Elevate Maryland

Show Notes Thanks to Maryland Podcast Festival and The Crown for hospitality this week!   1 Thing We're Thinkin' About  Candidates are people   MD Delegate Brooke Lierman Addressing Baltimore's challenges 21 Century School Facility Act Spending more on Baltimore students Kerwin Comission Frat Boy culture in Annapolis Governor's race   Brooke's Same Old Questions Book - Warmth Of Other Suns Movie - Clue, Princess Bride, Pride and Prejudice  Music - eclectic Unpopular benign - bill to rename school CEO to school Superintendent  Best meal - Echi Ben Eastern Av Event - Election Day  Elevate - be kind, try hard, have fun    

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!   3 Things We're Thinkin' About  DPZ, Zoning Board, Planning Board, and Board of Appeals... oh MY! Competing polls in County Executive race Non partisan Board Of Ed races   Nick Redding Preservation Maryland is dedicated to preserving Maryland's historic buildings, neighborhoods, landscapes and archaeological resources through outreach, funding, education and advocacy. Preservation Maryland's take on the Ellicott City Flood Mitigation proposal Alternatives to the county's proposal   Nick's Same Old Questions Same Ol' Questions Book - Patton Music - Steal Drivers Movie - Lincoln Unpopular Benign - no interest in football Podcasts - Mike O'Meara Show Best meal - Ayse Event - Phoenix Rising Antietam Kayak tour Harriet Tubman Bus tour  Elevate Maryland - historic trades apprenticeship program, and mandatory public service   Baltimore Podcast Festival Friday, September 14 7pm at The Crown

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!   3 Things We're Thinkin' About  Ellicott City Flood Plan People's Choice Endorsements for BOE "Choose Civility" is a famous Howard County motto but why are we failing?   Ainy Haider- Shah The Muslim Council encourages issues and activities of common interest to local Muslims and the broader community of Howard County. Muslim parents concerned that Muslims kids can be victims of Islamophobia and others feel it's ok. Muslims becoming more active in political life. How non-Muslims can help fight islamophobia. Teach children to embrace our differences. Political races of interest Diversity of boards,  committees, and commissions     Ainy's Same Old Questions Book - A Suitable Boy by Bikram Movie - Crazy Rich Asians Music - U2 Unpopular benign - Halloween best American holiday  Best meal - Mimi's Kabob for dinner Cafe Easy for Breakfast Bon Appetit for coffee Event - school starting Eleva

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!   3 Things We're Thinkin' About  3 Things New Courthouse Long Beach courthouse Admin testimony for bill FF Nathan Flynn Tiber Watershead Moratorium bill Liz Walsh We won because of volunteers Clear cutting tree request at the Historic preservation commission  Government's role in community BoE,  County Council and CE working together School redistricting Approach to governing: open communication, transparency, fair, inclusive, and data driven What is a "moderate"? China Williams race CE race   Liz's Same Old Questions Book - The Curious Garden  Hoot Owl Master Of Disguise Music - The National, Black Panther Soundtrack Movie - Quiet Place Unpop - doesn't like Standard Time (as opposed to Daylight Time) Best meal - OEC's River House pizza et al Event - Fair  Elevate - plant more trees  

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!   3 Things We're Thinkin' About  FB comments after a tragedy Every Vote Counts Thai Soccer team rescue   Roger Caplan HoCo District 1 Other HoCo Council Races HoCo County Exec race Legislative District 12 Clarence Lam Legislative District 9 Bates vs Hester All new HoCo County Council   Roger's Same Old Questions Music - Blues Unpopular Benign - local broadcast news is silly Best meal - Coco's Pub Event - Clarksville Commons Movie Nights Elevate - teach civics  

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!   3 Things We're Thinkin' About  Capital Gazette Ladderkickers Thank you and congratulations to everyone who ran, win or loose   Dylan Goldberg Has the Dem party abandoned the establishment   Social media changed the way we campaign Incumbents and rookies Mack Middleton's race Joe Carter Conway's race Barbara Robinson's race Sarah Elfreth's race HoCo County Exec race District 1 campaign New County Council makeup   Dylan's Same Old Questions Book - Promise Me Dad by Joe Biden Movie - Legally Blonde Music - Obama Spotify playlist Unpopular benign - doesn't like pie Podcast - NYT Daily Best meal - Big Ben's Club at Charter Deli Event - Dem Unity Party EM - love and support one another    Events 4th of July Annie Grassroots need meals Food Truck Fridays  

