By Adam Pagnucco. Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi has issued a new report finding several problems inside the county’s Recreation Department (REC). Specifically, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) found:…
By Adam Pagnucco. Defying a cascade of warnings from the real estate industry and decades of evidence on its failures, the county council passed a permanent rent control law in…
Is MCPS Losing Students to Private Schools?
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS blames a lot of its continuing enrollment drop on declining births in MoCo. However, that’s only part of what is impacting the district’s enrollment. Because while…
Fani-González Replies to GOP on Debates
By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, I printed a letter from the Montgomery County Republican Party to Council President Natali Fani-González requesting that the council change the county’s public campaign financing law…
Do You Want to Work for Jawando?
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Will Jawando, the Democratic nominee for county executive, is not yet ensconced on the second floor of the executive office building. That’s not stopping him…
Wells Hits the Mailbox
By Adam Pagnucco. Defying claims by Democrats that her campaign is not viable, GOP county executive candidate Esther Wells showed up in MoCo mailboxes this week. She mailed two pieces…
Trumpflation
By Adam Pagnucco. Every one of you who pays for gas knows this: the price of gasoline has shot up since President Donald Trump launched his war on Iran in…
Should Maryland Resurrect Pterodactyls?
By Adam Pagnucco. State Question 3, which would amend the state’s constitution to overturn a judicial decision on Maryland congressional district boundaries, is the top priority of Maryland’s Democratic Party. …
Pro-State Question 3 Mailer
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, mailers promoting State Question 3 began arriving in mailboxes across Maryland. State Question 3 is a constitutional amendment that would repeal a 2022 state court…
By Adam Pagnucco. Imagine holding a high profile event with thousands of attendees and seeking insurance coverage. Then, with less than a month to go, your insurance broker tells you…
