In our ten-plus-year dataset of MoCo political contributions, business entities and PACs accounted for 25.9% of all receipts and labor PACs and political clubs accounted for 5.2%. Here are the…
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The four County Council at-large incumbents – Marc Elrich, Nancy Floreen, George Leventhal and Duchy Trachtenberg – have struck a non-aggression pact for the remainder of the election season. While…
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Follow the Money Some More, Part Two
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Time to get to work on our gigantic dataset of Montgomery County political contributions!Here is the distribution by category of all contributions and loans received by 107 MoCo politicians since…
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Follow the Money Some More, Part One
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Last fall, we ran a series called “Follow the Money” in which we examined the sources of campaign contributions for MoCo politicians. As ambitious as that series was, it had…
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From the MPW Vault
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Dear readers: At the time of my retirement, I had several pre-written MPW series in my cache and ready to go. In the small chance that any of you may…
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The Politics of Union Bashing
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Council Member Duchy Trachtenberg is introducing a new bill that would mandate a two-tier disability program for non-school employees other than fire fighters (who bargained one years ago), which is…
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Something’s Going On
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The Montgomery County chapter of the National Organization for Women (MCNOW) has perhaps the most relaxed endorsement procedure in the county. All you have to do is fill out the…
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Vanessa Ali Walks Out on Equality Maryland
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Want to know if a candidate really dislikes you? How about if they walk out on your interview? District 14 Delegate candidate Vanessa Ali did that to Equality Maryland, but…
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In an incredible podcast of an appearance at Stanford University on 11/5/08, Washington Post editorial writer Lee Hockstader bragged about the power of newspaper editorials and specifically claimed credit for…
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Atter-Busted!
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District 18 Delegate candidate Vanessa Atterbeary has resumed her placement of illegal campaign signs all over the district, even after getting a warning from the Town of Kensington. But her…