By Adam Pagnucco. Let’s start applying what we learned this week to the county’s newest crime initiative – the executive’s proposed legislation to crack down on late night businesses. The…
MCEA Wants a Ten Percent Raise
By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) is holding a rally today with one specific purpose: to persuade MCPS to ask for enough funding to finance a ten…
By Adam Pagnucco. Parts One and Two examined times of day for violent crime and property crime and found some differences. Violent crime is focused in the hours of 3…
Marilyn Balcombe: Cast Vote Data
By Adam Pagnucco. Marilyn Balcombe, the former president and CEO of the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce, won her Council District 2 primary easily. Coming off a respectable fifth-place finish in…
A Time for Crime, Part Two
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, we explored the time pattern of violent crime and found that it was most prevalent in the afternoon and early night and was actually…
By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County has announced its intention to offer a $20,000 bonus to new sworn police recruits. The bonus was negotiated between the county government and Fraternal Order…
Andrew Friedson: Cast Vote Data
By Adam Pagnucco. I may have done a disservice to Council Member Andrew Friedson because I have written next to nothing about his reelection campaign. In truth, there was little…
By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of Jane Redicker’s impending retirement, the Greater Silver Spring Chamber of Commerce has announced the identity of her successor. The Silver Spring chamber’s leader…
A Time for Crime, Part One
By Adam Pagnucco. Crime and the night are linked in the popular mind. Lurking in the shadows, criminals pounce on their prey and disappear into darkness. In his never ending…
Nimbee Stings Falls Church
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, beloved anti-development mascot Nimbee temporarily flew out of his MoCo hive to oppose missing middle housing in Falls Church, Virginia. When he showed up in…