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!   3 Things We're Thinkin' About  How young is too young to run for office? Gubernatorial primary race Low voter turnout    Howard County Councilman Jon Weinstein EC flood recovery APFO Being the swing vote Enjoyable things about being councilperson Public campaign finance CB9   Jon's Same Old Questions Movie - Shape of Water Book - Book of Joy  Music - U2 Unpop - doesn't like clowns Pod - NPR and SiriusXM Best meal - Mint, Tino's, Daniels' burger, Manor Hill burger, Judge's Bench fries and vegan food Elevate MD - take a deep breath and find points of agreement   Events   Lakefest June 15-17 Columbia Festival of the Arts  Summer Festival Encore Party Early voting MPP Movie Nights

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!    Welcome Whittaker, and congrats to Tom, Nicole, and Harper!     3 Things We're Thinkin' About  EC Flood Looting… digital looting Simulated Congressional Hearings Roseanne   Baltimore County Exec Candidate John Olszewski Storm assessment on Baltimore County side of the line  Qualities of great public servants  No students should be left in the margins First 100 day in office County vs state politics Every kid has potential, not every kid has their potential unlocked Comparing and contrasting HoCo and BaCo Learn more at GoJohnnyO.com   Johnny O's Rapid Fire Book - Nudge Music - everything Unpopular benign - likes June primaries Best meal - crab cakes at Koco's Event - Baltimore County 4th of July celebrations Elevate MD - have more empathy   Events Wine In LWV Primaries Forum tomorrow at 9am in Smith Theatre Patapsco Heritage Greenway and the Ellicott City In

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!    Congrats to Nichole and Milan   3 Things We're Thinkin' About  The Apple ballot Kevin Kamenetz's passing This Is Water by David Foster Wallace Graduation season   Howard County Public Library CEO Tonya Kennon Libraries serve the community Asset Based Community Development Healthy community building Choose Civility STEM Makerspace Library Parcel Tax Measure   Tonya's Rapid Fire Book - In Between The Lines Nicki Grimes Movie - Black Panther Music - This Is America Unpopular benign - Eats little to no dairy Podcast - HiJinx Best meal - Cinco De Mayo Event - Longest Table June 16 Elevate MD - more conversations without judgement   Events Wine In The Woods Merriweather Movie Nights Columbia Festival of the Arts Summer Festival Encore Party  

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!      3 2 Things We're Thinkin' About  Universal PreK Partisanship and the School Board   Governor Hogan's Executive Chef Matt Milani What's does an Executive Chef do at the state house Korean cooking and the State House  Sustainability and food Trends in restaurants Mentoring Rumor Mill   Matt's Rapid Fire Book - The Night Circus Music - Nirvana, Food Fighters Movie - Burnt Unpopular benign - Change is good Podcasts - Seth Rogan, Bertcast Best meal - everywhere Elevate Maryland - represent Maryland products positively     

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!      3 Things We're Thinkin' About  Starbucks Bias Training HCEA Endorsements Surgeon General's rare advisory: more people should carry opioid overdose antidote     Howard County Sheriff Bill McMahon Opioids  Roles of Sheriff in HoCo Vision for Sheriff's Office   Bill's Rapid Fire Rapid Fire Movie - Dodgeball Music - Jimmy Buffett Unpopular benign - Doesn't like weird podcast questions Best meal in MD - Maggiano's lasagna Event most looking forward to - birth of first grandson How Elevate MD - communicate in ways so that we can disagree without being disagreeable      

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!      3 2 Things We're Thinkin' About  Beat officers in schools Board of Public Works     Gubernatorial Candidate Ben Jealous Why be gov? Tech jobs Lessons learned from work at NAACP  Build state model for inclusion, civil rights, environment Relevance of President Trump in election benjealous.com      Ben's Rapid Fire Rapid Fire Book - The Alchemist Movie - Black Panther Music - Miles Davis Quintet Unpopular benign - Vegetarian Best meal in MD - Verde Pizza in Canton AND NYC 1978 pizza in Pasadena  Event most looking forward to - primary day June 26 How Elevate MD - be more proud of who we are     Podaversary Favorite episodes Goals for year ahead      

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!      3  4 Things We're Thinkin' About  UMBC #RetrieverNation    UMBC Athletics' Twitter Feed HoCoTruths - we're better than this    WSJ's Blue Feed / Red Feed study Happy birthday "macsmom" Julia McCready! Local Journalism     CEO Of Howard Bank Mary Ann Scully Community Banking HoCo Columbia's philanthropic community built from banking industry Philosophy around philanthropy Evolution of women's role in banking Teach our daughters to take risks   Mary Ann's Rapid Fire Book - Nancy Drew, Cold Mountain, 7 Habits, Between The World and Me Movie - Phantom Thread Music - Chicago, Sounds of Silence Unpopular Benign - Wizard of Oz Podcast - So, here's my story Best Meal - Iron Bridge, Victoria, Manor Hill, Food Plenty Elevate Maryland - find better way to have discourse. Learn to talk to each other, but more importantly... learn to listen to each other.  &

