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…
Economy
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),…
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),…
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…
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…
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…
By Adam Pagnucco. Equity Residential, a publicly-traded multifamily housing owner, is ranked as the fifth-largest apartment owner in the United States by the National Multifamily…
Maryland’s Wealth Drain, Part Eight
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One explained the context of this series and some characteristics of the IRS taxpayer migration data on which it relies. Part…
This is How to Be Like Virginia
By Adam Pagnucco. Once again, County Executive Marc Elrich is saying we need to be like Virginia. And once again, his argument rings hollow because…
Elrich Vetoes “Developer Relief Act”
By Adam Pagnucco. As he promised, County Executive Marc Elrich has vetoed Bill 2-25, which provides 20-year property tax breaks to many real estate projects…