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With school boards around the country under attack from right-wing extremists, a veteran Silver-Spring based education reporter and author, Karen Chenoweth, has founded a resource to help school board candidates and school board members fight back. Sunil Dasgupta talks to Chenoweth about her website democracy-education.org and her mission. Music from Finster.
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The weekly news analysis from I Hate Politics: Delmarva beaches reopen after cleaning, but who dumped medical waste and garbage into the ocean? What is the effect of rent stabilization law housing supply? A new paper has startling conclusions. Two-thirds of Maryland 18-year-olds are registered to vote, a report finds. Washington DC area bikeshare service shows sustained growth. MCPS leans into choice programs. Music from Washington DC post-punk band Grey Swift.
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In 2023, Montgomery County, Maryland, began using drones to respond to 911 calls for faster response, triaging ability, and cost reduction. But big issues of privacy, mass surveillance, and transparency remain. The courts are redefining old assumptions about privacy in public spaces and a decade ago shut down an aircraft-based mass surveillance program in Baltimore. Sunil Dasgupta talks with Jay Stanley, senior policy analyst in speech, policy, and technology at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) about emerging concerns about drone use in policing. Music from Finster.
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The weekly news analysis from I Hate Politics: Medical waste and plastic garbage wash up on mid-Atlantic Delmarva shores, closing beaches. The DC Auditor’s Office releases a bombshell report on police officer shortage in the city. Three DCPS fourth-graders join us to talk about their campaign to get the red-backed salamander as Washington DC’s official amphibian. Music from Washington DC post-punk band Grey Swift.
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One way of solving the problem of housing affordability is to build more, but developers are holding back. Sunil Dasgupta talks with Wooldridge of the NRP Group, a top 10 developer of multifamily housing in the US, and Brian Anleu, of the Apartment and Office Building Association, about their complaints regarding rent stabilization and new building energy standards they argue must be eased to encourage more building. Music from Finster.
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The weekly news analysis from I Hate Politics: DC and Maryland Attorneys General sue 3 Rockville gun shops for straw gun sales. Maryland House Environment and Transportation Committee Chair Marc Korman reacts to the state’s capital budget draft for transportation projects. Fairfax County to start a bus route from Tysons to Bethesda. Montgomery County announces partnership with Instacart to deliver groceries to families who fall in the SNAP-gap. MCPS launches girls flag football. Game schedule: https://t.ly/C7Cd6. Music from Washington DC post-punk band Grey Swift.
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To mark the new school year, Sunil Dasgupta dives into professional development with MCPS teachers: Danielle Affinito of Farquhar Middle School, Rehana Ahmed of Hoover MS, and Daniel Ottalini of Redland MS. What is teacher PD? How does it work? What is the latest thinking on pedagogy and how teachers can use and harness AI? Music from Finster.
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The weekly news analysis from I Hate Politics: Maryland Supreme court blocks the “baby bonus” and tax cap referendum questions from the ballot. Washington Metro reopens Red Line between Glenmont and Takoma Park stations after summer closure. EPA releases stormwater discharge analysis for the Chesapeake Bay and only Washington DC and West Virginia of the 7 jurisdictions in the watershed passed comfortably. And more. Music from Washington DC post-punk band Grey Swift.
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The tenth-hour switch to bring in Kamala Harris as the presidential candidate was a breathtaking power play by the Democratic Party. In contrast, the Republican Party has been unable to remove Donald Trump even when party leaders have said that the former president is a threat to the party. Sunil Dasgupta talks with UMBC Political Science Professor Tom Schaller about the role of political parties in this moment. Music for this episode comes from Alexandria, Virginia, alt-rock band, Jackie and The Treehorns.
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The weekly news analysis from I Hate Politics: Washington Metro and the National Education Association, NEA, the country’s biggest union, reach labor contracts with their own unions. Metro to reopen the Glenmont Red Line section as planned September 1. Three Maryland leaders get primetime speaking roles at the DNC, one of them Angela Alsobrooks is tied in a close race against former state governor Larry Hogan. The MCPS superintendent Thomas Taylor has a music video for the new school year.
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Maryland Democrats have articulated ambitious goals for education, transportation, and more. Governor Moore announced that the Red Line transit in Baltimore will be light rail, not bus rapid transit, a more expensive option. But state revenues face headwinds. Projected deficits loom large and statewide elections in 2026 means any tax raises become increasingly harder. Sunil Dasgupta talks with veteran statehouse reporter Bryan Sears of Maryland Matters. Music for this episode comes from Alexandria, Virginia, alt-rock band, Jackie and The Treehorns.
