While waiting in line before they opened at the Rockville Social Security office a man announced…read moreeverything that would be able to be able to take care of and things that cannot be taken care of because of the government shut down thank you Trump and the man who took care of me was very professional answered all my questions and I leave 100% review!!!

I found the Rockville social security agent today (6-2/2025) to be a cold, nasty and not helpful…read moreagent. She was not nice nor did she try to help. Instead she was equivalent to meeting with persecutor as opposed to someone to help me resolve the issues I was help. Unfortunately, I waited so long waiting and I am old women with severe health issues that I was exhausted by the time I met with her (6/20/2025) that my brain was not working. I cannot not even recall her full name. She looked like Philippine or Latin that was how exhausted I at the time. Bottomline is that Social Security staff should be trained to understand after working for 30 years, we should have people with heart to help us as opposed antagonistic staff that has no humanity. I will never again engage with SS in Rockville MD. I have numerous health issues including open heart surgery that failed, diabetes, high cholesterol and Lupus. I am over late 60s. Todays experience was horrible. I paid SS since I was teenager. I am engineer woman. I felt today demeaned and did not get any help with my concerns. I wish that I never went to the SS office in Rockville. I experienced, "The children's movie featuring Cruella de Vil of "101 Dalmatians," at social security in Rockville.

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Hotline is in reality an AI Chat Bot!!! All phone and text service to…read morethose contemplating "suicide" will be answered by a series of prepared statements and responses created by trained professionals from the psychiatric and counseling community. I used the system on Sunday 26, 2025. I checked the amount of time it took for the AI to respond after I answered the question; which took it 25 to 30 seconds to respond. About the same amount of time it takes the Walmart app to add something to your cart. And about the same amount time for the Walmart app to crash. Next time try Linux (Android) kernel. Must have something to do with the Microsoft Windows 2000 kernel underneath the service. You need to use real people who can contact local professionals and hospitals who can intervene. From a professionally trained "Computer Support Specialists" with a emphasis on "Information Security " MP

I have heard of these ads from my daughter who lives in NC. I watch quite a bit of TV when I'm home…read morein KY and have never seen one of these public service ads that encourage parents talk with their children on important topics. While visiting family in NC I have seen ads on topics that include talking to your children about the use of prescription medication and the importance of not taking it if it is someone else's prescription. A second ad was well presented about a teenager showing her confidence in declining peer pressure to have an alcoholic drink. It instills the thought that it is fine not to participate in an activity you know is wrong. A third ad shows a parent conversing with their child in a non lecturing way about not participating in illegal drug activities. There are many other ads that I've seen in the past several weeks. The ads are such that if you happen to be in a room with a child or grandchild it just leads to a non confrontational discussion on an important topic. I wish these ads were aired in my home location because it is supposed to be a nationwide program!

It is inconceivable to me that the FDA is on the verge of approving milk from cloned animals and…read moremeat from their offspring for sale as food. I'm not against cloning by any means, but cloning for meat and milk? Jeebus. The number of failed attempts it takes to get to a clone, then all the potential genetic mutations beyond what should normally occur, should be enough to convince even a non-scientist, let alone a scientist working for the government to protect the safety of the food supply, that this just isn't a good idea. Kudos to the New York Times for doing an editorial about this pointing out the RUSHED process this has undergone as well as risks: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/06/opinion/06sat4.html If I could give the FDA negative stars on this, I would.

Accessible…read more Friendly staff. Secure. Not a lot of interesting history on walls. But some open and bright spaces.

Jury Duty perspective:…read more The court house opens at 7:30am regardless of what time your jury duty starts. For me orientation began at 8:30am.... didn't actually start until 9:10. I arrived to the parking lot at 7:43am and there was plenty of parking. The lot isn't huge though so if you wait until 8am or after you may not have a parking spot. With that being said the Rockville metro stop is within walking distance and is a great option. The building was pretty easy to find from the parking lot and a quick walk. Security was easy and took maybe a minute total. I didn't see any signs at security indicating where I should go but the security guard informed me to take the elevator to floor 2. Once upstairs it was obvious where to go. Once entering the jury lounge the jury commission helped me check in using a kiosk. You're able to choose if you want to donate your $15 or not. Unfortunately I was unable to donate due to my employer policy. *side note- make sure you fully understand your policy at work. Once in the lounge I recommend trying to avoid the mass crowd seating and go into the smaller room with comfortable chairs. Here you'll find outlets and the seats aren't as hard. There are computers for use location in the main room- I didn't use them but appreciate them. There was also magazines and vending machines for our use. While there's wifi it's pretty spotty with a million people trying to connect to it. I would recommend bribing a book or a movie to watch because you could be there a while.

Good people leading an amazing City…read more I am proud to live here and collaborate with folks here. No place is perfect. But this place has peace and purpose and play - all good!

I've managed to meet some of the friendliest and most helpful people at Rockville City Hall -…read moreacross multiple departments!

This agency is worse than the MVA! Service is sooo slow, the people there do not take the effort…read moreto help you in any way, permit technicians are impossible to reach and the fees are outrageous for any project you might be working on. A great example of a government black hole sucking the blood from small businesses. Avoid this place at all costs!

Over the years I've pulled several permits from this office as well as DC and in Virginia. I have…read morenever had such fast, efficient service as I did last week. Over the past several years, I've gone to the office and been turned back to fix A, B, and C. When I returned, work completed, I'd meet with someone else who would require me to go home and change D, E, and F. I think my record was 6 trips before they look at my plans on that job. 311 said this had all changed. Dominic Deyo was the first to meet with me and was super helpful. The previous day I was misinformed by 311 about one thing. I had been told that printing my plans on 8.5" by 11" paper was acceptable. Dominic showed genuine concern and understanding and then assisted me in getting them printed right then and there on the correct size paper. 2 hours later, I'd met with 3 other employees (who were also very reasonable and efficient) and I walked out with approved plans to finish a basement!!! Same day, one trip. While 311 was wrong about the size of paper I needed to bring in, the 311 person was correct about the permit office's efforts to make the process MUCH easier and FAR more efficient. It really felt like an office full of people who truly care.

Progressive County. Maryland's Wealthiest County. Forget all this nonsense about worst county…read more People are coming here from all over the world to enjoy the wealth here.