By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, our post about a creepy get out the vote mailer from a nonprofit spread like wildfire and, at this writing, has soared to number one in…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In a remarkable opinion column, Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos – defending his decision to end endorsements in presidential elections – wrote that “Americans don’t trust the…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Like most of you, I get lots of political mail. Almost all of it encourages me to vote for or against someone or something. Recently, I received…
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By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS has a $3.3 billion annual operating budget and a $1.9 billion six-year capital budget. Accordingly, I asked this: Question: Describe any experience you have in overseeing…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Washington Post’s decision to not endorse in the presidential general election has caused more than 200,000 subscription cancellations and fired off raging debate on social media. …
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By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS has a $3.3 billion operating budget, employs more than 24,000 people and serves more than 160,000 students. It is overseen by an eight-person school board, all…
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By Adam Pagnucco. New statistics assembled by county council staff show slight recent drops in violent crime and property crime and a much larger drop in crimes against society. However,…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The battle against a ballot question to reduce term limits for the county executive from three to two is not going well. Here are two problems. Fundraising…
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By Adam Pagnucco. This is the most sweeping question I asked. Question: What is MCPS’s biggest problem and what would you do to fix it? Lynne Harris, At-Large (Incumbent): I…
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By Adam Pagnucco. I have written before about Carolyn Chen, who once worked for the council’s central staff and left after an Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigation discovered misconduct. …