By Adam Pagnucco. Here is today’s question. Montgomery County is near the bottom of large jurisdictions in the region in terms of the number of private-sector jobs created since the…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Here is today’s question. Montgomery County is near the bottom of large jurisdictions in the region in terms of the number of private-sector jobs created since the…
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By Adam Pagnucco. President Donald Trump’s war with Iran is blowing the roof off of gasoline prices. When combined with his cuts to federal spending and employment, the dual effect…
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By Adam Pagnucco. For many years, County Executive Marc Elrich has championed affordable housing, claiming that the private sector does not provide enough of it so the government must step…
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By Adam Pagnucco. B.F. Saul’s 8001 Wisconsin Avenue project in Downtown Bethesda is everything the county government says it wants. It would replace a set of small commercial buildings and…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The raging fight over the future of Wootton High School has several dimensions: political, community-based, financial and even racial. One dimension is more technical than any of…
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Guest column by Adam Van Grack, Rockville City Councilmember. Montgomery County became one of the nation’s most successful communities because previous leaders planned ahead. Our County’s past leaders (such as…
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Mission Accomplished?
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Guest column by Gaithersburg City Council Member and council at-large candidate Jim McNulty. In May of 2003, then-President George W. Bush famously (or infamously?) landed on the aircraft carrier USS…
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A Culture of Denial
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By Adam Pagnucco. I was a chief of staff at the county council from 2010 through 2014. Here is one thing I noticed about county government: there was a ton…
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Why Don’t We Have the Money?
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By Adam Pagnucco. In response to MCPS’s gigantic capital budget request, much of which made it into County Executive Marc Elrich’s recommended budget, Council President Natali Fani-Gonzalez did something that…