By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in November 2022, ranked by page views. 1. School Board General Election: The Post vs the Apple 2….
By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, I wrote about state legislation that would establish a task force to study whether County Executive Marc Elrich should take over the functions of Park and…
Planning Board Chair Blasts Power Grab
By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier today, I wrote about a power grab attempting to transfer the functions of park and planning to the county executive. I asked the Acting Chair of…
By Adam Pagnucco. With the departure of Delegate Eric Luedtke to the Moore administration, a vacancy has opened up for his house seat in District 14. Under the state’s constitution,…
Power Grab Targets Park and Planning
By Adam Pagnucco. Back in October, I predicted that problems at Park and Planning might generate a push to transfer its functions to the county executive. That prediction has since…
Electric Building Bill Passes
By Adam Pagnucco. In a last-second rush during a lame duck session, the county council passed a momentous bill requiring all-electric building standards for most new construction in the county. …
Rebellion in MCDCC
By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, I wrote about the practice by members of the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC) of appointing themselves to state legislative offices. (The state’s constitution gives…
Who Cares About Outages?
By Adam Pagnucco. Last night, a small plane crashed into a power transmission tower in Montgomery Village, knocking out electricity to more than 120,000 customers. The county reported that roughly…
How to Clean Up Vacancy Appointments
By Adam Pagnucco. Have you ever run for office? I have not, but I have worked for a few campaigns and written about many of them. It’s HARD. There are…
Council At-Large Primary: Tom Hucker
By Adam Pagnucco. It’s going to be strange to see MoCo politics without Tom Hucker in the middle of it. Hucker has been a player in the county since he…