Tech Wise News Brief – March 2026: AI School Surveillance, Data Center Debate, Grid Costs, Robot Pilot Cancelled

MCPS Pilots AI-Supported Video Monitoring Parents‘ Coalition of Montgomery County | March 2026 “This has not been discussed at the Board of Education. This has not had any procurement process…” Montgomery County Public Schools has begun testing an AI-assisted monitoring system using existing security cameras in several high schools as a pilot program. Read more:https://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2026/03/montgomery-county-public-schools-uses.html Maryland Office of People’s Counsel Warns of Transmission Costs Linked to Data Center Growth Maryland Office of the People‘s Counsel […]

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Montgomery County Medical Society withdraws from MD5G Partnership October 19, 2022, reversing their position on related advocacy efforts for ZTA 22-01

Just days after Councilmember Hans Riemer made this statement “… interesting to note that the Montgomery County Medical Society which is our Premier organization of Physicians has weighed in in favor of passing this zoning text Amendment” the Medical Society announced it had withdrawn from the MD5G Partnership effectively withdrawing its support of the ZTA.

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URGENT: OPPOSE CELL ANTENNAS IN FRONT OF OUR HOMES — STOP ZTA 19-07 – Sample Letters – Contact the Montgomery County Council Today!

Archived News (2019) This post is preserved as part of the public record and historical documentation of community engagement at that time. For broader regulatory and governance context, see: URGENT: OPPOSE CELL ANTENNAS IN FRONT OF OUR HOMES — STOP ZTA 19-07 – Contact the Montgomery County Council Today! —   County Councilmember Hans Riemer has revived his 2019 proposal to let cell towers be built as close as 30 feet from our homes –– […]

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