Elevate Maryland

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!   3 Things We're Thinkin' About  Toms FB post Alabama Violence in Howard County schools   Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz Grew up in Lockern in the "Wonder Years" Accomplishments in BoCo Didn't beat Hogan's numbers in BoCo, how beat him across state BoCo electorate as representative of state Under representative communities Insentivthons for affordable housing   Kevin's Rapid Fire Book - Master of the Senate Movie - Godfather Music - take the 5th TV - Shameless Unpopular benign - likes bananas Podcast - Dan Rodricks Best meal -  Kamenetz home cooking & Prime Rib's Chilean Sea Bass Elevate Maryland - elect Kevin Kamenetz a tell-it-like-it-is guy    

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!    

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!   3 Things We're Thinkin' About  Sexual harassment and misogyny Norm entrepreneurs - Bloomberg Cass Sunstein NJ, VA, Frederick and Annapolis Elections Baltimore Detective Suiters   Gubernatorial Candidate Maya Rockeymoore Cummings Baltimore can and should be an asset to the state Punching below our fighting weight Inclusive growth strategy Baltimore's leadership  Title 1 funding What makes Maya distinct from the democratic crowd Competing against a popular governor Perusing an equity agenda Both/and not either/or, we can do well by doing good for everyone Diverse experience growing up on military bases... we're all in this together Affordable housing 2018 as the Year Of The Woman Candidate   Maya's Rapid Fire Book - Henrietta Lax Movie - Avatar Music - Maysa jazz vocalist Unpopular benign opinion - Doesn't drink soda Podcast - Elevate Maryland Best Meal in MD - G&M crab cakes in Linthicum&n

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!   3 Things We're Thinkin' About  Opioid crisis - unfounded mandate #MeToo Elevate Maryland Anniversary     Gubernatorial Candidate Krish Vignarajah Alana vs ilana - means baby tree (Aramaic/Hebrew)… light (Sanskrit)… special girl (Gaelic) Quote - "It's Time For A New Generation Of Leadership In Maryland. We Need New Ideas And Policies To Improve Our Children's Education, Raise Wages And Protect The Chesapeake Bay." Part of moderate majority Consensus builder Residency issue Education - full-day PreK, a strong STEM curriculum, world-class teacher prep, and funding equity.  Went to Woodlawn HS in Baltimore Chesapeake Bay environment is important. So are farmers.  Underserved populations Paid family leave Women in leadership roles     Krish's Rapid Fire Book - Louisa May Alcott's Music - Baby Beluga Movie - Wonder Woman Unpopular benign opinion - no red meat Podcasts - NPR

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!   3 Things We're Thinkin' About  HCPSS Bullying Eradication HCPSS Redistricting Proposal New Yorker's New Normal   Gubernatorial Candidate Rich Madaleno Is Gov Hogan beatable? Top priorities for Maryland Underserved voices Affordable housing Mean Tweets 20/20 advice to Anthony Brown   Rich's Rapid Fire Music - You can't stop the beat Book - the lost city Aaron aronhalt Movie - Beauty and the Beast  Hates all Pittsburgh sports Podcast - BBC History Magazine Best meal - Volt in Frederick   Events   Community Action Council Turkey Drive Changemaker Challenge    

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!     Maryland Matters' Josh Kurtz Journalism provides information, but also holds public figures accountable   Gov Hogan re-electability  Hogan strengths and challenges Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates Rushern Baker Alec Ross Rich Madaleno Ben Jealous Jim Shea Krish Vignarajah Kevin Kamenetz Maya Rockeymoore Maryland Senate majority Calvin Ball vs Allan Kittleman 4 open council seats in HoCo   Alec's Rapid Fire Book - Underworld Movie - Battle Of The Sexes Music - The Fab Faux Popular Benign - "What It Takes" Podcast - Trumpcast Best meal - Tiki Bar in Solomons Island and Vera's Beach Club in Lusby How To Elevate Maryland - Be more informed    CarnEvil's Gene Ryan   Fall festival and spooky woods All HoCo staff All the displays built by HCC scenic design students      

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!   3 Things We're Thinkin' About  Active Listening Redistricting AAC Committee disbanded due to personal attacks on members Dr Foose's MSDE job   Gubernatorial Candidate Alec Ross Alec's Book The Industries of the Future 3 Biggest Issues In Maryland  School Inequity Transportation Economic development    Improving education Confronting race issues Affordable housing Mentors in politics Equity in capitalism Equity vs equality and fairness Health care Mandatory minimums      Alec's Rapid Fire Book - Plutocrats  Movie - Syriana Music - New Pornographers Most unpopular benign opinion - girls are better at soccer than boys Podcast - Podsave America  Meal - Crabs at Bill's Terrace Inn in Essex How To Elevate Maryland - make schools cathedrals   CoFestCo's Chad D'amore Hops & Harvest  Maryland Brewery Tours  New Years Eve event coming...  

