By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday afternoon, the county council rejected the hidden tax hike that was buried in the county executive’s recommended budget. The primary issue that bothered the council was…
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Elrich’s Hidden Tax Hike
By Adam Pagnucco. One month ago, I roasted the Montgomery County Republican Party for inaccurately claiming that the county was trying to “sneak in” a tax hike. At that time,…
By Adam Pagnucco. The Washington Post has endorsed Lynne Harris and Shebra Evans for school board. Evans is an incumbent running for reelection in District 4. Harris is a former…
MoCo’s Nasty School Board Race, Part One
By Adam Pagnucco. Negative campaigning has a long and brutal history in Montgomery County but this year’s school board election is emerging as one of the most contentious contests in…
By Adam Pagnucco. District 20 Delegate Jheanelle Wilkins has organized a joint letter to Governor Larry Hogan signed by 48 Delegates asking him to cancel rent and mortgage payments for…
By Adam Pagnucco. NABET-CWA Local 31 has filed an unfair labor practice charge against MCM (Montgomery Community Media) alleging that MCM is refusing to bargain a new collective bargaining agreement….
By Adam Pagnucco. Left largely undiscussed during the debate over MoCo’s recently passed rent stabilization bill was the overall condition of the county’s rental market. Yes, Council Member Andrew Friedson…
By Adam Pagnucco. This morning, a delivery truck operated by MoCo’s liquor monopoly crashed in Aspen Hill. The crash occurred on Connecticut Avenue near the intersection with Georgia Avenue, shutting…
MoCo’s Most Influential, Part Seven
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One of this series laid out the rules and methodology for how we determined MoCo’s most influential people. These lists were developed by adding together the…
Top Seventh State Stories, March 2020
By Adam Pagnucco. These were the top stories on Seventh State in March ranked by page views. 1. What’s More Important? The Liquor Monopoly or a Thousand Bartenders?2. Liquor Monopoly…