Hall of Shame – May 15, 2020

Posted on May 15, 2020August 17, 2020 by Jenny

This was quite a week at Howard County Progress Report, as my piece published Monday that exposed BOE D3 candidate Gian Alfeo’s hateful Facebook postings reached over 7.1k views, caught the attention of the Howard County Muslim Council and The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), and resulted in Mr. Alfeo withdrawing from the race, as reported by the Baltimore Sun yesterday. As I read the Baltimore Sun article, I became confused toward the end, when they quoted the Howard County...

Analysis of Scott E’s D2 BOE Debate

Posted on May 12, 2020August 17, 2020 by Jenny

*** May 28, 2020: This post originally stated that Larry Pretlow is not a member of the Stevens Forest Elementary School PTA. That is not accurate, and I have updated the post with the correct information. *** At long last, I made it through the last of Scott Ewart's online debates for Howard County Board of Education candidates. Over the weekend, he held the final debate, for District 2. Is anybody else exhausted? (ICYMI: my analyses of the debates for districts 3, 4, and 5.) Havin...

Analysis of Scott E’s D3 BOE Debate

Posted on May 11, 2020August 17, 2020 by Jenny

On Friday evening, Scott Ewart held the third in his series of online debates for Howard County Board of Education candidates, this time for District 3. Of the three candidates in District 3, one is head-and-shoulders above the rest (spoiler: it’s Jolene Mosley), but I’ll cover all of them anyway. Tom Heffner Tom Heffner is a mystery to me. His website states that he has experience solving hard problems and innovating. When it comes to the issues, he has some fleshed-out ideas on his we...

Hall of Shame – May 10, 2020

Posted on May 10, 2020August 17, 2020 by Jenny

Happy Mother’s Day! It seems that my blog and I have gained the attention of a gentleman (and I use that term loosely) named Matthew Mitchell. His Facebook profile picture frame indicates that he supports Sezin Palmer for BOE, so perhaps this is his ham-handed attempt at electioneering? Yeesh. Allow me to set the record straight: I do not live on a golf course (not that there’s anything wrong with that), my children attend HCPSS, I write my blog on my phone, and I am lucky and blessed to...

Analysis of Scott E’s D5 BOE Debate

Posted on May 9, 2020August 17, 2020 by Jenny

On Wednesday, Scott Ewart hosted the second in his series of Board of Education online debates, this time for District 5. (See my analysis of his D4 debate here.) I procrastinated on listening to the debate and writing an analysis because this district, comprising most of the western half of Howard County, is unsurprisingly devoid of progressive candidates. For me, District 5 is a lot like the prize counter at an arcade. There are all these giant stuffed animals, skateboards, and electroni...