By Adam Pagnucco. Another round of crime data that has been assembled for the county council shows something that will surprise no readers of Montgomery Perspective: crime is up for…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Early reaction to the resignation of MCPS Superintendent Monifa McKnight has begun to pour in. Much of the first batch of official quotes has already been summarized…
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McKnight is Out
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By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS Superintendent Monifa McKnight has resigned and Chief Operating Officer Brian Hull will now serve as acting superintendent. Statements from the school board and McKnight appear below. …
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Fundraising Master Class: Jeff Waldstreicher
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By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, I wrote about 2023 fundraising by MoCo’s state legislators and one of them stood out: District 18 Senator Jeff Waldstreicher. Let’s study his fundraising. Waldstreicher is…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Baltimore unit of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), an agency of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has accused the Montgomery County Circuit Court of ignoring…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Citing a section of county code that I have never seen put to use before, two council members – Dawn Luedtke and Evan Glass – have proposed…
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Trone Claims Double Digit Lead
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By Adam Pagnucco. Congressman David Trone, who is running for U.S. Senate, has released an internal polling memo claiming that he has a double digit lead over Prince George’s County…
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Fundraising Master Class: Andrew Friedson
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By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, I wrote about 2023 fundraising by county elected officials and there was only one story worth mentioning: the titanic total raised by Council Member Andrew Friedson. …
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By Adam Pagnucco. Police Chief Marcus Jones, who has served in the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) for decades and has been chief since 2019, has announced his retirement. This…
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We Deserve Better Than This
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By Adam Pagnucco. On August 11, 2023, the Washington Post broke one of the biggest scandals in MCPS history: the fact that Principal Joel Beidleman was promoted despite the fact…