No one will be sitting idle during the long delay, however (except for our impotent County Council). Advocates for the historic African-American cemetery on the site of Westwood Tower will descend upon the HOC's meeting Wednesday, October 4 at 4:00 PM to demand action to stop the commission's plan to construct a parking garage on top of the graves. There is a petition and a legal fund for those concerned about protecting the cemetery. A separate legal fund is supporting the Westbard sector plan lawsuit.
Also, a protest march is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, October 29, at Macedonia Baptist Church on River Road at 1:30 PM; protesters will march to the cemetery as part of the route.
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"No one will be sitting idle during the long delay, however (except for our impotent County Council)."
You're getting a job, Robbie? Good for you.
This is groundbreaking news. This is why Robert Dyer is my source of hyperlocal news.
"This is groundbreaking news."
LOL
Maloney Concrete is right, this is huge news. I didn't see any slightly failing magazine reporting this. This will be remembered when the polls open next year.
Isn't it odd that "Maloney Concrete" and "Tim" use Dyer's own favorite phrases in their comments, too?
And they share the notion that the entire County revolves around Westbard.
Agreed. How dare a Bethesda news site cover Bethesda.
I didn't choose the Westbard life, the Westbard life chose me.
20814 is Bethesda.
20815 is not "Bethesda".
20816 is not "Bethesda".
20852 is definitely not "Bethesda".
BS, 20816 has the highest IQ of any zip code in the United States. The 20816 is what makes Bethesda great :)
11:10am new to Bethesda, I presume?
20815 is Chevy Chase
20852 is Rockville/North Bethesda
20814,20817,20816 are Bethesda
Get out, talk to some area realtors if you still don't believe me :)
This is Robert Dyer's version of Geraldo Rivera's search for Al Capone's vault.
@2:04 PM -- Almost exactly my opinion. I had some sympathy to the Church in the beginning, until Dyer began defending their cause with claims of whitewashing the slavery past in the County, and the claim that the Church members were defrauded of their homes and land ownership.
It is laughable that Robert believes he is not racist, given his previous articles on the removal of confederate statutes in the County, and his coverage of the attack on a women in a restroom at a Rockville H.S., blamed by him on MS-13 -- where he recommended the death penalty for the defendants who were subsequently cleared of all charges.
4:39. Agree with you ��. Dyer is a total hypocrite along with his Trump loving supporters and followers.
Thank you to Robert Dyer for reporting on the status of the Westbard trial. We're it not for Dyer, there would be almost n coverage of Westbard and similar matters.
The lack of media coverage on many County Council activities ill serves the public. The vacuum encourages sweetheart deals and poor governance.
The May 2016 Westbard plan and the County's failure to require developer Regency Centers to delineate the Westbard cemetery boundaries as a contingent condition to approving Regency's sketch plan are examples of slipshod conduct.
. Montgomery County officials need to meet citizens halfway, rather than trying to rubber stamp development plans that are strongly opposed by the community. That County planners have thus far failed to require a cemetery delineation as a condition of sketch plan approval is at best disillusioning and disappointing.
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