By Adam Pagnucco. In what is likely to be viewed as terrible news by county government bosses but could actually be good news for taxpayers, Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi…
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By Adam Pagnucco. I worked at the county council when the original public financing bill was passed. Here is one point that was repeated over and over by the bill’s…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Note: This article has been updated. Back in July, I reported that the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), wielder of the mighty Apple Ballot, planned to issue…
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By Adam Pagnucco. A person listed as a campaign coordinator by Council Member Will Jawando’s county executive campaign, which uses the county’s public financing program, was paid with money from…
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By Adam Pagnucco. After the Montgomery County Council of PTAs and the Montgomery County Education Association came out against MCPS’s proposed region model, the Black and Brown Coalition for Educational…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last month, the Maryland Sierra Club quietly began endorsing federal and state incumbents for reelection. Many of them got the nod but some did not. Who made…
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Mink Confronts ICE
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By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Kristin Mink has posted video of what she describes as a confrontation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents behind a Prince George’s County…
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Are Soaring Pet Surrenders Causing a Crisis?
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By Adam Pagnucco. A recent Brookings Institution study revealed the damage caused by lost federal jobs and grants to MoCo’s economy as well as its neighbors. That damage will only…
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Good Luck Beating an Incumbent
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By Adam Pagnucco. Back in March 2021, I wrote a column titled It’s Hard to Beat Incumbents. That’s one of the most basic premises of politics, but sometimes it gets…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In January, Superintendent Thomas Taylor moved to partially terminate MCPS’s problem-plagued electric bus contract. The contract, originally signed by one of Taylor’s predecessors (Jack Smith), was the…