By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Andrew Friedson, who is running for county executive, has announced endorsements from the two council members representing most of Upcounty today. That is part of…
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165 Does Not Equal 8
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By Adam Pagnucco. As of this writing, there are two plans on the table for the county’s FY27 operating budget. There is County Executive Marc Elrich’s recommended budget, which relies…
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Guest column by Hannah Donart, MPH. Our children thrive in healthy, safe environments where they learn, play, and grow. Plastic turf is an unregulated, expensive, hot, toxic, unsustainable athletic surface…
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By Adam Pagnucco. You may have seen pieces like this in the past: bulk printings from county council members touting office and contact information. While marketed as a form of…
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Friedson’s First Mailer
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By Adam Pagnucco. In every election cycle, I like to print candidate mailers. They illustrate the messages that candidates use to get votes, thereby giving us insight into their campaigns. …
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Don’t Call Them Cuts
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By Adam Pagnucco. As the county council begins reviewing County Executive Marc Elrich’s recommended FY27 operating budget, which contains both a property tax increase and an income tax increase, Council…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The three unions representing MCPS employees – the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 500 and the Montgomery County Association of Administrators…
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Fani-González’s Bold Budget Proposal
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By Adam Pagnucco. With many county council members and an overwhelming majority of Democratic primary voters expressing opposition to broad-based tax increases, Council President Natali Fani-González has proposed a bold…
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By Adam Pagnucco. UNITE HERE Local 25, which represents hotel, restaurant and casino employees in the Washington region, has been calling for a boycott of the Montgomery County Conference Center…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Congresswoman April McClain Delaney’s campaign sure likes to release internal polls. (And I like printing them!) Yesterday, I wrote about an internal poll conducted for her by…