We Need To Do in theFuture)

            https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2018/01/county-executive-ike-leggetts.html

 

2017   Will Saletan, Slate and Temple Member (Facing Implicit Bias)

            http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2017/01/martin-luther-king-jr-shabbat-service.html

 

2016   Noah Roos and Micah Guthrie, Operation Understanding

 

2015   Rev. Carl Davis, Ken-Gar Baptist Church

 

2014   David Fishback (King, Gandhi, Mandela: Giants of the 20^th Century, Beacons

            for the 21s^t) 

            https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2018/05/temple-emanuel-jan-17-2014-king-gandhi.html

 

2013   Jonathan Jayes-Green (speaking in the context of the Maryland Dream Act

            and the Maryland Civil Marriage Equality Act)

 

2012   David Fishback (What Would Dr. King Occupy?)

            http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2016/01/what-would-dr-king-occupy.html 

 

2011   Solange Hansen (African-American recent convert to Judaism)

 

2010   Delegate Al Carr  (Al represents the District 16 (which includes the

            Temple) in the General Assembly; he is a descendent of the slave-line of the

            Thomas Jefferson family)

 

2009   Bridget Bailey Lipscomb (The Joshua Generation in the Promised Land)

            https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2018/01/2009-mlk-service-at-temple-emanuel.html

 

2008   Temple Emanuel Teen Choir

 

2007   Patricia Corbett (then-Deputy Executive Director of Metro DC PFLAG)

 

 2006   Delegate Herman Taylor (then-representative from District 14 (Olney/Sandy

            Spring/Ashton/Damascus/Burtonsville) in the General Assembly

 

2005   David Fishback (Theology, Morality & Faith: A Legacy of Dr. King)

            http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2015/11/theology-morality-and-faith-legacy-of.html

 

2004   Ike Leggett (then a member of the Montgomery County Council, now County

            Executive)

 

2003   KESTY (Kensington Temple Emanuel Youth Group)

 

2002   Rabbi Stone, Rev. Carl Davis, Iman Faisal Khan (this service was in the

            aftermath of 9/11)

 

2001   LaRae Jackson (Baltimore VISTA Volunteer)

 

2000   Steve Silverman (then-member of the Montgomery County Council)

 

1999   David Fishback (Dr. King and the Second American Revolution)

            http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2017/07/dr-king-and-second-american-revolution.html

 

1998   Fair Haven United Methodist Church Choir and Dr. William A. Phillips (1997 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics and longtime member of Fair Haven)

 

1997   Operation Understanding Executive Director

 

1996   Richard Montgomery High School Gospel Choir

 

1995, 1994, 1993        No featured speakers

 

1992   David Fishback (“King: Lessons for the Closing Decade of the Century”)

 

1990   Shirley Small Rougeau, Civil Rights Activist

 

1989   Rev. Alfred Moser

 

1988   Charles Morgan, Civil Rights Attorney

 

1987   Phineas Indritz, Civil Rights Lawyer and Temple Member

Martin Luther King Services at Temple Emanuel, 1986-2020 Martin Luther King Services at Temple Emanuel, 1986-2020 2020 Toni Holness, Public Policy Director, Maryland ACLU (Making the Dream Real: Disparties in the Criminal Justice System) https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2019/12/mlk-shabbat-service-on-jan-17-speaker.html and https://www.washingtonjewishweek.com/63763/at-temple-emanuel-learning-in-order-to-do/editorial-opinion/?fbclid=IwAR2DfasD9rHQu1x-eh7LzpDMDnrtV3M3RBZNiopl0fa1djRIIE0LHphJkI8 and http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2020/02/at-temple-emanuel-learning-in-order-to.html 2019 Brenda Wolff, Montgomery County Board of Education (Making the Dream Real: Challenges in Public Education in Montgomery County) https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2019/01/2019-temple-emanuel-mlk-service-with.html 2018 Ike Leggett, Montgomery County Executive (Implementing Dr. King's Vision: What We Have Done in Montgomery County, and What We Need To Do in theFuture) https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2018/01/county-executive-ike-leggetts.html 2017 Will Saletan, Slate and Temple Member (Facing Implicit Bias) http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2017/01/martin-luther-king-jr-shabbat-service.html 2016 Noah Roos and Micah Guthrie, Operation Understanding 2015 Rev. Carl Davis, Ken-Gar Baptist Church 2014 David Fishback (King, Gandhi, Mandela: Giants of the 20th Century, Beacons for the 21st) https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2018/05/temple-emanuel-jan-17-2014-king-gandhi.html 2013 Jonathan Jayes-Green (speaking in the context of the Maryland Dream Act and the Maryland Civil Marriage Equality Act) 2012 David Fishback (What Would Dr. King Occupy?) http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2016/01/what-would-dr-king-occupy.html 2011 Solange Hansen (African-American recent convert to Judaism) 2010 Delegate Al Carr (Al represents the District 16 (which includes the Temple) in the General Assembly; he is a descendent of the slave-line of the Thomas Jefferson family) 2009 Bridget Bailey Lipscomb (The Joshua Generation in the Promised Land) https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2018/01/2009-mlk-service-at-temple-emanuel.html 2008 Temple Emanuel Teen Choir 2007 Patricia Corbett (then-Deputy Executive Director of Metro DC PFLAG) 2006 Delegate Herman Taylor (then-representative from District 14 (Olney/Sandy Spring/Ashton/Damascus/Burtonsville) in the General Assembly 2005 David Fishback (Theology, Morality & Faith: A Legacy of Dr. King) http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2015/11/theology-morality-and-faith-legacy-of.html 2004 Ike Leggett (then a member of the Montgomery County Council, now County Executive) 2003 KESTY (Kensington Temple Emanuel Youth Group) 2002 Rabbi Stone, Rev. Carl Davis, Iman Faisal Khan (this service was in the aftermath of 9/11) 2001 LaRae Jackson (Baltimore VISTA Volunteer) 2000 Steve Silverman (then-member of the Montgomery County Council) 1999 David Fishback (Dr. King and the Second American Revolution) http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2017/07/dr-king-and-second-american-revolution.html 1998 Fair Haven United Methodist Church Choir and Dr. William A. Phillips (1997 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics and longtime member of Fair Haven) 1997 Operation Understanding Executive Director 1996 Richard Montgomery High School Gospel Choir 1995, 1994, 1993 No featured speakers 1992 David Fishback (“King: Lessons for the Closing Decade of the Century”) 1990 Shirley Small Rougeau, Civil Rights Activist 1989 Rev. Alfred Moser 1988 Charles Morgan, Civil Rights Attorney 1987 Phineas Indritz, Civil Rights Lawyer and Temple Member

