By Adam Pagnucco. Dr. Thomas Taylor, MCPS’s new superintendent, has apologized to parents for the school system’s handling of the Montgomery Virtual Academy, which is being eliminated this year as…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One recounted the history of Montgomery County voters placing limits on the county’s ability to raise property taxes. Under current law passed by voters in 2020,…
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By Adam Pagnucco. MoCo voters do not love property tax hikes and they have voted several times to limit them. Under a ballot measure passed by the 2020 general electorate,…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The school board is seeking applicants for a vacancy on its five-member ethics panel. According to the board’s website, the ethics panel’s responsibilities include interpreting the Board…
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MoCo Economy Keeps Lagging, Part Six
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One introduced this series. Part Two examined total employment. Part Three examined private employment. Part Four examined establishments. Part Five examined real total wages paid by…
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By Adam Pagnucco. A potential hurdle to the passage of reduced term limits for the Montgomery County executive may have been removed. This increases the odds that County Executive Marc…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC) appointed one of its own members, Teresa Woorman, to an open delegate seat in District 16. Under Maryland’s…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Reardon “Sully” Sullivan, organizer of a ballot question effort to reduce county executive term limits from three terms to two, dropped off a batch of nearly 8,000…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The University of Maryland (UMD) has hired former MCPS Superintendent Monifa McKnight as “its inaugural Dean’s Fellow and Superintendent in Residence,” an event which was covered by…
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By Adam Pagnucco. When MCPS revealed that it had paid for the defense attorneys of accused sexual harasser and former Principal Joel Beidleman, I asked why it had done so. …