By Adam Pagnucco. Generally speaking, an elected official can only hold one elected position at a time. Donald Trump, for example, is the president of the United States. But judging…
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By Adam Pagnucco. District 6 County Council Member Natali Fani-Gonzalez has written her colleagues on the council’s Education and Culture Committee (Chair Will Jawando, Gabe Albornoz and Kristin Mink) with…
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What’s Your MCPS Region?
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By Adam Pagnucco. This year, the two biggest stories in MCPS (along with the problem-plagued background check program) are the boundary studies and the academic programs analysis. The former are…
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Do You Trust the Police Department?
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By Adam Pagnucco. It’s an interesting question, yeah? Do you trust the police department? Well, guess, who wants to know the answer to that? The police department. The Montgomery County…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Six, we looked at per capita contributions by local area. Let’s expand that analysis to demographics. The U.S. Census Bureau collects demographic data on 46…
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By Adam Pagnucco. School construction seems to make no one happy. If folks don’t get their project into MCPS’s school construction queue, they’re unhappy. If they do, the project takes…
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Riemer Endorses Friedson for Executive
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By Adam Pagnucco. Former Council Member Hans Riemer has endorsed Council Member Andrew Friedson for county executive. Other than Ike Leggett, endorsements from former elected officials usually don’t mean much. …
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Look at HUD’s Website
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By Adam Pagnucco. If you’re interested in federal affordable housing programs, fair housing laws, housing market conditions or federal regulation of mortgage institutions like Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, you…
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The 800 Pound Gorilla Flexes its Muscles
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Apple Ballot, which conveys the support of the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), has long been the most desired endorsement in MoCo politics. But now it…
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Brookings Finds Bad News for MoCo’s Economy
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, the Brookings Institution released a report on the early impacts of federal government cutbacks on the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) region’s economy. At the regional level, here…