By Adam Pagnucco. Previously, I introduced this series and asked the candidates about what they believed was MCPS’s biggest problem and their experience with budgets. Today, let’s talk about incumbency….
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By Adam Pagnucco. Previously, I introduced this series and asked the candidates about what they believed was MCPS’s biggest problem. Today, let’s talk about budgets. MCPS’s FY24 operating budget totals…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, I introduced this series by discussing my intentions in assembling this short questionnaire. Today, let’s begin with the most sweeping question I asked. Question: What is…
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Disruption in the Libraries
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By Adam Pagnucco. In 2004, then-County Executive Doug Duncan had the county council pass a law prohibiting disruptive behavior at public facilities. One provision of the law requires the chief…
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Police Union Speaks Out on Staffing Bomb
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By Adam Pagnucco. Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge 35, which represents Montgomery County police officers, has released a statement on my post of yesterday about police staffing. That post…
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School Board Questionnaire: Introduction
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By Adam Pagnucco. Back in 2018, I wrote a post titled The Worst Part of Campaigning. It was about questionnaires. If you’re a candidate for pretty much anything, expect to…
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Grammer Withdraws, Endorses Delaney
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By Adam Pagnucco. Geoffrey Grammer, a psychiatrist and veteran who has been running as a Democrat in Congressional District 6, has ended his campaign today. He has endorsed fellow Democrat…
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Is this Academic Freedom? Or Hate Speech?
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By Adam Pagnucco. On March 7, Montgomery College President Jermaine Williams issued a statement of condemnation against a virtual Zoom panel held by a faculty member using college resources earlier…
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The Police Staffing Bomb
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By Adam Pagnucco. I have written many times about Montgomery County’s problems with police department staffing. Here is a sample. MoCo’s Recent Record on Police Staffing, Part One (February, 2023):…
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Revealed: McKnight’s Separation Agreement
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By Adam Pagnucco. On the night that former Superintendent Monifa McKnight left MCPS, I filed a Maryland Public Information Act request seeking details of her post-employment compensation. Minutes ago, MCPS…