By Adam Pagnucco. Council District 1 Democratic nominee Julie Yang is running a Facebook ad urging voters to send President Donald Trump a message by voting for her. I doubt…
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Guest column by Peter Fosselman. As the County Council considers Bill 41-26—a proposal that would remove the owner‑occupancy requirement for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)— it is worth pausing to reflect…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi has issued a new report finding several problems inside the county’s Recreation Department (REC). Specifically, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) found:…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Defying a cascade of warnings from the real estate industry and decades of evidence on its failures, the county council passed a permanent rent control law in…
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Is MCPS Losing Students to Private Schools?
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By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS blames a lot of its continuing enrollment drop on declining births in MoCo. However, that’s only part of what is impacting the district’s enrollment. Because while…
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Fani-González Replies to GOP on Debates
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By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, I printed a letter from the Montgomery County Republican Party to Council President Natali Fani-González requesting that the council change the county’s public campaign financing law…
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Do You Want to Work for Jawando?
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By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Will Jawando, the Democratic nominee for county executive, is not yet ensconced on the second floor of the executive office building. That’s not stopping him…
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Wells Hits the Mailbox
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By Adam Pagnucco. Defying claims by Democrats that her campaign is not viable, GOP county executive candidate Esther Wells showed up in MoCo mailboxes this week. She mailed two pieces…
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Trumpflation
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By Adam Pagnucco. Every one of you who pays for gas knows this: the price of gasoline has shot up since President Donald Trump launched his war on Iran in…
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Should Maryland Resurrect Pterodactyls?
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By Adam Pagnucco. State Question 3, which would amend the state’s constitution to overturn a judicial decision on Maryland congressional district boundaries, is the top priority of Maryland’s Democratic Party. …