By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday was the deadline for candidates to file their Annual 2026 campaign finance reports. It’s an important moment in this election season as candidates show their financial…
Montgomery Perspective Archive
Council Staff Warns on Dire Economy
By Adam Pagnucco. In a recent budget memo, the county council’s central staff warned the council about mounting trouble in the county’s economy. That trouble is now spilling over into…
By Adam Pagnucco. Regular readers know I often criticize County Executive Marc Elrich’s performance in office. (No, I am not going to follow that statement with dozens of hyperlinks to…
By Adam Pagnucco. Previously, we reviewed County Executive Marc Elrich’s critique of how MCPS measures class size. The question is ripe for consideration because MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor is justifying…
We Have the Tools For Safer Crisis Response
Guest column by Montgomery County Councilmember Dawn Luedtke. On December 15, two mental health clinicians who work for the County responded to a call in which the subject threatened their…
Uy Loans Himself $85,000 to Fight Gino
By Adam Pagnucco. Sheriff Max Uy, in a desperate attempt to ward off MCGEO President Gino Renne’s effort to drive him from office, has loaned his campaign $85,000. Will it…
By Adam Pagnucco. Class size. It’s one of the key phrases in MoCo politics. Whenever school funding comes up, the subject of class size is raised right along with it. …
By Adam Pagnucco. UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO, which represents most county employees outside of MCPS, has filed a grievance against the county after two of its members were attacked during…
By Adam Pagnucco. For more than twenty years, Democratic candidates have won all partisan elections in Montgomery County for county executive, county council and General Assembly. Reardon “Sully” Sullivan, the…
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One covered the methodology of this series. Part Two covered total employment. Part Three examined private employment. Part Four looked at establishments. Part Five looked at…
