Over 90% of Howard countians have and USE their library card.
This will impact all of us. 📕 ❤️
“Why are there so many people experiencing homelessness? What gives?” 🫣
@howard county MD’s town hall w/ @alsobrooks.senate.gov @elfreth.house.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov and CE Ball. Hearing from our federal leaders and federal workers in the face of unlawful and frankly, awful actions from the Trump/Musk administration.
Howard County: www.howardcountymd.gov/News020725
Anne Arundel County: www.aacounty.org/federal-employee-assistance
Our office’s resources: elfreth.house.gov/services/resources-marylanders-affected-trump-administration-policies
Testify in support of @mercerrigby.bsky.social's sponsored CB 18 which promotes Transit Oriented Development and Disability Housing in Howard County at the Legislative hearing 3/17 at 7pm at the George Howard Building! #affordablehousing cc.howardcountymd.gov/calendar/cou...
👏🏻 louder for the folks in the back! 👏🏻
How can counties and cities best navigate the instability created by the Trump/Musk administration?
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Don’t worry MD isn’t in the top 25! We’re #26 😫😢
On Tuesday, March 11th, @chrisvanhollen.bsky.social, @alsobrooks.senate.gov, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball, and I are hosting a Town Hall at Howard Community College! We look forward to answering your questions and you can RSVP at the link below:
iqconnect.house.gov/iqextranet/E...
Texting with your kid is wild…
“Loneliness and isolation can lead to: 29% increased risk of heart disease; 32% increased risk of stroke; 50% increased risk of developing dementia among older adults; and 60% increased risk of premature death.”
Surgeon General recommends designing cities to create more connections. #WalkableCities
Or for anyone in the USA who…eats food.
Spoiler:it won’t be good for our towns.
Could you imagine if Zelensky had worn a tan suit?
At National Association of Counties legislative conference and the room is PACKED to hear how the changes to immigration will affect child care, construction, home building, infrastructure work and more in our communities.
BREAKING: Office of Special Counsel Finds Many DOGE Firings Unlawful with Major Implications for the Future of the DOGE Purge and Potential Jeopardy for Those Who Executed DOGE's Orders talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/big-d...
In a feat of impeccable timing, the wonderful editors at the Lewis & Clark Law Review have finished their work on my article, "Is Originalism Bullshit?" The final version is now online at SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…
New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
Why it matters to elect younger leaders to local offices: Our experience in the housing market is wildly different! As of 2021, more than half of people under the age of 44 were renters. That changes the way you understand what matters in housing policy.
-The Question: How the hell did we get here?
-The Answer: Citizens United.
Less than a month since a crash that took 67 lives, Trump is firing hundreds of federal employees who inspect and maintain air traffic control communications, radio and computer systems.
This is extremely dangerous and could have deadly consequences.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...
No, 150-year-olds aren't collecting Social Security benefits. Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud; but there's a much simpler explanation.
Public input is so much better at the planning stage than the project stage 😫 let’s make a plan and make it happen!
One step can be local. Work to create something, be part of
programmatic or legislative reform. My county has citizen advisory boards for many departments, and public
planning processes. There at advocate groups, learn how decisions are made and when you can make an impact, do it with friends.
Disturbingly, who do they think are implementing the laws the legislative branch/their predecessors/themselves passed? Public servants are *doing* the work!
People who don’t live in the DC area have little idea of the mass panic and confusion folks are experiencing here. Everyone knows dozens and dozens of people who are being indiscriminately fired or who face the imminent threat of layoff. Imagine 1/2 of your neighbors facing this.
💯 forget ripples, there will be tsunamis hitting communities across the country. There are federal workers in every state, with concentrations across counties.
