By Adam Pagnucco. Many people have weighed in on the county council’s recently approved FY27 operating budget, which raises taxes on homeowners and gives MCPS 80% of its requested funding…
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Is This Progressive?
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, the county council passed an income tax plan that it calls progressive. County Executive Marc Elrich calls it regressive. Who is right? To answer that…
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Taylor Comments on “Frustrating” Budget
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By Adam Pagnucco. On Friday, Superintendent Thomas Taylor sent a message to MCPS employees about the county council’s passage of the FY27 budget. He characterizes it as “a mixed bag”…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, I broke the story that a Super PAC financed by the real estate industry had raised $1.2 million and begun spending on a negative TV…
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Burn Rates are Starting to Matter
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By Adam Pagnucco. When analyzing campaign finance reports, total receipts and total expenditures are factors that warrant obvious attention. But here is another one that counts a lot, especially now:…
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Glass’s First Mailer
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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…