By Adam Pagnucco. On July 3, the mayor and city council of Gaithersburg decided to write a letter to the county council opposing the rent control bill that was recently…
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Friedson and Stewart Speak, Introduction
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By Adam Pagnucco. On June 27, the Greater Bethesda Chamber of Commerce invited me to moderate a panel with Council Members Andrew Friedson and Kate Stewart at their annual real…
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Top Stories: June 2023
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By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in June 2023, ranked by page views. 1. Inspector General: MCPS is a “High Risk Operation” 2. MoCo…
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How Are We Spending Housing Money? Part Five
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Four, we learned that a consistent, longitudinal time series on affordable housing produced and preserved by the county’s Housing Initiative Fund (HIF) appears to not…
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How Are We Spending Housing Money? Part Four
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By Adam Pagnucco. Let’s review what we have learned so far. Part One introduced the Housing Initiative Fund (HIF), which is the county government’s primary vehicle for funding the preservation…
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This Mess Must be Fixed
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By Adam Pagnucco. Since 2006, I have written more than 4,000 posts about state and county politics and government. Few of them have had more consequences than County Government: Census…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Two, we learned that the county’s Housing Initiative Fund (HIF) has been receiving much more money under County Executive Marc Elrich than it did during…
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Jawando Goes Negative
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By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, Montgomery County Council Member Will Jawando, who is running for retiring U.S. Senator Ben Cardin’s seat, ran a negative Facebook ad. This is the first negative…
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How Are We Spending Housing Money? Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, we explained how the county’s Housing Initiative Fund (HIF) is intended to be used to preserve and construct affordable housing. Today, we will look…
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Sayles Lays Out Support for Rent Control
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By Adam Pagnucco. In another sign of growing support for strict rent control legislation, Council Member Laurie-Anne Sayles has come out in favor of a rent cap of 5 to…