By Adam Pagnucco. Brad Botwin, Director of the anti-immigration group Help Save Maryland, has sent out the following email promoting term limits. ***** UPDATE ON THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY TERM LIMIT…
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Targeting Navarro
By Adam Pagnucco. It was the spring of 2008. Five-term County Council Member Marilyn Praisner, who had represented District 4 since 1990, had passed away and eight candidates were running…
By Adam Pagnucco. In the latest development in the county’s continuing liquor monopoly saga, the County Executive has established a task force to explore options for scaling back or eliminating…
MCGEO Gets Ready to Rumble
By Adam Pagnucco. On Monday night, July 11, some MoCo residents received the following robocall. I’m Tara Huber. I live in Montgomery County and I’m a county worker in child…
Anyone But Robin Ficker
By Adam Pagnucco. The Washington Post’s legendary editorial from 1988 says it all: Anyone But Robin Ficker. The only problem with it is that it’s nearly thirty years old. And…
Two Myths About Term Limits
By Adam Pagnucco. The fight over whether term limits should apply to Montgomery County elected officials is now underway, and that’s even before political heckler Robin Ficker has submitted his…
Why Term Limits Will Probably Pass
By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County political heckler Robin Ficker, who has tormented politicians and voters alike for decades, is on the verge of getting a charter amendment calling for term…
MoCo’s Giant Tax Hike, Part Six
By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County’s giant tax hike will have consequences. Here are a few of them. 1. Term limits are more likely to pass. There are several reasons why…
MoCo’s Giant Tax Hike, Part Five
By Adam Pagnucco. The untold story about the Giant Tax Hike is that it could have been cut substantially while still maintaining every dime of funding for MCPS in the…
MoCo’s Giant Tax Hike, Part Four
By Adam Pagnucco. The tax hike is the part of the budget that is getting the most attention, but the County Council took another unusual step: it refused to fund…