By Adam Pagnucco. Advocates for rent control often say that such policies reduce homelessness and evictions. That was a major claim made two years ago, when the Montgomery County Council…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One introduced the topic of whether MCPS students and staff feel safe at school. This issue was measured with two different questions. Students were asked to…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In March 2024, I wrote a six-part series on MCPS’s FY23 climate survey. MCPS released the results of its FY24 survey last year and has been recently…
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MoCo Rent Control Story Goes International
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By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery Perspective confines nearly all of its content to Montgomery County and the State of Maryland. There is good reason for that – this county and state…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Will Jawando, who is arguably MoCo’s foremost champion of rent control and is running for county executive, is pressuring the City of Rockville to adopt…
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LIUNA Endorses Jawando for Executive
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Philadelphia/Baltimore/Washington Laborers’ District Council (PBWLDC), an affiliate of the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA), has endorsed Council Member Will Jawando for county executive. This…
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Perez and Trone Endorse Glass for Executive
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By Adam Pagnucco. Former Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez and former Congressman David Trone are endorsing Council Member Evan Glass for county executive. The twin endorsements have differing political…
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Elrich Wants to Tighten Rent Control
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By Adam Pagnucco. With MoCo’s multifamily construction market grinding to a halt – probably due in large part to its devastating rent control law – County Executive Marc Elrich has…
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Fire Fighters Endorse Friedson
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By Adam Pagnucco. In the first labor endorsement of the 2026 county executive primary, International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1664 has chosen to support Council Member Andrew Friedson. I’m…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of Montgomery County’s passage of a new rent control law, the county has seen its multifamily construction market disappear. Will it ever recover? On…