By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor has released his first recommended capital budget and it contains this admission: An “error” made by MCPS in applying for state aid could…
Montgomery Perspective Archive
By Adam Pagnucco. At-large school board candidate Rita Montoya, who is challenging incumbent Lynne Harris, has released a list of endorsements. Her press release is reprinted below. Note: I don’t…
Term Limits Group Spends on TV
By Adam Pagnucco. The Committee for Better Government, which is working to pass a ballot question reducing term limits for the county executive from three to two, has filed a…
Business and Labor Groups Sue MoCo
By Adam Pagnucco. A coalition of business and labor groups has filed suit in federal court against Montgomery County over Bill 13-22, nicknamed by opponents as “the electrocution bill.” The…
Term Limits Group Releases Ad
By Adam Pagnucco. The Committee for Better Government, which is advocating for a ballot question reducing term limits for the county executive from three to two, has released an ad…
By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier this week, WJLA-TV posted a startling article claiming that the school board had approved a multi-million dollar diesel bus contract in closed session. Here’s the problem:…
By Adam Pagnucco. In the last fiscal year, Montgomery County issued more than 300,000 speed and red light camera citations. And guess what? There could be a whole lot more…
By Adam Pagnucco. Back in March, I ran a series showing answers to a 7-question questionnaire for school board candidates. That questionnaire was sent to candidates running in the primary…
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One introduced the premise of this series: the use of cast vote records to examine partisan differences in voting in the 2024 school board primary. Part…
By Adam Pagnucco. The Maryland State Education Association (MSEA), the parent union of most county teachers unions in Maryland, has funded a Super PAC to promote its candidates for school…