Last night, during the presidential debate, a friend of mine, a counselor, posted on Facebook “Chris Wallace is like a counseling intern who can’t get control over a couples counseling session.” At first, I laughed. But my laughter faded when I remembered that it is strongly recommended not to attend couples counseling with an abusive partner. One reason is that counseling is successful only when both partners are participating in good faith and willing to take responsibility for their part,...
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Elections
<p>Howard County (Maryland) blog posts covering local, state, regional, or national elections, candidates, issues, and other topics.</p>
The GOP’s Fake Outrage
There are some in Howard County who are clutching their pearls with such vigor I’m concerned they may asphyxiate themselves.
I’m referring to the self-righteous, gasping reaction over the weekend to District 1 Board of Education candidate Matthew Molyett’s announcement that he had received the endorsement of the District 12 Team (Senator Clarence Lam and Delegates Eric Ebersole, Jessica Feldmark, and Terri Hill), who also endorsed Jen Mallo for District 4 earlier this year. BOE member Vicky...
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(River Hill) Money Makes the World Go ‘Round
I updated this piece on October 24.
In an election year, scrutiny of campaign finance reports is nothing new. People want to know who is donating cash and gifts to candidates and why. This year, a small subset of Howard County residents, still upset about last year's school redistricting process, are convinced that greedy real estate developers are pumping cash into Board of Education campaigns in exchange for influence. The conspiracy theory is that the $650 donated by Howard Hughes is b...
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District 4: Say No to Sezin Palmer (Part 3)
Sezin Palmer is an unsuitable candidate to represent District 4 on the Board of Education in Howard County. This is the final post in a multi-part series discussing the reasons why.
In parts 1 and 2 of this series, I presented Sezin’s own words and behaviors as evidence that she is not the benevolent, non-partisan candidate she makes herself out to be. This evidence revealed her to be a right-wing, conservative candidate, fueled by anti-redistricting senti...
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District 4: Say No to Sezin Palmer (Part 2)
Sezin Palmer is an unsuitable candidate to represent District 4 on the Board of Education in Howard County. This is a multi-part series discussing the reasons why. See Part 3 here.
I recently saw a home in District 4 with several signs in the front yard. Signs for “Hate Has No Home Here,” Black Lives Matter, a rainbow flag, Joe Biden... and one for Sezin Palmer. This baffling incongruity demonstrates how successful Sezin is in misrepresenting herself to heavily Democratic and liberal Distr...
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