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!      3 Things We're Thinkin' About  13th High School  School budget People moving into the county are of a lower income bracket than those leaving the county       Spending Affordability Advisory Committee member Josh Tzuker   Spending Affordability Advisory Committee Report Non-partisan Committee process Fiscal health of county - HoCo ate a lot over Thanksgiving and now we should eat a few salads How the committee projects revenue Key recommendation was that county should take on less debt Gubernatorial races Blue Wave? The Spending Affordability Advisory Report Incredible competent civil servants in HoCo   Josh's Rapid Fire Book - Homegoing Music - Wilco, Jason Isbell, Tribe Movie - Netflix's Icarus Unpopular Benign - Josh loves last episode of Lost Podcast - Elevate MD, The Dollop, Waking Up with Sam Harris Best meal - Tandor Grill'

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!      3 4 Things We're Thinkin' About  Lt Gov Picks Tom the Task Force Curmudgeon Black Panther #NeverAgainMovement       Howard County Councilman Dr Calvin Ball Smoking in restaurants CB9 Long Reach Village Center Schools and development Calvin's campaign finance reports Campaign civility 2014 Team Howard Slate mailing Meme Kittleman Response **Memes have since stopped**   Calvin's Rapid Fire Movie - Black Panther Music - Kendrick Lamar Book - Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life Unpopular Benign - never seen Game of Thrones Podcast - Between The Beltways Best meal - Stanford Grill Elevate Maryland - invest more in helping people who can't advocate for themselves    Events Evening In The Stacks Merriweather Concert Schedule Raise The Roof T's

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!      3 Things We're Thinkin' About  Calvin's campaign finance report Ed Kasemeyer's retirement Olympics!!      Gubernatorial Candidate Jim Shea Maryland succeeds when Baltimore succeeds Competing with Hogan Education Transportation   Jim's Rapid Fire Book - Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Movie - Apollo 13 Music - La Boheme Unpopular Benign - likes opera Podcast - The Survival of the American Dream: Norman Augustine at TEDxUSU Event - democratic primary  Elevate? - dare maryland to be great    

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!      3 Things Tom's Thinkin' About  Tino's Keep it civil  The light and weight of democracy     Maryland Matters' Josh Kurtz Campaign finance reports Gubernatorial campaigns Some surprises PGCo exec race BaCo exec race HoCo exec race Ball could ride a blue wave Kittleman has a brand other than Republican 9B Watson / Medinger democrats and Flannigan the republican Medinger put $150k Of own money in Watson fiscally conservative Flanigan used to be democrat   Pettiness and attempts at bipartisanship Harry Nice bridge How federal tax cuts affect Maryland How Obamacare erosion affects Maryland Reform On Tap Task force rules on relationship between brewers and distributors   Josh's Rapid Fire Book - Tune In - Beatles Early Years Music - don't go to tribute bands Movie - 3 Billboards Podcast - Pod Save America, Elevate Maryland Unpopular Benign - Star Wars sequels Meal - Mt Vernon Marke

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!      3 Things We're Thinkin' About  MLK and the sanatization of civil rights history Merriweather Roof Collapse HoCo CE Poll Results - 42% Kittleman; 39% Ball, 19% undecided; Name Recognition - 87% Kittleman, 46% Ball   Maryland Delegate Cory McCray Young gun democrats Status of Baltimore Unequal school funding in Baltimore Apprenticeship programs Other young delegates     Cory's Rapid Fire Book - The Long Shadow of Little Rock: A Memoir Music - JayZ 444 Movie - Proud Mary Best Meal in MD - CoCo's, Tara's Cafe, Snack by Nancy  Unpopular benign opinion - doesn't watch sports Event - wedding anniversary AND elections June 26 What do to Elevate MD - get involved  

Show Notes Thanks to Joe's Place Deli for their always warm and friendly hospitality!   2017 is a prime number- only divisible by itself   Things We're Thinkin' About  Some struggles: President 45 (campaigning on partisan division and race/culture division- "building a wall"), the #metoo movement, Mass shootings (Las Vegas and Texas), North Korea, Natural Disasters (hurricanes!), Race/Culture tension (Monuments, Charlottesville, Virginia, Take a Knee) Conversation around redistricting, labeling high schools as good or bad CB 9, negative campaign ads Mr. Rogers reminds us in his famous quote: "When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." The #metoo movement  Elections- Alabama stood up against hate and pediphila, A black transgender activist, Andrea Jenkins, was elected to the Minneapolis City Council. A Hispanic woman won the mayor's race in Topeka, Kan. A Sikh man was elected mayo