By Adam Pagnucco. In a prior column, I noted the participation of many county Republican Party leaders in the Nine Districts group. These leaders even went so far as to…
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By Adam Pagnucco. A June opinion from the office of Maryland’s Attorney General indicates that the Nine Districts for MoCo group may have collected some electronic signatures in a manner…
Is Talbot County Killing its Golden Goose?
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, the Talbot County Council voted to keep the Confederacy-memorializing Talbot Boys statue on the grounds of its county courthouse. The vote prompted a protest and…
By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, the county announced that it has suspended COVID testing by AdvaGenix, a Rockville-based lab with whom the county contracted in May. At that time, County Executive…
By Adam Pagnucco. Seven members of the Montgomery County Republican Central Committee, the governing body of the MoCo GOP, have given the Nine Districts for MoCo group money, in-kind contributions…
End of the Line for Kleine
By Adam Pagnucco. Chief Administrative Officer Andrew Kleine, who admitted to two ethics violations and attempted to cure them through a $5,000 payment and other remedies, has resigned. County Executive…
How Not to Restructure Government
By Adam Pagnucco. Dear readers, let’s consider the following sequence of events. 2018: County executive candidate Marc Elrich campaigns on a platform of restructuring government. Elrich writes in the Washington…
By Adam Pagnuccco. Montgomery County health officer Travis Gayles just issued a new order rescinding his recent order shutting down MoCo private schools for in-person instruction. Gayles’s new order states,…
Private Schools Caught in Elrich-Hogan Feud
By Adam Pagnucco. Last November, I wrote about the growing feud between Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich and Governor Larry Hogan. Back then, the issues were the governor’s proposed Beltway…
By Adam Pagnucco. Maryland Secretary of Health Robert Neall has responded to Montgomery County’s new order shutting down private schools for in-person instruction. In a memo to the state’s health…