By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS’s three unions – the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), SEIU Local 500 and the Montgomery County Association of Administrators and Principals (MCAAP) – are holding a…
By Adam Pagnucco. As I predicted earlier this week, the Trump administration’s crusade against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives has moved beyond the federal government towards other entities receiving…
By Adam Pagnucco. With President Donald Trump about to rampage through MoCo’s critical federal sector and Governor Wes Moore proposing to drain more than $300 million a year from the…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, the Maryland Association of Realtors released the latest in a series of regular polls about housing. The poll, performed by American Strategies, surveyed 807 registered…
Will Trump Clawback MoCo?
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released this statement. ***** This morning, my financial team shockingly uncovered that President Trump and his crony Elon Musk…
Is Police Overtime Sustainable?
By Adam Pagnucco. One of the biggest problems in county government is the issue of police staffing. I have written many times about critical levels of understaffing, rising response times,…
Moore’s Middle Class Tax Hike
By Adam Pagnucco. Governor Wes Moore’s budget and tax package has been widely depicted as progressive in the media. And there is reason to believe that. Two of its more…
Moore Tax Hike Targets MoCo
By Adam Pagnucco. Maryland’s Bureau of Revenue Estimates (BRE) has released its analysis of Governor Wes Moore’s income tax package and it demonstrates an unsurprising fact: The governor has targeted…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last May, the county council unanimously approved a $20 million special appropriation from reserves intended to subsidize job creation. The program, titled the JOBS (Jobs, Opportunities &…
By Adam Pagnucco. Federal employees are under tremendous pressure with Elon Musk’s minions roaming their halls and a nihilist president asking for their resignations. But in the midst of devastation,…