By Adam Pagnucco. This year marked the fifth cycle of county races I have studied and I have never seen anything like what happened with Brandy Brooks. In 2018, Brooks…
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Top Stories: November 2022
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By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in November 2022, ranked by page views. 1. School Board General Election: The Post vs the Apple 2….
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By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, I wrote about state legislation that would establish a task force to study whether County Executive Marc Elrich should take over the functions of Park and…
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Planning Board Chair Blasts Power Grab
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By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier today, I wrote about a power grab attempting to transfer the functions of park and planning to the county executive. I asked the Acting Chair of…
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By Adam Pagnucco. With the departure of Delegate Eric Luedtke to the Moore administration, a vacancy has opened up for his house seat in District 14. Under the state’s constitution,…
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Power Grab Targets Park and Planning
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By Adam Pagnucco. Back in October, I predicted that problems at Park and Planning might generate a push to transfer its functions to the county executive. That prediction has since…
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Electric Building Bill Passes
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By Adam Pagnucco. In a last-second rush during a lame duck session, the county council passed a momentous bill requiring all-electric building standards for most new construction in the county. …
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Rebellion in MCDCC
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By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, I wrote about the practice by members of the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC) of appointing themselves to state legislative offices. (The state’s constitution gives…
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Who Cares About Outages?
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last night, a small plane crashed into a power transmission tower in Montgomery Village, knocking out electricity to more than 120,000 customers. The county reported that roughly…
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How to Clean Up Vacancy Appointments
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By Adam Pagnucco. Have you ever run for office? I have not, but I have worked for a few campaigns and written about many of them. It’s HARD. There are…