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!   3 Things We're Thinkin' About  Grocery Store Sale of Alcohol Repeal of DACA - Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Anonymous letters   Get Money Out Maryland's Doug Miller Get Money Out Campaign finance reform         Campaign finance Constitutional convention Free speech?? How editorials are written State of Journalism     Doug's Rapid Fire Book - Anything by Vonnegut Movie - Casablanca  Music - Replaced By Robots Most unpopular benign opinion - don't like melons Podcast - Elevate Maryland Meal - Great Sage Event - Two Rivers Roller Derby How Elevate Maryland - get money out of politics   Events   A Vintage Affair Under The Harvest Moon How To Build Grassroots Power Main Street Music Fest  

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!   3 Things We're Thinkin' About  HoCo Confederate memorial Courtney Watson running in 9B Democrats Destroyed Baltimore?!?   Howard County Historical Society's Shawn Gladden Confederate memorial, how it got there and where it's going Lost Cause revisionism Robert E Lee Howard Dragoons Criticism of HoCo Historical Society's marketing material HoCo Historical Society's programs HoCo Historical Society's Archive at HCPSS Miller Branch HoCo Historical Society's Museum in Main St District   Shawn's Rapid Fire Book - Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era Movie - The Defenders Music - Stony Hill [Explicit] Most unpopular benign opinion - can't stand current pop music Podcast - Hard Core History Meal - White Oak Tavern's burger Event - Main Street Music Festival  How Elevate Maryland - amiable political discourse   Events    Merriweather Movie Night Police Pace Under The Harvest Moon

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!   3 Things We're Thinkin' About  mandatory minimums Plan Howard Academy Meatless Monday      The Horizon Foundation's Nikki Highsmith Vernick   Horizon Foundation's mission Bikeway Bike Master Plan Grassroots advocacy Bike Share program Mental health programs End of life planning Changemaker Challenge Future Horizon Initiatives   Nikki's Favorites Book - Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis Movie - The Emoji Movie Music - Katy Perry Snow Cones (called Water Ice by Nikki - strawberry) Best Meal - Nikki's husband's Italian cooking Event - Open Streets    Events    Tom's vacation!!

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!   3 Things We're Thinkin' About  Transgender in military Book "Dream Hoarding" The Mooch in New Yorker Magazine It the movie Cinebistro     Downtown Columbia Arts and Culture Commission's Ian Kennedy Save Merriweather Housing Commission Merriweather Post's 50th birthday Relationships between IMP, DCAC, Inner Arbor Trust, Downtown Columbia Partnership Artists can express the feelings of the community in ways regular folks can't  Downtown development - Merriweather District and Lakefront plan John Legend   Ian's Favorites   Underground Railroad School of Rock Secret Sisters American Woman - Single by Muddy Magnolias Snowball Podcasts - This American Life, Radioland  Clydes Falafel burger School of Rock event Sturgil Simpson   Events   Restaurant Week Howard County Fair Clarksville Commons Farmers Market - Every Thursday 

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!   3 Things We're Thinkin' About  Body Cameras Ellicott City Flood Anniversary 14 County Council candidates     Job Opportunities Task Force's Caryn York Bail Bond bill Gubernatorial candidates   Caryn's Favorites   Book - Behold the Dreamers (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel Movie - Coming to America Music - Wild Thoughts [Clean] Loves ice cream AND snow cones Meal - Waterman's in Rock Hall Event - Expungement Laws Clinics   Events   Howard County Brewery Tour   John Legend rescheduled just for Candace  

