By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Evan Glass, who is running for executive, has sent his first mailer to voters. So far, I know of three mailers and a TV ad…
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By Adam Pagnucco. When public financing was passed in 2014, it was supposed to take interest group money out of our elections. Well, that has not happened. There are now…
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By Adam Pagnucco. A lot of folks are saying a lot of things about the council’s Kicking the Can budget. I’m tempted to run a bunch of these statements but…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, I broke the news that the Affordable Maryland PAC, a Super PAC financed by the real estate industry, had placed a $232,000 TV ad buy against…
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The Kicking the Can Budget
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By Adam Pagnucco. The great budget battle of 2026 appears to be over. And its result is a weary agreement by nine council members to kick the county’s budgetary can…
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By Adam Pagnucco. J. Wellington Wimpy, the gluttonous character in Popeye cartoons, loved to say, “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.” Would the county council give Wimpy…
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By Adam Pagnucco. A coalition of developers, builders and other real estate interests has assembled $1.2 million in a Super PAC to play in this year’s elections. So far, the…
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Council Postpones Budget Votes
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By Adam Pagnucco. The council was supposed to take hugely important straw votes on the capital and operating budgets today, but it’s not going to happen. Moments ago, Council President…
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Mink’s Plan to Save MCPS
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By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s dire warning about the MCPS budget, one council member rose up with a plan to save the school district: Kristin…
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The Challenge of Getting to Eight
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By Adam Pagnucco. In this year’s budget fracas, there are many numbers. Some are in the millions. Others are in tens of millions. Quite a few are in the thousands. …