By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery Perspective confines nearly all of its content to Montgomery County and the State of Maryland. There is good reason for that – this county and state…
Economy
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Will Jawando, who is arguably MoCo’s foremost champion of rent control and is running for county executive, is pressuring the City of Rockville to adopt…
Elrich Wants to Tighten Rent Control
By Adam Pagnucco. With MoCo’s multifamily construction market grinding to a halt – probably due in large part to its devastating rent control law – County Executive Marc Elrich has…
By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of Montgomery County’s passage of a new rent control law, the county has seen its multifamily construction market disappear. Will it ever recover? On…
You Kill My Dog, I Kill Your Cat
By Adam Pagnucco. “You kill my dog, I kill your cat.” So wrote former Baltimore Sun reporter Mike Dresser fifteen years ago. Dresser was writing about state legislators killing each…
Is Viva White Oak Ready to Launch? Part Four
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One told a brief history of the Viva White Oak project. Part Two discussed the nature of Tax Increment Financing (TIF), which is being proposed to…
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One told a brief history of the Viva White Oak project. Part Two discussed the nature of Tax Increment Financing (TIF), which is being proposed to…
Is Viva White Oak Ready to Launch? Part Two
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One told a brief history of the Viva White Oak project. Today, let’s examine a crucial supportive element requested by County Executive Marc Elrich: a Tax…
Is Viva White Oak Ready to Launch? Part One
By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, County Executive Marc Elrich announced that he was asking the county council to establish a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) mechanism to support the implementation of the…
MoCo’s Income Tax: A Comparison
By Adam Pagnucco. As county leaders discuss whether to raise Montgomery County’s income tax, it’s time to consider how our tax stacks up against other jurisdictions. Income taxes can be…