By Adam Pagnucco. District 20 House candidate Darian Unger has fired his campaign manager for stealing and destroying literature belonging to his opponents. Unger terminated him immediately upon seeing video…
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Evaluating the Allegations Against Blair
By Adam Pagnucco. Businessman David Blair is the only candidate in the County Executive race to be targeted by both negative mail and two negative TV ads. The combined expenditures…
By Adam Pagnucco. Let’s look at the June campaign finance reports for the Council At-Large candidates, the last ones available prior to the primary. A note on methodology. First, we…
By Adam Pagnucco. The June campaign finance reports are in and they will be the last ones available prior to the primary. Today, we’ll look at the County Executive race. …
The Wilhelm Ballot
By Adam Pagnucco. Here is something we haven’t seen before: a mid-term year Apple Ballot with one candidate occupying one side of it and a list of others on the…
By Adam Pagnucco. It’s election season and that means it’s time for lots of promises from politicians. And boy are they promising a lot, especially on the county’s two big…
Early Voting Day 1 Turnout is Way Up
By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday was the first day of early voting in the 2018 primary and it was a BIG day. The number of people who voted was a whopping…
The County Executive’s Least Known Power
By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County’s Charter lays out the County Executive’s powers and responsibilities. The best known include nominating department heads, drafting recommended operating and capital budgets, vetoing legislation, representing…
Is the Liquor Monopoly Improving?
By Adam Pagnucco. Once again, Montgomery County’s liquor monopoly is a hot issue in local politics. As far as we know, MoCo is the only county in the nation in…
Brooks and Wilhelm Take on Amazon
By Adam Pagnucco. Council At-Large candidates Brandy Brooks and Chris Wilhelm, who are running as a team, have sent out the mailer below raising concerns about the impact of Amazon…
