By Adam Pagnucco. One of the reasons why Donald Trump was elected President is that he made things up out of thin air and the press, for the most part,…
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Larry Hogan’s Alternate Reality
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By Adam Pagnucco. Everyone knows that elected officials sometimes disagree on issues. They may have differences of philosophy or values. They may emphasize different sets of conflicting data. They may…
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MoCo Democrats, It’s Time for Change
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By Adam Pagnucco. December 13 will be an important date for the fortunes of Democrats across the State of Maryland. It’s not because that is the date of a primary…
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The Growing Popularity of Special Elections
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By Adam Pagnucco. With an appointment for the District 20 Senate seat approaching, the time is right to revisit the issue of whether to have special elections for General Assembly…
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Meet the New Liquor Monopoly
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By Adam Pagnucco. Meet the New Liquor Monopoly. It’s the same as the Old Liquor Monopoly, except with less accountability. OK, now that the applause is dying down, let’s look…
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MoCo Revolts
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By Adam Pagnucco. In a thundering rebuke to Montgomery County’s governing establishment, voters have passed term limits by a 38 point margin with early votes and election day votes counted. …
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Government has issued a solicitation seeking bids on a propaganda video defending the county’s liquor monopoly. The solicitation comes after the County Executive’s task…
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MoCo’s Two Electorates, Part Three
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part Two presented a host of demographic data comparing Democrats who voted in all three of the 2006, 2010 and 2014 primaries (“Super Dems”) to voters from…
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MoCo’s Two Electorates, Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, we began contrasting MoCo’s Two Electorates: namely, the Democratic primary voters who pick our elected officials, and the general election voters who decide charter…
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MoCo’s Two Electorates, Part One
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By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County voters are some of the most progressive people in the nation. They elect only Democrats, and almost all very liberal ones. They celebrate diversity and…