By Adam Pagnucco. Christmas morning is over and your blogger is done opening the presents – errrrr, campaign finance reports. Now we get to share them with you! And we…
SEIU Local 32BJ Endorses Ben Shnider
By Adam Pagnucco. SEIU Local 32BJ, the mammoth building services union that is one of the biggest and most powerful locals in SEIU, has endorsed insurgent candidate Ben Shnider in…
The Floreen Path to At-Large Success
By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County’s At-Large County Council race may be the hardest contest in the county to predict. That’s because it doesn’t necessarily involve candidates running against each other…
MoCo After Discovery
By Adam Pagnucco. Word of Discovery Communications’ exit from Silver Spring has exploded like a bomb in local politics, prompting attacks by the state Democrats on Governor Larry Hogan and…
By Michael Knapp, Chair, Montgomery College Board of Trustees. Since the presidential campaigns of 2016, candidates for numerous state and local offices have identified providing free access to college as…
The Worst Part of Campaigning
By Adam Pagnucco. What’s the worst part of campaigning for office? Well, there is a lot of work, but most of it is not inherently awful. You have to show…
By Adam Pagnucco. In the most brutal campaign attack of the cycle, former County Council spokesman and current at-large council candidate Neil Greenberger is comparing the council to the Washington…
Public Financing Update: January 2, 2018
By Adam Pagnucco. Happy New Year, folks! After a relatively quiet period in the fall, December saw a number of applications for public matching funds from county candidates participating in…
By Adam Pagnucco. In 2014, candidate Larry Hogan ran on three issues: jobs, taxes and reforming Annapolis. From 2015 through the present, Governor Larry Hogan has based his agenda on…
Former Montgomery County Executive Doug Duncan has endorsed Council District 1 candidate Andrew Friedson. Following is Friedson’s press release. ***** Friedson Endorsed by County Executive Doug Duncan Three-Term Exec. Calls…