By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, Governor Larry Hogan announced that Maryland would enter phase 3 of its reopening, which included a partial lifting of restrictions on indoor theaters, outdoor venues,…
Top Seventh State Stories, August 2020
By Adam Pagnucco. These were the top stories on Seventh State in August ranked by page views. 1. The Squeaky Wheel and Inequities Hiding in Plain Sight2. Is Talbot County…
Elrich to Hogan: Let the Music Play
By Adam Pagnucco. In a retort to County Executive Marc Elrich’s decision to not follow the state’s phase 3 reopening of businesses, Governor Larry Hogan’s office has released a letter…
Free-For-All
By Adam Pagnucco. Marcus Jones, chief of the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD), earns praise from my sources as competent, well-intentioned and not wedded to the practices of the past…
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Will Jawando, who is shown in a video by Nine Districts for MoCo in alleged support of their position, has denounced the video as intended…
By Adam Pagnucco. This week, MoCo’s school board candidates reported their campaign finances through August 18. The results for the cycle are below. Here’s a three-word summary: they’re all broke….
By Adam Pagnucco. Stories in Bethesda Beat and the Washington Post have confirmed a disturbing aspect of the dispute between Montgomery County and Rockville lab AdvaGenix, with which the county…
Is This Going to Work?
By Adam Pagnucco. In announcing the resignation of Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Andrew Kleine, County Executive Marc Elrich also announced that budget director Rich Madaleno would be the next CAO….
By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Board of Elections has certified the Nine Districts for MoCo group’s charter amendment for the ballot. The amendment would convert the county council from…
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, I explained the primary reason why the county’s Republican Party leadership supports Nine Districts, even going so far as to use the party’s official…