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
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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…
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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…
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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. …
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The Wilhelm Ballot
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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…
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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…
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Early Voting Day 1 Turnout is Way Up
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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…
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The County Executive’s Least Known Power
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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…
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Is the Liquor Monopoly Improving?
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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…
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Brooks and Wilhelm Take on Amazon
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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…