County Council Member Valerie Ervin has a new website with a spanking intro video. Check this out.
County Report: October 16
MoCo Most Influential: 2008 vs. 2009
Here’s a question: who has gained or lost influence in MoCo over the last year? Maybe the only way to answer that is to see what our informants think. Most…
Warning Signs for Transportation, Part Two
By Marc Korman. In Part One, we looked at some of the troubling recent developments in transportation. Today we will look at some of the more positive developments.While Maryland has…
Top Blog Posts, September 2009
Here are the most-viewed blog posts on MPW in September 2009, which was our second consecutive record month.1. Montgomery College President Wanted for Arrest in Arizona2. A Voice from the…
Paper or Pixel? Part Three
By I.J. Hudson. Is there a difference in how much and what type of information we glean from paper vs. pixel? The physical newspaper exposes us to a wide range…
In a comment on the Washington Post blog that listed state legislators who have not yet given back any pay to match state employees’ furlough days, one Maryland Delegate defiantly…
Massive Interest in Gazette Cuts
Earlier this morning, 41% of the visits to this blog consisted of direct entries to our “Gazette Makes More Cuts” post. Much of the traffic was directed by media watch…
Warning Signs for Transportation, Part One
By Marc Korman. On both the policy and political fronts, efforts to address transportation woes in our region are under siege.In August, Governor O’Malley and the Board of Public Works…
Steve Silverman, the County’s recently hired Director of Economic Development, submitted a comment on our post “Leggett, Knapp Issue Dueling Plans for Biotech.” We reprint the comment below for the…