By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS has released the employment contract of its new Superintendent, Dr. Thomas Taylor. Liliana Lopez, MCPS’s public information officer, sent it to me within 13 minutes of…
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By Adam Pagnucco. When Montgomery County passed rent control last year, its legislation did not cover municipalities. The Gaithersburg City Council wrote a letter of opposition to rent control before…
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MoCo Economy Keeps Lagging, Part Three
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One introduced this series. Part Two examined total employment. Today, we look at private sector employment. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Quarterly Census of Employment…
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Term Limits Close to the Ballot (Updated)
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last month, we reported that the Committee for Better Government, a group organized by former Republican county executive candidate Reardon Sullivan, had submitted signatures to the Board…
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MoCo Economy Keeps Lagging, Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One introduced the framework of this series. Now let’s start with total employment. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)…
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MoCo Economy Keeps Lagging, Part One
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program released its preliminary estimates for county employment in 2023. The program…
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What Caused the WAMU Layoffs? Part Four
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One outlined the basic financial characteristics of WAMU. Part Two explained how corporate underwriting, WAMU’s second largest revenue source, collapsed after 2019. This was partially replaced…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Two months ago, I reported that MCPS had used a $105,000 emergency procurement contract to hire a crisis communications contractor to help it deal with the apocalyptic…
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What Caused the WAMU Layoffs? Part Three
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One outlined the basic financial characteristics of WAMU. Part Two explained how corporate underwriting, WAMU’s second largest revenue source, collapsed after 2019. This was partially replaced…
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What Caused the WAMU Layoffs? Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. What caused WAMU to implement layoffs and shut down DCist? Insights into these actions may lie in its published financial statements. Let’s get started. The chart below…