by Caitlin Johnston, CNS David M. Johnson knows how to convince people. The 65-year-old spent the majority of his adult life as an advertising executive in New York City, with

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, "What have I DONE?" That's what Jarrett Smith, officially the Takoma Park Ward 5 councilmember-elect, is probably thinking. What he did was win

EDUCATION • BY KIRSTY GROFF The April 3 Maryland primary helped narrow the field of candidates to the top two candidates in each race for the Montgomery County

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, Going out the way he came in, Takokma Park councilmember Reuben Snipper will be stepping down from office in mid-term this

POLITICS • BY MARK MILLER, CNS

VOX POPULI • BY ED LEVY I thought of this title before heading up to New Hampshire in early January a few days prior to the Republican Presidential

CONGRESS • BY MARK MILLER, CNS President Obama set out a blueprint for an economy "built to last" -- calling for business tax reform,

TALK OF TAKOMA • BY HOWARD KOHN Seth Grimes got his picture in the May 22, 1998 international edition of the New York Times, and, while it might

Peter Fosselman is in a unique position. He is the mayor of a quaint 2,000-person town, boasting a weekly farmers’ market, a string of village-style glass display cases and

This is a story about how a hot tub changed the face of the City Council. Tim Male was voted onto the Council on November 8 in the most

VOX POPULI • BY ED LEVY The Blair High School Cafeteria was jumping on October 27 for the one-year-out area kick-off of President Obama’s re-election campaign. I once

GRANOLAPARK — Dear Readers, SUMMARY: Tim Male, Kay Daniels-Cohen, Fred Schultz, and Terry Seamens are the certified winners of the four contested Takoma Park city council election

by Greg Kohn Takoma Park voters will encounter a special voting system for just the second time when the residents of Ward 3 decide between three candidates in the

GRANOLAPARK — Dear Readers, Here's where you political junkies and armchair pundits get to test your mettle! The election contest is on! No, we don't mean the election campaign

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, It's not a slate, it's not a cabal, it's not a coalition, it's not an alliance, it's not a party - it's an

On October 19 the Takoma Voice hosted a forum for the candidates in the upcoming City Council election in Takoma Park. The forum was moderated by Eric Bond,

On Wednesday, October 19, the Takoma Voice held an election forum in its Community Center. Eric Bond and Bill Brown mediated the talk in which candidates from Wards

GRANOLAPARK — Dear Readers, THE Takoma Park election forum is coming! Got a question you'd like to put to the candidates? The Takoma Voice candidate forum is October

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, Granolapark will be covering the day’s action-packed developments LIVE. So stay tuned! Glue your browser to this page! 10:12 — Here's the wrap-up. There