By Adam Pagnucco. Unfortunately for those Council Members who voted in its favor, last year’s 9% property tax hike won’t go away. The issue came up at the first County…
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Bill Fricks Up the Executive Field, Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. Delegate Bill Frick’s candidacy for Montgomery County Executive raises a number of questions that will impact both him and his rivals. Here’s our shot at asking them…
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Bill Fricks Up the Executive Field, Part One
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By Adam Pagnucco. Delegate Bill Frick (D-16) has dropped out of the Congressional District 6 race and is running for County Executive. This is the biggest story so far in…
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Candidates, Hug Your Treasurer
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By Adam Pagnucco. Political campaigns have all kinds of characters in them. There are the campaign managers, the best of whom are data nerds, bartenders, therapists and trouble shooters all…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Many things have happened over the last four election cycles, but one thing has remained constant: George Leventhal has smoked Marc Elrich in fundraising. Not anymore. Elrich,…
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Bill Frick is Running for County Executive
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By Adam Pagnucco. Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, who has served District 18 since 2002, has created a public financing account for a run in Council District 1. While Ana is…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Council At-Large candidate Brandy Brooks, who is participating in MoCo’s public financing system, would like to help natural disaster victims. That’s a laudable goal. But she is…
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Montgomery County Council District 3 candidate Ben Shnider has been endorsed by Delegates Shane Robinson (D-39), Andrew Platt (D-17) and the leader of a hotel employees local union. Former Council…
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Friedson Rules Social Media in District 1
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By Adam Pagnucco. Political handicapping is a very subjective exercise. That said, there are a handful of objective measures that give clues to the state of a race: fundraising, endorsements,…