David Hondowicz
@hondodavid.bsky.social
Constituent Services Coordinator, et.al. for MoCo, MD Councilmember Kristin Mink. Decades of professional & personal state & local experience across Maryland on a vast array of issues. Personal views only.
My friend, colleague in Councilmember Mink's office and fellow Edison Township native was just elected to the Greenbelt City Council.
He worked his _______ off and he'll prove as adept in governing as he was as a successful first time candidate. Very proud of him.
He worked his _______ off and he'll prove as adept in governing as he was as a successful first time candidate. Very proud of him.
November 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
My friend, colleague in Councilmember Mink's office and fellow Edison Township native was just elected to the Greenbelt City Council.
He worked his _______ off and he'll prove as adept in governing as he was as a successful first time candidate. Very proud of him.
He worked his _______ off and he'll prove as adept in governing as he was as a successful first time candidate. Very proud of him.
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Please keep a lookout for Ms. Cabiltes, and call 9-1-1 immediately if you see her.
Montgomery County Maryland
Gaithersburg, MD - Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – 3rd District Investigative Section are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Cecilia M. Cabiltes, a missing 85-year-old.
www2.montgomerycountymd.gov
July 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Please keep a lookout for Ms. Cabiltes, and call 9-1-1 immediately if you see her.
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🚶♀️🧑🦽🛴🚵
If you missed the virtual public hearing on the Good Hope Road Shared Use Path Extension Project last night, you still have an opportunity to provide your 🗣️feedback via the online comment form▶️ tinyurl.com/yc8a8pp2
@cmkristinmink.bsky.social #VisionZero @washcycle.bsky.social @ggwash.org
If you missed the virtual public hearing on the Good Hope Road Shared Use Path Extension Project last night, you still have an opportunity to provide your 🗣️feedback via the online comment form▶️ tinyurl.com/yc8a8pp2
@cmkristinmink.bsky.social #VisionZero @washcycle.bsky.social @ggwash.org
June 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🚶♀️🧑🦽🛴🚵
If you missed the virtual public hearing on the Good Hope Road Shared Use Path Extension Project last night, you still have an opportunity to provide your 🗣️feedback via the online comment form▶️ tinyurl.com/yc8a8pp2
@cmkristinmink.bsky.social #VisionZero @washcycle.bsky.social @ggwash.org
If you missed the virtual public hearing on the Good Hope Road Shared Use Path Extension Project last night, you still have an opportunity to provide your 🗣️feedback via the online comment form▶️ tinyurl.com/yc8a8pp2
@cmkristinmink.bsky.social #VisionZero @washcycle.bsky.social @ggwash.org
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The Allegany County Department of Emergency Services announced that a multiagency resource center would open Saturday in Westernport to help residents of the flood-damaged area find the help they need to recover from the week's storms.
marylandmatters.org/briefs/respo...
marylandmatters.org/briefs/respo...
Response center opened, state of emergency declared in wake of Western Maryland flooding - Maryland Matters
The Allegany County Department of Emergency Services announced that a multiagency resource center would open Saturday in Westernport to help residents of the flood-damaged area find the help they need...
marylandmatters.org
May 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The Allegany County Department of Emergency Services announced that a multiagency resource center would open Saturday in Westernport to help residents of the flood-damaged area find the help they need to recover from the week's storms.
marylandmatters.org/briefs/respo...
marylandmatters.org/briefs/respo...
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⭐️MCDOT’s Commuter Survey is now open⭐️
If you live🏘️or work💼in @montgomerycountymd.bsky.social we want to hear🗣️from you.
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@mymcmedia.bsky.social @themocoshow.bsky.social @rideonmct.bsky.social #MDCommuters #commuting
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@mymcmedia.bsky.social @themocoshow.bsky.social @rideonmct.bsky.social #MDCommuters #commuting
April 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
⭐️MCDOT’s Commuter Survey is now open⭐️
If you live🏘️or work💼in @montgomerycountymd.bsky.social we want to hear🗣️from you.
Use the link to complete the survey & you could win $250! ▶️ tinyurl.com/srhjpkuy
@mymcmedia.bsky.social @themocoshow.bsky.social @rideonmct.bsky.social #MDCommuters #commuting
If you live🏘️or work💼in @montgomerycountymd.bsky.social we want to hear🗣️from you.
