https://montgomeryperspective.com/2026/03/27/developer-asks-to-delay-downtown-bethesda-project-because-of-rent-control/

The headline's sensational, but my gut is telling me that this is not a B.S. press release and that #rentcontrol did contribute to the decision.

I'm not 100% against it (I know @ggwash is in favor), there have instances when it has helped to reduce displacement, but ever since #MoCo became the first local gov. in the #USA to implement a Moderately Priced Dwelling Unit program, IDK if rent control's downside of less #housing construction justifies the benefit

#Maryland

https://directlinenews.substack.com/p/charter-schools-in-montgomery-county

Author here does not address one of the main critiques of charters: if it's easier for charter #schools to expel or suspend students, then they can kick out the students who are doing worst (regardless of whether disciplinary issues are real), and use the leftover students to truthfully make the claim that their average students have high test scores etc., even though their performance doesn't have much to do with how well they're taught.

#education #maryland #MoCo

https://medium.com/@michaelmckee497/montgomery-county-republicans-should-drive-towards-proportional-representation-d95061ecbe77

I have written another long, meandering #blog post, to join two I've written on #ApprovalVoting and #Zoning in #MontgomeryCounty #Maryland . What's this one on, you ask?

The #MoCo #Republicans have an initiative in the works that is basically guaranteed to fail because it would just blatantly give them power. It's also maybe illegal.

However, them having started this discussion offers us a wonderful opportunity to discuss a better system: #ProportionalRepresentation !

https://ggwash.org/view/102458/andrew-friedson-for-montgomery-county-executive

"Which Will Jawando will voters actually get? The one who understood how modern-day #landuse could address a legacy of discrimination? Or the one who points fingers and sides with affluent neighbors who don’t want different kinds of people living near them? ... By not responding to the questionnaire as the other candidates took time to do, #Jawando is telling #MontgomeryCounty voters they don’t need to know what he thinks.."

#Maryland #MoCo #politics #zoning #friedson

Utility work closing the right two lanes of westbound Democracy Blvd in #BethesdaMD for the next few months! More details:
https://blog.pagebypagebooks.com/2026/02/long-term-roadwork-on-eastbound.html

#MoCo #montgomerycountymd #RoadConstruction

Une semaine après avoir visité l’exposition au MO.CO. de Montpellier, nous avons été sur le deuxième site, à la Panacée, pour voir les œuvres d’artistes ayant travaillé avec Djamel Tatah (En « écho à l’exposition que le MO.CO. consacre à l’histoire de l’École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier »). Un lieu d’exposition (gratuit) que je recommande à toutes celles et ceux qui auraient l’occasion de venir dans le chef-lieu de l’Hérault.

At 2PM today, the Starter and Silver Homes bill hearing is I *believe* going to be streamed at this link here: https://www.youtube.com/@mga-ecm6367/featured

These hearings are interesting because you see pro and con coalitions form for specific bills. This particular bill is a high profile one because the Attainable Housing Strategies recommendations failed in #MoCo not too long ago.

I keep track of these using the MyMGA bill tracking service at https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/

#Maryland #Housing #Zoning #Urbanism