By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Ike Leggett, who commissioned a county-financed study on the impact of a minimum wage increase blasted by the Economic Policy Institute as “absurd junk science,”…
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MoCo’s Essential Man
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By Adam Pagnucco. Ever wonder why some politicians stay in office waaaaaay too long? One reason is that some of them believe they are truly essential and that government would…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Discussion of Montgomery County’s minimum wage study, branded “absurd junk science” by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), is spreading like wildfire through online conservative outlets. It is…
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Is an Incumbent Delegate Getting Pushed Out?
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By Adam Pagnucco. In 2006, Senator P.J. Hogan and Delegates Nancy King and Charles Barkley became fed up with their District 39 colleague, Delegate Joan Stern. Four months before the…
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By Adam Pagnucco. MoCo’s most feared man, former Washington Post reporter Bill Turque, has left to terrorize hapless local politicians in Kansas City. In a rare moment of self-reflection, the…
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MoCo’s Dubious Minimum Wage Survey
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Executive Branch has released its long-awaited study of the impact of MoCo’s $15 minimum wage bill and it is taking fire. The primary objection from bill…
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Politicians Rejoice as Bill Turque Leaves
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By Adam Pagnucco. The most feared person in MoCo politics is not an elected official. He’s not a union leader, a developer, a big contributor or even a blogger. He’s…
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Delaney Dominoes
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By Adam Pagnucco. From the perspective of political blogging (which we all know matters most!), Congressman John Delaney is the greatest Maryland politician of all time. That’s not because of…
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Washington Post Looking for Turque Successor
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Washington Post has posted an employment ad seeking a successor to recently departed MoCo beat reporter Bill Turque. We will have much more to say about…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The John Delaney for President story was started by a blog. It was kept alive by blogs. And now the bloggers, irresponsible rascals that they are, have…