By Adam Pagnucco. Council Members Evan Glass and Will Jawando were the top two vote-getters in the Montgomery County Democratic primary last year. Both are undeniably talented politicians who are…
Politics
A Good Day for Transparency
By Adam Pagnucco. Last month, I wrote a column decrying the county council’s recent practice of picking planning board members behind closed doors and noting that they were once picked…
Marilyn Balcombe: Cast Vote Data
By Adam Pagnucco. Marilyn Balcombe, the former president and CEO of the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce, won her Council District 2 primary easily. Coming off a respectable fifth-place finish in…
Andrew Friedson: Cast Vote Data
By Adam Pagnucco. I may have done a disservice to Council Member Andrew Friedson because I have written next to nothing about his reelection campaign. In truth, there was little…
The Weirdest Democrats in MoCo
By Adam Pagnucco. I hear something like the following from more than a few people in every election season. I really hate all the mail coming from these politicians. And…
By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich wants to hire a former county council member to work in his office. But there’s a catch: the position does not currently exist. …
By Adam Pagnucco. Few legislators in Annapolis have introduced more bills on elections in recent years than Senator Cheryl Kagan, and her new package of reforms does not disappoint. I…
Hans Riemer: Cast Vote Data
By Adam Pagnucco. This is the third in a series from cast vote data on the Montgomery County Democratic primary. Let’s look at voters for Hans Riemer, who finished third…
Death by Workgroup
By Adam Pagnucco. Last night, I reprinted the Montgomery County delegation’s press release on a deal struck concerning Senator Ben Kramer’s bills on Park and Planning. Let’s remember that Kramer…
Deal Struck on Park and Planning
By Adam Pagnucco. Senator Ben Kramer’s bills on Park and Planning have attracted a great deal of attention in recent months. Now a deal has been struck on how to…
