By Adam Pagnucco. Two days ago, I wrote a post about the fact that building permit data published by the U.S. Census Bureau showed that Montgomery County permitted the lowest…
Stewart Takes Position on Rent Control
By Adam Pagnucco. As the county council’s Planning, Housing and Parks Committee takes up competing rent control bills, Council Member Kate Stewart (who represents Downcounty’s bowtie district) has put her…
By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued a new report chronicling problems with the county government’s enforcement of its bag tax law. Specifically, the county…
By Adam Pagnucco. As Montgomery County leaders debate the merits of installing rent control, it’s important to look back in time. That’s because the county had rent control in the…
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One examined total employment over three time intervals and Part Two examined private sector employment. Now let’s look at establishments. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics…
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, we examined new estimates of total employment by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for Washington area jurisdictions in 2022. Now let’s look at…
By Adam Pagnucco. Update: The county government is disputing the accuracy of the Census Bureau’s building permit estimates and claims that Montgomery’s numbers are much higher. I am working with…
By Adam Pagnucco. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released its first estimates of employment, establishments and wages by county for 2022. Let’s see how Montgomery County and…
By Adam Pagnucco. After her remarks alleging that some Muslim families were on the same side as white supremacists, Council Member Kristin Mink is in the national news again. This…
Mink Apologizes to Muslims
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Kristin Mink has apologized for remarks she made at a school board meeting last week in which she said that “some Muslim families” are on…