By Adam Pagnucco. For the fourth time, the county council has voted to override a veto by County Executive Marc Elrich. The tally now is council: 4, executive: 0. Elrich’s…
Politics
Elrich to Council: I Matter
By Adam Pagnucco. On one level, County Executive Marc Elrich’s veto of James Hedrick’s planning board appointment was part of a struggle for control of the board that has been…
Elrich Issues Planning Board Veto Statement
By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich has issued a statement on his veto of James Hedrick’s appointment to the planning board. The statement appears below. ***** M E M…
Elrich Vetoes Planning Board Appointment
By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich has vetoed the county council’s appointment of James Hedrick to the planning board. Hedrick is a Democrat, a senior financial analyst with the…
By Adam Pagnucco. In a vote sure to rile up residents who have been hit by County Executive Marc Elrich’s proposal to raise property taxes by ten percent, the county…
By Adam Pagnucco. District 39 Delegate Kirill Reznik has announced his retirement from the General Assembly to join the administration of Governor Wes Moore. He was appointed to office in…
Kate Stewart: Cast Vote Data
By Adam Pagnucco. Of all the county council district members, no one shares County Executive Marc Elrich’s core base more than District 4’s Kate Stewart. Elrich was a Takoma Park…
By Adam Pagnucco. One of last month’s most read stories was Elrich Wants to Create a New Job for Term Limited Council Member. That post revealed that the county executive…
Sidney Katz: Cast Vote Data
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Sidney Katz, who was reelected easily to a third term in District 3, was an elected official in the City of Gaithersburg for decades before…
Is Ranked Choice Voting Worth Millions?
By Adam Pagnucco. As Montgomery County’s state legislators consider a bill that would enable ranked choice voting in the county, they should consider the fact that their Department of Legislative…
