By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Gabe Albornoz has announced that he will be leaving the county council on December 1. This news is no surprise…
Taylor’s Huge Capital Ask, Part Two
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor has made a huge ask in his new recommended six-year capital budget. How big is it? And what’s…
Taylor’s Huge Capital Ask, Part One
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor doesn’t believe in small things. Just look at his first recommended operating budget, which asked for one of…
By Adam Pagnucco. Confronted with overwhelming evidence of a collapse in multifamily housing production after passage of the county’s new rent control law, Council Member…
Be Careful with Early Polls
By Adam Pagnucco. Here is the kind of conversation I hate. Political source: “OMG. Have you heard the rumor?” Me: “I hear lots of rumors,…
Target: Acevero
By Adam Pagnucco. Three District 39 state legislators are teaming up with a sitting Gaithersburg City Council Member on a high-stakes mission. Their goal: take…
How Progressives Could Seize Control of MoCo
By Adam Pagnucco. MoCo isn’t that big on slate politics. Sure, we have loose coalitions of lefties and (relative) moderates. And in the past, we…
By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Volunteer Fire Rescue Association (MCVFRA), which represents volunteer fire fighters in MoCo, has endorsed Council Member Andrew Friedson for…
By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier today, I wrote about a lawsuit filed by county executive candidate Mithun Banerjee against the Montgomery County Renters Alliance and Montgomery…
By Adam Pagnucco. County executive candidate Mithun Banerjee, who was not invited to attend the candidate forum sponsored by the Montgomery County Renters Alliance and…