By Adam Pagnucco. As expected, the Trump administration has released a list of “sanctuary” jurisdictions that it claims violate federal immigration law and Montgomery County is on it. (MoCo has…
Montgomery Perspective Archive
MCPS Responds on NDAs
By Adam Pagnucco. On Tuesday, I wrote about MCPS’s practice of requiring some stakeholders who participate in its activities to sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). While there are differences in the…
Baltimore Banner is Coming to MoCo
By Adam Pagnucco. It’s happening, folks: the Baltimore Banner has announced that it is expanding to cover Montgomery County. We have seen this coming for a while. In March, I…
By Adam Pagnucco. My post on MCPS’s Insane School Boundaries is rapidly becoming one of the most-read posts in the two-and-a-half year history of Montgomery Perspective (and my nearly 20…
MCPS’s Insane Boundary Maps
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS has begun releasing option maps for new high school and middle school boundaries in accordance with its ongoing boundary study. And some of these maps will…
Don’t Leak! Or MCPS Might Sue
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS has been using non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to protect information distributed in some of its activities. More than two weeks ago, I sent MCPS a list of…
Moody’s Downgrades Prince George’s County
By Adam Pagnucco. Moody’s has downgraded Prince George’s County from Aaa, its highest rating, to Aa1. The Washington Post has reported that Standard & Poor’s and Fitch are still assigning…
By Adam Pagnucco. UNITE HERE Local 25, which represents hotel, restaurant and casino employees in the Washington region, has called for a boycott of the Montgomery County Conference Center. The…
Is Jawando the Front Runner?
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Will Jawando declared for county executive on Wednesday night and was joined by County Executive Marc Elrich, Council Members Kristin Mink and Laurie-Anne Sayles and…
Teachers Declare Victory
By Adam Pagnucco. David Stein, president of the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), has released a video on X declaring victory over the county council’s passage of a huge budget…