By Adam Pagnucco. In their final step towards rebuilding the planning board after the mass resignations last fall, the county council is now seeking applicants for the board’s remaining two…
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There is No Plan B for Upcounty
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By Adam Pagnucco. Of all the folks who may be disappointed by the possible collapse of the state’s I-270 project, no one comes to mind more than Upcounty residents. They…
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Rent Control: A Regional Comparison
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By Adam Pagnucco. Rent control laws are far from uniform. They contain many provisions on their allowable increases, exemptions, new construction, hardship petitions by landlords and many other issues. Perhaps…
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Sidney Katz: Cast Vote Data
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By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Sidney Katz, who was reelected easily to a third term in District 3, was an elected official in the City of Gaithersburg for decades before…
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Should MoCo Adopt Rent Control? Part Four
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By Adam Pagnucco. Unless your goal is to stop construction of new housing, rent control of the kind practiced in Takoma Park is not the answer to Montgomery County’s housing…
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Flashback: Mink and Defund the Police
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By Adam Pagnucco. As Council Member Kristin Mink confronts a spate of crimes in her district and criticism over her calling a police district commander for assistance with a flat…
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Should MoCo Adopt Rent Control? Part Three
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By Adam Pagnucco. Let’s imagine that you are saving for retirement. As you are exploring investment options, you come across a fund that caps its rate of return. You could…
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Is Ranked Choice Voting Worth Millions?
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By Adam Pagnucco. As Montgomery County’s state legislators consider a bill that would enable ranked choice voting in the county, they should consider the fact that their Department of Legislative…
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Should MoCo Adopt Rent Control? Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. Two sizeable jurisdictions in the Washington region have rent control. One of them is the District of Columbia, which has a rent control law with several exemptions. …
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Guest column by Steven Sellers Lapham. In his guest column, “MCPS is Failing to Protect Jewish Children,” Joel Rubin decries acts of antisemitism by young people. Our schools must be…