By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of a report by the county’s Office of Inspector General on problems in MCPS’s background checks on its employees, one of my readers raised…
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Grading Thomas Taylor, Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One described how I reached out to my source network to get their grades on MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s first year. Today, we will begin hearing…
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Grading Thomas Taylor, Part One
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By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor, who has completed his first year in his current position, has been a busy man. Just look at the district’s boundary studies, its…
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Rent Control Dominates July 2025 Top Stories
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By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in July 2025, ranked by page views. 1. MoCo’s Multifamily Construction Market Disappears 2. Response: The North Bethesda…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In a new report sure to attract massive public interest, Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi has found that MCPS is not monitoring criminal histories of all its…
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Beidleman Appeals His Firing
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By Adam Pagnucco. Former MCPS Principal Joel Beidleman, who was at the center of a scandal that brought down former Superintendent Monifa McKnight and cost taxpayers more than $2 million,…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Former council candidate Sharif Hidayat has established a traditional campaign committee to run in Council District 7. He is targeting incumbent Dawn Luedtke, who is running for…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, I broke the news that MoCo’s multifamily building permits had crashed from hundreds of units per quarter down to 8 units in 2024’s fourth quarter and…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One introduced the topic of whether MCPS students and staff feel safe at school. Part Two looked at racial data of students and staff. Part Three…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Renters Alliance, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit financed in part by county government, has sent out an email blasting the Rockville City Council for refusing to…