By Adam Pagnucco. Silver Chips, the online newspaper for Blair High School, had quite a scoop yesterday. The newspaper asked school board at-large candidates Lynne Harris and Sunil Dasgupta for…
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Guest column by Isiah Leggett. Since leaving public office after 12 years as County Executive in December of 2018, I have been doing some travelling (pre-COVID), enjoying my family, and…
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JOF, Progressives Take on Ficker
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By Adam Pagnucco. Former school board member Jill Ortman-Fouse is co-chairing a new group opposing Question B, Robin Ficker’s charter amendment on property taxes, along with former Jamie Raskin staffer…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Marilyn Balcombe, a Germantown resident who ran a strong fifth in the 2018 Democratic Party council at-large primary, is co-chairing a new group opposing the Nine Districts…
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Jawando Fundraises Off Republican Attack
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By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Will Jawando is raising money off an attack by the Montgomery County Republican Party on his work on police reform. He even borrowed our graphic…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Nine Districts for MoCo, the group that put a charter amendment on the ballot converting the county council to a nine district structure, has released a video…
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Poll Out on Ballot Questions
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By Adam Pagnucco. A poll is in the field on MoCo’s ballot questions, much of it focused on Question B (Robin Ficker’s charter amendment on property taxes). The sponsor of…
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Turnout by County: 2020 Primary, Part Three
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, we looked at overall turnout rate by county. In Part Two, we examined turnout rate by party. This post compares turnout between 2016 and…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of their vote last night, the Montgomery County Democratic Party has issued the following statement on their position on this year’s ballot questions. *****…
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Turnout by County: 2020 Primary, Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One showed the overall turnout rate by county in the 2020 primary but that statistic conceals numerous nuances. Today, we will look at turnout by party….