By Adam Pagnucco.

Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in September/October 2022, ranked by page views.

1. They Must Go

2. The Tuesday Night Massacre

3. Why I Am Not Excited About Thrive

4. County Council Strikes Back Against Elrich on Thrive

5. Q&A: Marc Elrich on the Planning Board

6. County Council Releases Interview List for Interim Planning Board

7. Thoughts on the Interim Planning Board Applicants

8. Yes County Council, You Can Fix the Mess at the Planning Board

9. School Board General Election: The Post vs the Apple

10. Entire Planning Board Resigns

Recent events at the planning board accounted for 7 of the top 10 stories and that is no surprise.  The crisis at the board, and the county council’s intervention in it, is one of the biggest stories in county government in the last five years (at least).  Future councils should remember these events when they confront their next crisis at an agency led by their appointees, whenever that inevitably arises.

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