By Adam Pagnucco. News of County Executive Marc Elrich’s recommended gigantic fee hike is spreading rapidly. The fee increase, related to Elrich’s intention to replace the Dickerson incinerator with a…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier this month, I published a column on security issues at John F. Kennedy High School. In the last two years, the school was the subject of…
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Jawando Condemns “Giveaway” for Developers
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By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Will Jawando has come out swinging against Bill 2-25, a component of the More Housing N.O.W. package proposed by Council Members Andrew Friedson and Natali…
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By Adam Pagnucco. As the General Assembly gets ready to pass a large tax hike, one state delegate has told Marylanders that it is their patriotic duty to “pay your…
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Rent Control Applies to Fees Too
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By Adam Pagnucco. The application of Montgomery County’s 2023 rent control law to rent increases is well known. But in an announcement to the public, the county government made it…
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By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich has always granted generous compensation packages to county employees and he has occasionally recommended tax hikes to fund them. In return, county government…
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Iroha: Again, Stop Writing About My Campaign
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By Adam Pagnucco. Celeste Iroha, the first filed candidate for county executive, really does not want me to write about her campaign. After I broke the news of her candidacy,…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, I wrote about how the PTA president of New Hampshire Estates Elementary School had testified before the school board that “Every single staff member and…
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Will They Choose Maryland or Virginia?
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By Adam Pagnucco. Back in 2012, the last time Maryland was in a serious budget crisis, then-D.C. Council Member Jack Evans uttered one of the most infamous quotes in local…
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Maryland’s Wealth Drain, Part Four
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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 Two revealed that Maryland is…
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