By Adam Pagnucco. On Tuesday, the county council followed months of debate with a 6-5 vote in favor of keeping the county’s incinerator open. The Banner described the vote on…
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Guest column by Link Hoewing. In 2019, three members of the Fair Access Committee for the Western County published a Washington Post op-ed arguing that Montgomery County’s beloved, 93,000-acre Agricultural…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The county council’s pending tax credit bill for MCPS employees has a price tag currently projected at $25-30 million a year. That’s a fiscal challenge because the…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last spring, the county council passed a gimmick-ridden, Kicking the Can operating budget that spawned a $293 million structural deficit for next year. Later, a county fiscal…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi has issued a new report finding several problems inside the county’s Recreation Department (REC). Specifically, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) found:…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Defying a cascade of warnings from the real estate industry and decades of evidence on its failures, the county council passed a permanent rent control law in…
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Trumpflation
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By Adam Pagnucco. Every one of you who pays for gas knows this: the price of gasoline has shot up since President Donald Trump launched his war on Iran in…
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MCPS’s Huge Health Care Hole
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last year, I published a startling fact: MCPS was running a $58 million deficit in its fund that pays for employee and retiree health care, an amount…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One described a bill by Council Member Kate Stewart that would impose substantial governance requirements on the county’s main community media organization, Montgomery Community Media (MCM). …
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One described a bill by Council Member Kate Stewart that would impose substantial governance requirements on the county’s main community media organization, Montgomery Community Media (MCM). …
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