By Adam Pagnucco. Let’s resume evaluating Elrich’s pushback on the council over its recently passed FY24 budget. On school spending Elrich took two tracks on school spending. First, he remarked…
Lesley Lopez is Running for Congress
By Adam Pagnucco. District 39 Delegate Lesley Lopez, who was first elected in 2018, is running for Congress in District 6. The current office holder, David Trone, is running for…
Barve Supports Hoffmann for His House Seat
By Adam Pagnucco. Former Delegate Kumar Barve has issued a statement of support for former Rockville Mayor Susan Hoffmann to be appointed to his District 17 House of Delegates seat. …
Raskin: No More Debt Ceilings
By Adam Pagnucco. Congressman Jamie Raskin voted to raise the federal debt ceiling tonight, but he wishes he would never have to do so again. In his statement below, he…
By Adam Pagnucco. Preliminary data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) last week on employment growth in the nation’s 356 largest counties last year shows that MoCo…
Fact Checking Elrich, Part One
By Adam Pagnucco. Despite getting 98 percent of his FY24 recommended budget funded by the county council, County Executive Marc Elrich went on the attack last week. He criticized the…
Reset? What Reset?
By Adam Pagnucco. Reset. This is the word I heard over and over after a contentious Democratic primary in which County Executive Marc Elrich overcame millions of dollars in negative…
A Request from Andres Pagnucco
Guest column by Andres Pagnucco. Hi everyone, this is Andres Pagnucco. I am in eighth grade and I am Adam Pagnucco’s son. Please don’t blame me for what he writes!…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, the Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors (GCAAR) sent out a statement on the county council’s passage of the FY24 operating budget. GCAAR is not…
Elrich Busts Loose
By Adam Pagnucco. In a rip-roaring press conference on Thursday, County Executive Marc Elrich opened fire on his critics, especially those at the county council. His office sent me a…