By Adam Pagnucco. The county council has begun its process to pick permanent planning board members to replace its current temporary board. The council is not filling the chair position…
A Legacy to Remember
By Adam Pagnucco. The county council has released videos celebrating the legacies of departing Council Members Tom Hucker, Nancy Navarro, Craig Rice and Hans Riemer. These council members are right…
By Adam Pagnucco. The new county council has announced its committee structure for the next four years. It was devised by Council President Evan Glass in consultation with the rest…
By Adam Pagnucco. Three former planning board members have written to the county executive, the county council and the county’s state legislators deploring Senator Ben Kramer’s power grab bills, which…
Will MoCo Get Rent Control?
By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of County Executive Marc Elrich’s inauguration speech, in which he vowed to pass rent control, it’s reasonable to ask whether the county council would…
By Adam Pagnucco. Whether you like him or not, give credit to County Executive Marc Elrich for this: he says exactly what he thinks. Whereas other politicians speak in bland…
Self-Appointment Ban Advances at MCDCC
By Adam Pagnucco. A proposal to ban self-appointments to state legislative office by the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC) advanced yesterday. This indicates growing momentum in favor of this…
By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County’s delegation of state legislators has come out swinging against a proposal by WMATA to reinstate turnbacks on the Red Line. The turnbacks, which terminated some…
Rebels Assemble to Challenge the Empire
By Adam Pagnucco. Liza Smith and Nathan Feldman, both members of the Montgomery Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC), have publicly announced their opposition to the common practice of central committee members…
Council At-Large Primary: Brandy Brooks
By Adam Pagnucco. This year marked the fifth cycle of county races I have studied and I have never seen anything like what happened with Brandy Brooks. In 2018, Brooks…