By Adam Pagnucco. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a newish county blogger and professor named David Lublin reached out to a then-young civic activist who…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last Friday, the candidates for County Executive attended a forum to discuss a report by Sage Consulting listing numerous problems with the county’s economy. Afterwards, most of…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Maryland Fight for 15 Campaign has published poll results showing the popularity of a $15 minimum wage in three key Senate districts. The polling comes as…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, we published an astonishing statistic: the State Department of Assessments and Taxation processed just nineteen new business filings in Montgomery County in FY16. In the year…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Delegate David Moon’s local bill on country clubs, which would have phased out a $10 million special tax break received only by country clubs with golf courses,…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of the failure of his bill that would have phased out a special property tax break for MoCo country clubs, the Facebook page of…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Your author has been a corporate and economic researcher for almost twenty-five years. During that time, we have encountered MANY crazy statistics. Most of them can be…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In preparation for months but dropped at the last minute, a local bill now under consideration by the Montgomery County delegation may just bring rent control to…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Word of Discovery Communications’ exit from Silver Spring has exploded like a bomb in local politics, prompting attacks by the state Democrats on Governor Larry Hogan and…
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By Michael Knapp, Chair, Montgomery College Board of Trustees. Since the presidential campaigns of 2016, candidates for numerous state and local offices have identified providing free access to college as…