Right off the bat, we are going to pose and then answer our own question. How do we know that the Maryland Republican Party isn’t a serious party?
If you are new to Frederick or Maryland politics, we’ll give a quick refresher on this one. However, if you already tired of reading, we can sum him up in one tweet:
If you have more time, jump into our archives to explore all we’ve had to say about him over the years:
https://fredericklocalyokel.com/?s=dan+cox
Or, if you prefer a bigger news network, you can watch this video of him accepting a gift from the Proud Boys:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/10/21/dan-cox-maryland-proud-boys
Or read all about the Christian Homeschooling world he’s a part of and think about what that means concerning his viewpoints on public schools and women’s rights:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/11/03/dan-cox-christian-homeschooling-maryland
Even if you are mad at Wes Moore about something, this guy is not the right alternative. Time and time again he’s shown us who he is and we need to pay attention. He’s a big fan of Trump and he will bow down to anything that man wants. Including allowing ICE in.
Next up is the school board race! If you’ve been following us around for a bit, you know how passionate we are about keeping the control of that board out of the hand of zealots. But let’s do some making fun first. Ever since mail in voting became more popular, our hate slatish folks (or whatever fruit colored name they are calling themselves this time around) claim some kind of victory before everything is counted up!
Exhibit A:
And of course, when the mail in ballots were counted all up the four people who will protect our kids and make sure that our classrooms don’t turn into some Texas-like dystopian nightmare got thousands of more votes than Fletcher and her ilk.
You can revisit the post below to see exactly why you should not vote for Fletcher:
Here’s some insights into another one of her slate members, Tyler Walker:
If you read the Frederick News Post coverage of the election results, you may have noticed this quote about a third slate member, Shelley L. Potter:
Potter, who does contract work for Outlier, a generative artificial intelligence company, wants increased focus on academic excellence, fiscal responsibility and more parent involvement in schools.
She also advocates for school choice and competitive compensation for teachers.
We know that her current career with a generative artificial intelligence company won’t sit well with many of us who care about education.
In that same article, the fourth member, Geoffrey Seidel states,
Seidel, who works as a clinical project manager for the clinical monitoring research program directorate at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, wants more parent involvement in schools, focus on core academics and an expansion of career pathway programs.
Seidel also advocates for consistent discipline policies and giving opportunities for family feedback on schools.
You can do with that as you please. We are actually in a very good position as compared to last voting cycle in that we have the exact number of people running that are needed to fill the four slots. No 5th person to throw off the math here. Couple that with the disparity in the votes and, so far it’s looking pretty good that we’ll keep the Trump orangies off the ballot!
Be sure to cast your ballot for all of the four candidates below:
Let us begin with this. Your Lady Yokels are unequivocally against the building of data centers in this county. However, we do understand that these deals were made awhile ago, and trying to back out of them is probably legally and financially untenable. We still don’t understand why the overlay was changed or why the county so quickly took the referendum to court. Brad Young and some other folks running learned on election day just how serious this issue is to county voters. So, now we are all in a very difficult position. There’s no way we are throwing our support behind Holtzinger, who couldn’t be bothered to prove he actually lived in Frederick and violated a bunch of ethics laws while serving as mayor of Frederick. Plus, there’s this:
CE Fitzwater needs to do some fence-mending with county residents, especially those people who live close to these proposed data centers. And the rest of us need to remember what’s important to us in this county. For giving up our county offices to someone just because they say they are anti-data center isn’t a good choice either. We like someone who is going to make sure our schools are funded properly, that our parks are well-tended to, our libraries are not only places for books but community building, and all of our citizen’s needs are met. We know that these elections are going to mean some tough choices for folks, and we get that. But please don’t vote for someone just because they say they are anti-data centers without doing some digging. There’s some real risk in that course of action as well.
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