By Adam Pagnucco. Money talks and people are talking about money. That’s the vibe in CD8, which could turn out to be the most expensive congressional race in Maryland history….
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, Montgomery County Council Member Hans Riemer wrote a guest blog on the reasons why county residents opposed the county’s alcohol system in a recent poll…
MoCo Voters are Less Liberal Than You Think
By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County is the home of Maryland progressivism. It was the first county in the state to ban smoking in restaurants, enact a living wage law, pass…
By Adam Pagnucco. My reply to MCGEO President Gino Renne’s response to my post on the county’s Department of Liquor Control (DLC) concludes. The union says that if DLC were…
By Adam Pagnucco. My reply to MCGEO President Gino Renne’s response to my post on the county’s Department of Liquor Control (DLC) continues. The union claims that state monopolies on…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, MCGEO President Gino Renne, leader of the local union that represents most Montgomery County employees, responded to my post on the county’s Department of Liquor…
Gino Renne, President of UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO, Responds to Seventh State’s Guest Blogger Adam Pagnucco on Privatization of Montgomery County’s Department of Liquor Control: Mr. Pagnucco opens his blog…
By Adam Pagnucco. Few issues in county government have received more attention over the past two years than the operations of its Department of Liquor Control (DLC). In most parts…
Farewell to MPW: This Time for Real
Yes, I know I’ve told you this before, but now it’s for real: I am leaving Maryland Politics Watch. The last time I quit, I had just turned 40 and…
Jane Lawton for Delegate, 2006
Town of Chevy Chase Council Member and Mayor Jane Lawton first ran for a District 18 house seat in 2002, finishing fifth. But she was appointed to replace retiring Delegate…