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The weekly news analysis from I Hate Politics: Falling for COVID-19 for the first time in four years. Maryland Department of Health ends grant program supporting wastewater testing as nation and region experience worst summer Covid wave in two years. Rental commission rules change: Buyers must negotiate fee with their own agents instead of depending on the seller’s offer. Music from Silver Spring band The Airport 77s.
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Aside from president and senator, the most important votes in Maryland this November will be ballot questions. In Montgomery, a ballot question could reduce the possible tenure of the county executive from 3 to 2 terms. In Baltimore, the mayor and city council are suing to keep the “baby bonus” question off the ballot while other petitions want to cap property taxes and reduce the size of the city council. Sunil Dasgupta talks with Andy Ellis, who as a Green Party activist and a Baltimore Charter Commission member, has developed a keen understanding of the politics of referendums in the state. Music for this episode comes from Alexandria, Virginia, alt-rock band, Jackie and The Treehorns.
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The weekly news analysis from I Hate Politics: Tropical Storm Debby brought needed rain to the DC region which has been on drought watch, but also flooded low-lying areas of Old town Alexandria, by the Kennedy Center and the Watergate Building in Washington; and Dock Street in Annapolis. The NEA, the largest union in the country, has locked out its own staff for six weeks now. Rockville Mayor and Council of end discussion on a new rent stabilization bill prompting one councilmember to pen an oped about how he changed his mind; MCPS welcomes 42 special education teachers from the Philippines, the first big batch hire in the school district. And more. Music from Silver Spring band The Airport 77s.
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No one likes to pay taxes. We do because we must. Governments raise taxes in infinite ways to meet seemingly unending demands from the people. With many states and local governments headed toward a few years of fiscal imbalance, Sunil Dasgupta asks Michael Sanderson, Executive Director of the Maryland Association of Counties, about where local and state taxes come from? Music for this episode comes from Alexandria, Virginia, alt-rock band, Jackie and The Treehorns.
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The weekly news analysis from I Hate Politics: Persistent dry spell leads to drought watch in the Washington DMV area. Local governments ask residents to conserve water. Fortune Magazine declares Silver Spring In Montgomery County, MD, to be the best place for families to live in all of the United States. Wallet Hub declares Maryland to have the third best public education system in the country. Sunil Dasgupta talks with Laurie Halverson of Potomac, Cara Fletcher of Germantown, and Eric Weissman of Takoma Park about community and community-building from three different perspectives. Music from Silver Spring band The Airport 77s.
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In 1988, Benjamine Spencer, a young black man in Dallas, TX, was wrongfully convicted of the murder of Jeffrey young, a young white man, the son of a prominent Ross Perot supporter, by prosecutors trained by Henry Wade, the Wade in Roe v Wade. Washington DC journalist and author Barbara Bradley Hagerty, whose 2018 reporting led to Spencer’s release has now written a book, Bringing Ben Home, (https://a.co/d/6w5uHll) and talks with Sunil Dasgupta about the case and its implications. Music by Alexandria alt-rock band Jackie and the Treehorns.
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Maryland and Washington DC are reporting high levels of Covid in wastewater but not Pennsylvania and New York. Montgomery County expands a subsidy program for companies renting office space in the county. Frederick City to become the second locality in Maryland to adopt ranked choice voting. Quince Orchard High School to ban smartphones, but how will this be enforced? And more. Music from Silver Spring band The Airport 77s.
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The government from city and county to state and federal is one of the biggest buyers of goods and services in any modern economy, but government procurement is often accused of being corrupt and wasteful. Sunil Dasgupta asks former chief procurement officer of Baltimore City, Erin Sher Smyth, to unbox the vast, byzantine, and changing world of government buying from police body cameras to cybersecurity. Music by Alexandria alt-rock band Jackie and the Treehorns.
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The weekly news analysis from I Hate Politics: Biden withdraws reelection bid; endorses Harris. What does it mean for Blue State Democrats who would win regardless? Montgomery County school board members work full-time but are paid for part-time work. Former MCPS Superintendent Josh Starr weighs in on the role of the board. UMD pays $500K to settle a federal complaint that it did not disclose foreign grants from Chinese telecom firm Huawei. Baltimore sues progressive group over a ballot question to give parents $1,000 for every newborn/adoption Laid off DCist employees start a new local news website, The 51st. Music from Silver Spring band The Airport 77s.
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