POLITICS • BY MARK MILLER, CNS

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT

 Dear Reader,

 No blood! Just bruises

 2010's budget bloodbath was not repeated in 2011, to everyone's surprise and relief. Takoma Park city elections,

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

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, Takoma Park's new city council, with three new and bouncy ward representatives, was sworn in Nov. 21. The main event was short - they

GRANOLAPARK — Dear Readers, Nov. 9: Takoma Park's Ward 6 challenger says he may yet win. Though incumbent Fred Schultz was provisionally named that ward's winner in last night's

GRANOLAPARK — Dear Readers, Nov. 8, 10:02 pm:  The provisional results are in, but the chief election judge says the Takoma Park city council election outcomes could still

GRANOLAPARK — Dear Readers, Yard signs can be revealing - or concealing. They might show which candidate in the Takoma Park city elections has the most support -

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, There are seven new candidates in Takoma Park city election. Most of them, poor dears, suffer from Fire in The Belly (FTB). How

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, You can tell the Takoma Park city election is coming - candidates are showing up at city council meetings! Seth Grimes (Ward 1 candidate)

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, The state knows where it can stick its ethics. The mayor gave them directions. Takoma Park mayor Bruce Williams was of two minds when

GRANOLAPARK — Dear Readers, Yet another Takoma Park councilmember decided family and quality of life is more important than city stormwater planning. A third city councilmember announced that she will not

GRANOLAPARK — Dear Readers, Sidewalk Wars get more toxic as the Takoma Park council looks for a process to bring peace in our time - after recess. Yes, the Takoma Park

GRANOLAPARK — Dear Readers, Ward 1 Councilmember Josh Wright announced at the July 25 Takoma Park city council meeting that he will not seek re-election this fall. Wright is the

Dear Readers, Your Gilbert does not necessarily agree with or endorse any of the incendiary, controversial, ROCK YOUR WORLD opinions expressed in the following post by one of our

Lately, the council has been referring to the 2 million dollars budgeted this fiscal year for the renovation of the Public Works Department as a "placeholder" amount. They

Dear Readers, Oh, what a surprise! The recent Takoma Park city election, featuring only one contested seat out of seven, had a LOW TURNOUT! The only question, really, was

Dear Readers, The challenge has been made, and Your Gilbert rises to meet it! Seth Grimes, candidate for Mayor in the 2005 elections has posed a contest - pedictions for

Dear Readers, Good thing we have that Instant Runoff Voting system to settle multi-candidate elections! It will really come in handy this November!! NOT! No, Dear Readers, election day will