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality   3 Things We're Thinkin' About   Maureen Evans Arthurs' letter Howard County government website hacked by Islamic State HCPSS School redistricting  Designing The We exhibit   HCEA President Paul Lemle People Acting Together For Howard     Paul's Favorites The New Jim Crowe Life Is Beautiful Jason Isbell's Nashville Sound Outdoors - snowball / Indoors - Cherry Garcia Serial podcast TED Talks Nate Silver's TED Talk on elections Stanford Grill Maryland Ice Cream Trail     Events Howard County Brewery Tour July 4th Festivities Fireworks Longfellow Parade River Hill Parade Allview Parade Merriweather's 50th Birthday John Legend rescheduled just for Candace  

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality   3 Things We're Thinkin' About   Bill Maher Ilene Kessler Columbia's 50th Birthday   DCP Director Michele Whelley   Downtown Columbia Arts and Culture Commission Downtown Columbia Housing Commission Getting Feet on the Street Walkability Books In Bloom Discover Downtown 5k Festive Fridays New home for Toby's New black box theatre Affiliation with Howard Hughes Corporation Building a sense of community Michele's Favorites   The Art Forger Arrival Eminem Ice cream - anything chocolate Iron Bridge Petit Louis    

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality   3 Things We're Thinkin' About Conservative guests Election Season Doc Martirano   HCGH CEO Steve Snelgrove   ACA uncertainty Laurel Hospital's changes effect HCGH State of MD is over-beded, HoCo  Hospital construction project Also working on a 10 year Master Plan Population Health Drug overdoes Health Needs Assessment   Steve's Favorites The Advantage Neil Young Mission Impossible 4 Ice cream - "real" vanilla Hudson Coastal Santana at Merriweather   Events Jazzfest Books In Bloom FIRN's Celebration of Success      

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality Alabama Constitution still calls for segregation Survivability of local journalism Romp-hims   Howard County School Superintendent (Doc) Michael Martirano "It's got to be our moral imperative as a county, as a state, as a nation to ensure that every child graduates" Redistricting Equal is not equity 10 tenants of equity  Need a more robust early childhood program Achievement gap starts at birth Restorative practices so discipline isn't punitive Personalized learning Social and emotional intelligence Dual credit and dual enrollment with HCC Career development Geoffrey Canada As a nation we spend $35k/yr to incarcerate while $11k/yr to educate   Doc's Favorites Dave Matthews Steely Dan Bee Gees Greatest Father/Daughter Wedding Dance Medley (staring Doc) Bruce Springsteen autobiography  Option B - Sheryl Sandberg Anything Melissa McCarthy The Boss Tammy SNL Real Housewives of Atlanta Trattoria at bo

Show Notes Retirement of HCPSS Superintendent Renee Foose New HCPSS Superintendent Michael Martirano HB 1603 - County Boards of Education - Removal of County Superintendents HB 1299 - Howard County Board of Education HB 799 - Family Law - Marriage - Age Requirements   Shout out to Grandma Atterbeary and gratitude for all your help   Maryland Democratic Party   Opel Jones Alec Ross Rushern Baker Kevin Kamenetz Doug Gansler   Vanessa's Favorites Smurfs Taylor Swift Chainsmokers John Legend Have You Seen My Dinosaur Hudson Coastal   Vacation Turks & Cacos Hershey Park   Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival - this weekend at HoCo Fairgrounds Columbia Founders Day - May 9 Hills of Milltown 5K - May 14 Wine in the Woods - May 20-21    

Thanks to Denizens Brewing Company for hosting our show today! Three Things We're Thinking About Larry Hogan Sr HCPSS diversity coordinator Howard County Cottage Food bill    Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot Thanks for paying your taxes Liquor law task force HB 1283 Maryland Democrats Calvin Ball of Howard County Jake Day of Salisbury  Cory McCray of Baltimore Gerrymandering Withholding HCPSS construction dollars because of concerns about air quality in Howard County schools   Hero of the Empire  Hidden Figures Van Morrison Amos Lee John Legend Victoria Gastro Pub Manor Hill Tavern Events Neatnick Preserves Greenfest Baltimore Vegfest at GBMC HCPSS 50th Birthday  

Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for hosting our show! Three Things We're Thinking About Baltimore Sun - De Facto segregation in Howard County S-Town podcast One Black Teacher Can Improve Outcomes for Black Students Ken Ulman of Margrave Consulting Sneaky Pete Industries Futures by Alec Ross Events Clyde's 10K Old Ellicott City SpringFest Chrysalis Grand Opening