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@mymcmedia.bsky.social @themocoshow.bsky.social @rideonmct.bsky.social #MDCommuters #commuting
“For too long, PJM has caved to the interests of fossil fuel generators and utilities that profit from high electricity prices and scarce new generation,” Pinsky said. “That’s, in my opinion, why PJM has slow-walked reforms that would lower prices.”
April 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“For too long, PJM has caved to the interests of fossil fuel generators and utilities that profit from high electricity prices and scarce new generation,” Pinsky said. “That’s, in my opinion, why PJM has slow-walked reforms that would lower prices.”
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The 2025 legislative session was a slog, but Maryland Matters staff still had one thing to do: We fanned out to talk to lawmakers, advocates, lobbyists and others around the State House about who won, who lost and who more or less broke even.
marylandmatters.org/2025/04/12/i...
marylandmatters.org/2025/04/12/i...
It's all over but the judging: After a hard-fought session, the judges score the rounds - Maryland Matters
The 2025 legislative session was a slog, but Maryland Matters staff still had one thing to do: We fanned out to talk to lawmakers, advocates, lobbyists and others around the State House about who won,...
marylandmatters.org
April 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The 2025 legislative session was a slog, but Maryland Matters staff still had one thing to do: We fanned out to talk to lawmakers, advocates, lobbyists and others around the State House about who won, who lost and who more or less broke even.
marylandmatters.org/2025/04/12/i...
marylandmatters.org/2025/04/12/i...
I'm in the governing business. No apologies.
March 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I'm in the governing business. No apologies.
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4/ The nearly 50 signers includes:
-Baltimore City @mayorbmscott.bsky.social
-Montgomery County Exec
-Anne Arundel County Exec
-majority of Baltimore City and Montgomery & Prince George’s County Councils
-Takoma Park Mayor Searcy
-majority of TP City Council
-reps from 18 MD jurisdictions
-Baltimore City @mayorbmscott.bsky.social
-Montgomery County Exec
-Anne Arundel County Exec
-majority of Baltimore City and Montgomery & Prince George’s County Councils
-Takoma Park Mayor Searcy
-majority of TP City Council
-reps from 18 MD jurisdictions
March 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
4/ The nearly 50 signers includes:
-Baltimore City @mayorbmscott.bsky.social
-Montgomery County Exec
-Anne Arundel County Exec
-majority of Baltimore City and Montgomery & Prince George’s County Councils
-Takoma Park Mayor Searcy
-majority of TP City Council
-reps from 18 MD jurisdictions
-Baltimore City @mayorbmscott.bsky.social
-Montgomery County Exec
-Anne Arundel County Exec
-majority of Baltimore City and Montgomery & Prince George’s County Councils
-Takoma Park Mayor Searcy
-majority of TP City Council
-reps from 18 MD jurisdictions
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3/ Since the comments from Senate President Ferguson (Baltimore City) & JPR Committee Chair Sen. Will Smith (D20) came out, many more local electeds have joined the sign-on letter opposing such an amendment.
Read the letter and view the full list here 👉 bit.ly/GCLetter
Read the letter and view the full list here 👉 bit.ly/GCLetter
Good Cause/Vacancy Control Local Legislators Sign-On Letter (updated 3/14/25)
bit.ly
March 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
3/ Since the comments from Senate President Ferguson (Baltimore City) & JPR Committee Chair Sen. Will Smith (D20) came out, many more local electeds have joined the sign-on letter opposing such an amendment.
Read the letter and view the full list here 👉 bit.ly/GCLetter
Read the letter and view the full list here 👉 bit.ly/GCLetter
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Using desperately needed Good Cause Eviction legislation as an opportunity to either roll back or prevent the spread of increasingly popular rent stabilization laws in Maryland is not what this moment calls for. 🧵
marylandmatters.org/2025/03/12/g...
marylandmatters.org/2025/03/12/g...
'Good cause' at a cost: Counties may have to pick either good cause evictions or rent stabilization - Maryland Matters
Supporters of "good cause" eviction laws may finally get their bill this year -- but it might come at the cost of other renter protections, as local jurisdictions could have to pick between rent-contr...
marylandmatters.org
March 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Using desperately needed Good Cause Eviction legislation as an opportunity to either roll back or prevent the spread of increasingly popular rent stabilization laws in Maryland is not what this moment calls for. 🧵
marylandmatters.org/2025/03/12/g...
marylandmatters.org/2025/03/12/g...
