By Adam Pagnucco. Negative campaigning has a long and brutal history in Montgomery County but this year’s school board election is emerging as one of the most contentious contests in…
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MoCo’s Most Influential, Part Five
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One of this series laid out the rules and methodology for how we determined MoCo’s most influential people. These lists were developed by adding together the…
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MoCo’s Most Influential, Part Four
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One of this series laid out the rules and methodology for how we determined MoCo’s most influential people. These lists were developed by adding together the…
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Franchot Chief of Staff Blasts Wilkins
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By Adam Pagnucco. Comptroller Peter Franchot’s Chief of Staff, Len Foxwell, has been in state politics for decades and has seen his share of hard knocks. (Len is famous for…
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Elrich Then and Elrich Now
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By Adam Pagnucco. The big news coming out of County Executive Marc Elrich’s recommended Fiscal Year 2021 budget is that he is proposing a tax hike. As you might imagine,…
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By Adam Pagnucco. As MoCo residents are just now starting to find out, County Executive Marc Elrich has recommended a property tax hike as part of his Fiscal Year 2021…
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Three Keys to School Board Races
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By Adam Pagnucco. Make no mistake: running for school board is TOUGH. The MoCo school board has two at-large seats, five district seats and one seat elected by MCPS students. …
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Grading the County Council
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By Adam Pagnucco. Regular readers know my views on the administration of County Executive Marc Elrich by now, but let’s turn to an equally important entity: the Montgomery County Council….
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MoCo Political Awards 2019
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By Adam Pagnucco. The year 2019 is in the books and it’s time for some political awards, both good and bad. Buckle up! Best Freshman Elected Official (County): District 1…
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Floreen Certified for Ballot
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By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive candidate Nancy Floreen has announced that she has been certified for the ballot by the county’s Board of Elections. Following is her press release. FOR…