By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC) appointed one of its own members, Teresa Woorman, to an open delegate seat in District 16. Under Maryland’s…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Reardon “Sully” Sullivan, organizer of a ballot question effort to reduce county executive term limits from three terms to two, dropped off a batch of nearly 8,000…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The University of Maryland (UMD) has hired former MCPS Superintendent Monifa McKnight as “its inaugural Dean’s Fellow and Superintendent in Residence,” an event which was covered by…
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By Adam Pagnucco. When MCPS revealed that it had paid for the defense attorneys of accused sexual harasser and former Principal Joel Beidleman, I asked why it had done so. …
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MCPS Paid Beidleman’s Defense Attorneys
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By Adam Pagnucco. On May 24, I filed a Maryland Public Information Act request with MCPS seeking records of legal costs in the lawsuit by Jane Doe, a teacher who…
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MoCo Economy Keeps Lagging, Part Five
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One introduced this series. Part Two examined total employment. Part Three examined private employment. Part Four examined establishments. Today, we look at wages paid. The U.S….
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Elrich Gets Personal With Sully
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By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich dislikes term limits. And he dislikes the lead organizer for term limits, former GOP executive candidate Reardon “Sully” Sullivan, even more. Sully unsuccessfully…
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MoCo Economy Keeps Lagging, Part Four
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One introduced this series. Part Two examined total employment. Part Three examined private employment. Today, we look at establishments. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Quarterly…
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Thomas Taylor’s Employment Contract
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By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS has released the employment contract of its new Superintendent, Dr. Thomas Taylor. Liliana Lopez, MCPS’s public information officer, sent it to me within 13 minutes of…
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By Adam Pagnucco. When Montgomery County passed rent control last year, its legislation did not cover municipalities. The Gaithersburg City Council wrote a letter of opposition to rent control before…