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I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni
February 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni
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OPC is providing an invaluable service for Maryland ratepayers
OPC is providing an invaluable service for Maryland ratepayers
Utility termination and collections rules must be enhanced to protect customers, OPC says in petition to state regulators
content.govdelivery.com
February 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MDO...
OPC is providing an invaluable service for Maryland ratepayers
OPC is providing an invaluable service for Maryland ratepayers
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Patriotism is seeing the best in your country and celebrating it. It's not seeing the worst in other countries and blaming it.
February 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Patriotism is seeing the best in your country and celebrating it. It's not seeing the worst in other countries and blaming it.
Common sense legislation - bethesdamagazine.com/2025/02/12/c...
County Council bill: Hold landlords to same consumer protection standards as merchants
Montgomery County Councilmember Kristin Mink (D-Dist. 5) introduced a bill that would hold landlords to the same consumer protection standards as merchants.
bethesdamagazine.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Common sense legislation - bethesdamagazine.com/2025/02/12/c...
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Should Maryland voters get more of a say in how General Assembly vacancies are filled? Some Montgomery County lawmakers think so. My latest on the years-long special elections struggle: bethesdamagazine.com/2025/02/13/2...
MoCo lawmakers try again with amended bills to make filling legislative vacancies subject to special elections
Some Montgomery County lawmakers want voters to have a say in the process of filling legislative vacancies in the General Assembly.
bethesdamagazine.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Should Maryland voters get more of a say in how General Assembly vacancies are filled? Some Montgomery County lawmakers think so. My latest on the years-long special elections struggle: bethesdamagazine.com/2025/02/13/2...
Six more weeks of Winter after giving us 4 more years of His Looneyness. Pennsylvania is really dropping the ball
a man in a suit and tie is talking into a microphone and says well it 's groundhog day
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is talking into a microphone and says well it 's groundhog day
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Six more weeks of Winter after giving us 4 more years of His Looneyness. Pennsylvania is really dropping the ball
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Takeaways from The Baltimore Banner’s Inside the Legislative Session event in Annapolis
Maryland lawmakers grapple with state’s budget shortfall
Takeaways from The Baltimore Banner’s Inside the Legislative Session event in Annapolis.
buff.ly
January 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Takeaways from The Baltimore Banner’s Inside the Legislative Session event in Annapolis
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The Maryland Supreme Court is set to decide whether some people who mess up on probation are permanently barred from having their case removed from court and law enforcement records, a process known as expungement.
Maryland Supreme Court agrees to take up case about expungement and probation
The Appellate Court of Maryland, the state’s mid-level appeals court, ruled in 2022 that people whose probation is unsatisfactorily closed after a violation cannot receive an expungement
buff.ly
January 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The Maryland Supreme Court is set to decide whether some people who mess up on probation are permanently barred from having their case removed from court and law enforcement records, a process known as expungement.
Reposted by David Hondowicz
❄️❗️NEW❗️❄️
Declaration of #SnowEmergency for Montgomery County, Maryland goes into effect on Monday, January 6, 2025, at 12:00am. ❄️Details▶️ bit.ly/4fKCAZw
@earlstoddard.bsky.social @mcfrspio.bsky.social @montgomerycountymd.bsky.social @rideonmct.bsky.social @evanmglass.bsky.social
Declaration of #SnowEmergency for Montgomery County, Maryland goes into effect on Monday, January 6, 2025, at 12:00am. ❄️Details▶️ bit.ly/4fKCAZw
@earlstoddard.bsky.social @mcfrspio.bsky.social @montgomerycountymd.bsky.social @rideonmct.bsky.social @evanmglass.bsky.social
January 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
❄️❗️NEW❗️❄️
Declaration of #SnowEmergency for Montgomery County, Maryland goes into effect on Monday, January 6, 2025, at 12:00am. ❄️Details▶️ bit.ly/4fKCAZw
@earlstoddard.bsky.social @mcfrspio.bsky.social @montgomerycountymd.bsky.social @rideonmct.bsky.social @evanmglass.bsky.social
Declaration of #SnowEmergency for Montgomery County, Maryland goes into effect on Monday, January 6, 2025, at 12:00am. ❄️Details▶️ bit.ly/4fKCAZw
@earlstoddard.bsky.social @mcfrspio.bsky.social @montgomerycountymd.bsky.social @rideonmct.bsky.social @evanmglass.bsky.social
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Due to winter weather❄️, on Jan. 6, 2025, @rideonmct.bsky.social 🚌 will run on a Holiday Schedule. Expect delays and detours🚧.