Duplicitous dirty trick from Republican County Executive Candidate Reardon Sullivan

 Dirty Tricks, happily, have not been a staple of MoCo elections.  But there are exceptions.  Reardon Sullivan’s recent duplicity is something MoCo voters should reject.

See this report in today's Bethesda Beat (Note, also, that Mr. Sullivan is plainly the candidate of the developers like Charles Nulsen III.  See https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2022/07/montgomery-county-executive-primary.html; Mr. Sullivan also has aligned himself with the right-wing Family Research Council. See https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2022/08/republican-nominee-for-county-executive.html)

Odd couple: Sullivan ad pictures him with Renne – but without union leader’s consent

Reardon Sullivan, the Republican nominee pursuing a longshot bid for county executive against Democratic incumbent Marc Elrich in this year’s general election, last month asked for a meeting with Gino Renne – president of the union local that represents a majority of the Montgomery County government workforce.

Renne has long been a key backer of Elrich, and heads an organization, UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO, that – like much of organized labor – has been firmly allied with the Democratic Party. However, in deference to a number of MCGEO members who are Republicans, Renne met with Sullivan. At the end of the session, Sullivan asked if he could take a selfie and Renne consented.

It did come as a surprise to Renne – and several other political insiders – when the selfie showed in a subsequent online ad by the Sullivan campaign, in what might have been mistaken by some as an endorsement.

Renne said Sullivan never asked for the union’s permission to use Renne’s image in the online ad — which he said “We would have denied,” while pointedly noting, “we strongly support Elrich.”

The Sullivan ad, which appeared online as recently as late last week, was headlined “Reardon Sullivan for County Executive” and was accompanied by the photo of Renne and MCGEO official Lisa Brown. It said Sullivan had met with them “regarding the challenges of the ever changing workforce demographics and the work/life balance of the Montgomery County workforce.”

The ad concluded: “Let’s get away from identity politics and work together so everybody has a seat at the table.”

Sullivan could not immediately be reached for comment. Renne said he had not contacted Sullivan to ask that the ad be taken down, while noting it no longer appears to be running.

Sullivan appears to be relying in significant measure on online ads in a low-budget campaign: On Tuesday, he sent out a blast email with the plea, “I need your help to get the message out on radio and social media to the voters that have not yet heard my message.” He went on to assert: “The local bloggers and pundits are saying that I cannot be elected as County Executive … well they are WRONG!”

Elrich – who, unlike Sullivan, is tapping into the county’s public campaign finance system – doesn’t appear to be worried: He reported raising only $3,300 in private contributions over the past couple of months, for which he is seeking another $8,700 in public matching funds on top of nearly $81,600 in public subsidies for which he already has qualified during the general election.

Sullivan reported raising a little over $46,200 in the two months leading up to Oct. 23. He had nearly $41,400 in cash on hand with a little more than two weeks to go until Election Day – as compared to about $72,800 for Elrich.

While Sullivan’s blast email Tuesday declared, “I have not sought donations or support from special interest groups. I do NOT want to be beholden to anyone except the good people of Montgomery County,” among his three largest donors during the recent reporting period was Charles Nulsen, president of Washington Property Co., a Bethesda-based commercial real estate firm. During this year’s primary campaign, Nulsen chaired Progressives for Progress, a largely developer-funded political action committee (PAC).

Nulsen donated $5,000 to Sullivan in September, while Nicholas Paleologos – vice chair of Bethesda-based construction firm Miller and Long – contributed $6,000 to the Sullivan campaign during the same month.

During the primary, Nulsen donated $50,000 to Progressives for Progress, while contributing another $250,000 to the Affordable Maryland PAC, a committee created to oppose Elrich’s renomination as county executive. Paleologos gave $100,000 to the Affordable Maryland PAC.

— Louis Peck

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