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this is so cool. making it easier for normies to understand how local government works isn’t going to fix everything but it would go a long way.

submitted 17 hours ago • 1 comment

DC and Baltimore could legalize single stair buildings, VA studied it last year, and now MD will study it over the next year. real boom times for single stair

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my thoughts on Moorenko's closing bc the owner was hit by a car are as follows 1) wow, fuck cars 2) I hope they find a buyer who'll spruce that place up, it's been a while 3) what I really want is a Goodberry's in Maryland. I am tweaking for a Carolina Concrete bethesdamagazine.com/2025/04/14/m...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

in 2023 I was on a panel that reviewed 120+ proposals for public art at Gene Lynch Park in Silver Spring and I’m stoked that “Synthesia,” by local artist Becky Borlan, is now up (and I hear it looks really cool at night) www.sourceofthespring.com/silver-sprin...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

me in Bethesda Today...today: MoCo "has a glut of vacant commercial space, which are a blight on our neighborhoods and a drag on our tax base. These bills will put these sites back to use while creating something we also need—more homes for more budgets.” bethesdamagazine.com/2025/04/11/e...

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

drizzy and I usually go to sligo creek park on sunday but this morning he wanted to go a different direction and we ended up at an under-construction purple line station. I was 15 when I first heard of the purple line and it took 22 years but we’re getting there

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

I follow this local dance troupe on IG and their videos—on Ellsworth Drive in downtown Silver Spring—have so much creativity and joy. this is why we do what we do www.instagram.com/reel/DIUqCMv...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

the County Council has overridden Marc’s vetoes of housing or development decisions six times—and here comes number 7

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

in 2009, this parking lot two blocks from the Silver Spring Metro was approved to become offices and a hotel. thanks to Marc Elrich, it will be a parking garage. if you're wondering why taxes keep going up, it's bc he's literally giving the store away bethesdamagazine.com/2025/04/11/c...

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

it gives me no pleasure to say that the anti-trans fencer is from montgomery county. we take all kinds ☹️

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

So glad @ggwash.org got to be part of the screening of Fault Lines this evening. Thank you to the directors for joining us & making this film, the orgs who came together to make the screening happen, @jerusalem.bsky.social for your insights, and @justupthepike.bsky.social for great moderation!

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

TONIGHT there are just three spots left! see you there? RSVP here: lu.ma/qxws9mad

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

even though I pass by Purple Line construction almost every day, it's hard to appreciate just how much progress has been made until you step back and look at it

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

the Orange Crush will now be Maryland's official state cocktail, and we'll certainly need one

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

rapid transit along Route 29 has been discussed in some form since the 1980s and now it’ll finally get the thing that makes buses fast: dedicated lanes with barriers so cars can’t go in them

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

that nimbys have stalled this project for 25 years isn’t the story—the real question is how have residents and electeds in Maryland been able to block something in DC they have no control over

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

wrote about my adventures in Kenwood and the irony of the neighborhood inviting people in for cherry blossoms while doing everything to keep them out the rest of the time ggwash.org/view/99011/k...

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

the only thing I really miss about twitter is the birthday balloons and I logged in today specifically to see them. ofc it’s so buggy now you can’t pop them like you used to 🥴

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

Alexandria’s democratically elected leaders made a zoning change and a small handful of people blocked it. the public deserves to know why their demands are more important than everyone else’s.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

the Housing Development Act (formerly Housing for Jobs, aka Moore Housing 2, aka House Bill 503) just passed the House of Delegates! it now has just 5 days to speedrun the Senate before the session. please let your Senator know TODAY you support this important bill: ggwash.org/housingforjo...

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

housing policy is school policy, so having a Planning Board member using his voice to spread disinformation and prejudice about public schools is a big problem. the County Council should consider this the next time PB appointments come open

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

april fool’s day, my favorite day of the year (after my birthday, which is thursday) www.montgomerycountypa.gov/CivicAlerts....

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

my baby (Senate Bill 436, the Single Staircase Reform Act of 2025) about to head to the governor's desk today 🥲

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

me trying to photoshop a lazy river into K Street while you were partying I studied THE BLADE

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

true story I did actually get interviewed on SportsTalk 980 a few years ago, meaning I am in fact a sports commentator now

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

MoCo Planning Board member Shawn Bartley has big feelings about school redistricting and the “culture” of “high preforming families”

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

Public housing vs. zoning reform is ABSOLUTELY a false contradiction. When I chaired a public housing authority, we literally could not do what we wanted to do - house more families - with the property we owned. Exclusionary zoning had a massive negative impact on how much we could help.

submitted 17 days ago • 5 comments