Hall of Shame

<p>Howard County (Maryland) blog posts critical of local citizens, personalities, elected officials, organizational leaders, etc. behaving in ways that run counter to Howard County’s Choose Civility mantra.</p>

A Hall of Shame For the History Books – September 11, 2020

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Yesterday was a truly shameful day in Howard County. Howard County Public School System led off the first week of virtual school with important social-emotional learning lessons at all school levels. These lessons of respect, compassion, acceptance of differences, diversity, inclusion, and equity are extremely important in today’s national climate. And yet, our friends in Howard County Neighbors United were incensed at the idea that anyone would be teaching their precious darlings to respe...
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Hall of Shame – August 12, 2020

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Today, we induct Howard County Councilmember Liz Walsh (District 1) into the Hall of Shame. Why, you ask? Is it because of her obstruction of affordable housing? That would be reason enough, but no. The Hall of Shame is not necessarily intended to highlight political differences, but rather, people behaving badly. I’d say putting down your fellow duly-elected Councilmembers using a vulgar name qualifies, no? Is this one of those embarrassing reply-all gaffes? Now, I’ve been known ...
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Hall of Shame – July 22, 2020

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The Howard County Republican Club recently took to Facebook to paint the youth-led HoCo For Justice group, who has recently organized rallies in support of Black Lives Matter and in protest of ICE, as “radical progressive extremists.” Their choice of words - characterizing youths who support immigrants and Black lives as “lawlessness” and “racism” - makes you wonder what it is about a movement based on compassion, equality, and justice that gets under Republicans’ skin. (The HoCo For Just...
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Hall of Shame – July 10, 2020

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Today, lame-duck Howard County Board of Education member Christina “DeVos” Small posted the following thoughts about the BOE’s struggle to decide on the best plan for public schooling in the fall, given the myriad of challenges involved. Christina Delmont-Small pushes to reopen schools. She’s not wrong that virtual learning models will negatively affect dual-income and single-parent families as well as students with disabilities. However, she seems to be ignoring the plight of teache...
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