By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS Superintendent Monifa McKnight has resigned and Chief Operating Officer Brian Hull will now serve as acting superintendent. Statements from the school board and McKnight appear below. …
Fundraising Master Class: Jeff Waldstreicher
By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, I wrote about 2023 fundraising by MoCo’s state legislators and one of them stood out: District 18 Senator Jeff Waldstreicher. Let’s study his fundraising. Waldstreicher is…
By Adam Pagnucco. The Baltimore unit of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), an agency of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has accused the Montgomery County Circuit Court of ignoring…
By Adam Pagnucco. Citing a section of county code that I have never seen put to use before, two council members – Dawn Luedtke and Evan Glass – have proposed…
Trone Claims Double Digit Lead
By Adam Pagnucco. Congressman David Trone, who is running for U.S. Senate, has released an internal polling memo claiming that he has a double digit lead over Prince George’s County…
Fundraising Master Class: Andrew Friedson
By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, I wrote about 2023 fundraising by county elected officials and there was only one story worth mentioning: the titanic total raised by Council Member Andrew Friedson. …
By Adam Pagnucco. Police Chief Marcus Jones, who has served in the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) for decades and has been chief since 2019, has announced his retirement. This…
We Deserve Better Than This
By Adam Pagnucco. On August 11, 2023, the Washington Post broke one of the biggest scandals in MCPS history: the fact that Principal Joel Beidleman was promoted despite the fact…
By Adam Pagnucco. Superintendent Monifa McKnight has few defenders to help her resist an attempt by the school board to oust her, but the Montgomery County NAACP is one of…
Campaign Finance Reports: School Board
By Adam Pagnucco. I have summarized the campaign finance reports of county elected officials and MoCo’s state legislators in prior posts. Let’s look at the school board, which has three…