Flash🚌 routes will use branded and non-branded buses with destination signs identifying buses serving Blue🔵 and Orange🟠 routes.
🚌For more info, visit▶️ ow.ly/LZpA50UA5ea
Flash🚌 routes will use branded and non-branded buses with destination signs identifying buses serving Blue🔵 and Orange🟠 routes.
🚌For more info, visit▶️ ow.ly/LZpA50UA5ea
January 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Due to winter weather❄️, on Jan. 6, 2025, @rideonmct.bsky.social 🚌 will run on a Holiday Schedule. Expect delays and detours🚧.
Flash🚌 routes will use branded and non-branded buses with destination signs identifying buses serving Blue🔵 and Orange🟠 routes.
🚌For more info, visit▶️ ow.ly/LZpA50UA5ea
Flash🚌 routes will use branded and non-branded buses with destination signs identifying buses serving Blue🔵 and Orange🟠 routes.
🚌For more info, visit▶️ ow.ly/LZpA50UA5ea
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BGE customers have noticed higher bills recently — and a double whammy is coming.
Below-average temperatures and an impending winter storm are colliding with rate hikes and utility fee increases. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Below-average temperatures and an impending winter storm are colliding with rate hikes and utility fee increases. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Think your BGE bill is high? Rates are rising
Maryland’s BGE customers will see even higher bills in January as rates rise for gas and electricity.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
January 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
BGE customers have noticed higher bills recently — and a double whammy is coming.
Below-average temperatures and an impending winter storm are colliding with rate hikes and utility fee increases. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Below-average temperatures and an impending winter storm are colliding with rate hikes and utility fee increases. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Reposted by David Hondowicz
❄️Update from the MCDOT SOC❄️
Due to the winter storm forecasted to start later tonight, the MCDOT Storm Operations Center will be activated at 9:00pm on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025.
❄️MCDOT's Winter Storm Information Portal page▶️ www.montgomerycountymd.gov/snow/
@wtop.com.web.brid.gy @mcfrspio.bsky.social
Due to the winter storm forecasted to start later tonight, the MCDOT Storm Operations Center will be activated at 9:00pm on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025.
❄️MCDOT's Winter Storm Information Portal page▶️ www.montgomerycountymd.gov/snow/
@wtop.com.web.brid.gy @mcfrspio.bsky.social
January 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
❄️Update from the MCDOT SOC❄️
Due to the winter storm forecasted to start later tonight, the MCDOT Storm Operations Center will be activated at 9:00pm on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025.
❄️MCDOT's Winter Storm Information Portal page▶️ www.montgomerycountymd.gov/snow/
@wtop.com.web.brid.gy @mcfrspio.bsky.social
Due to the winter storm forecasted to start later tonight, the MCDOT Storm Operations Center will be activated at 9:00pm on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025.
❄️MCDOT's Winter Storm Information Portal page▶️ www.montgomerycountymd.gov/snow/
@wtop.com.web.brid.gy @mcfrspio.bsky.social
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I have declared a State of Preparedness in advance of the elevated winter storm threat from Sunday, January 5 through Monday, January 6.
Maryland, avoid travel if possible, follow local forecasts, and stay prepared for winter storm hazards.
Maryland, avoid travel if possible, follow local forecasts, and stay prepared for winter storm hazards.
Governor Moore Declares State of Preparedness Ahead of Winter Storm - Press Releases - News - Office of Governor Wes Moore
governor.maryland.gov
January 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I have declared a State of Preparedness in advance of the elevated winter storm threat from Sunday, January 5 through Monday, January 6.
Maryland, avoid travel if possible, follow local forecasts, and stay prepared for winter storm hazards.
Maryland, avoid travel if possible, follow local forecasts, and stay prepared for winter storm hazards.
"Lighten Up and take a Nap" - Oliver Lee Hondowicz
January 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"Lighten Up and take a Nap" - Oliver Lee Hondowicz