By Adam Pagnucco. A June opinion from the office of Maryland’s Attorney General indicates that the Nine Districts for MoCo group may have collected some electronic signatures in a manner…
Seventh State Archive
Is Talbot County Killing its Golden Goose?
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, the Talbot County Council voted to keep the Confederacy-memorializing Talbot Boys statue on the grounds of its county courthouse. The vote prompted a protest and…
MoCo to County Employees: Get Retested
By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County Government has sent the email below to county employees regarding the suspension of COVID testing by county vendor AdvaGenix. County employees, particularly first responders and…
By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, the county announced that it has suspended COVID testing by AdvaGenix, a Rockville-based lab with whom the county contracted in May. At that time, County Executive…
MoCo Suspends Some COVID Testing
By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich and county health officer Travis Gayles have announced that the county has suspended COVID testing performed by AdvaGenix, a Rockville lab. When…
By Adam Pagnucco. Seven members of the Montgomery County Republican Central Committee, the governing body of the MoCo GOP, have given the Nine Districts for MoCo group money, in-kind contributions…
End of the Line for Kleine
By Adam Pagnucco. Chief Administrative Officer Andrew Kleine, who admitted to two ethics violations and attempted to cure them through a $5,000 payment and other remedies, has resigned. County Executive…
Nine Districts Supporters Speak
By Adam Pagnucco. In prior posts, I have noted support of the Nine Districts charter amendment by Republicans, developers and unions. But a lot more people beyond those groups would…
How Not to Restructure Government
By Adam Pagnucco. Dear readers, let’s consider the following sequence of events. 2018: County executive candidate Marc Elrich campaigns on a platform of restructuring government. Elrich writes in the Washington…
Muslim Coalition Blasts Elrich, Council
By Adam Pagnucco. A coalition of Muslim activists has written County Executive Marc Elrich and the county council expressing their frustration that no members of their community were selected for…