Ever think that even though the credit card companies are going after everyone else, they won’t come for you? I used to believe that too until I received the following…
Adam Pagnucco
Inside the MPW Datafile
Once again, we are releasing the results of our leading posts and search terms as measured by Statcounter. Here are the most-read stories from August 23 through October 25, which…
SEIU Local 500, which won a campaign to represent Montgomery College’s adjunct professors in June 2008, has reached deadlock with the administration on a new contract. That does not bode…
Ben Kramer is Raising Money
Delegate Ben Kramer (D-19) is holding a fundraiser on November 8. So what’s unusual about that? Plenty.Kramer is a wealthy commercial property owner and developer whose family has long been…
Too Rich for Furloughs
As we wrote yesterday, we believe that state legislators are paid too little relative to their job duties. That threatens to shrink the pool of competent people willing to serve…
SHA Answers Council’s Questions on I-270
The County Council sent a list of questions to the State Highway Administration (SHA) about the I-270 project and SHA has responded. Here are the questions and answers that caught…
The Real Scandal of Legislative Pay
The recent talk about which state legislators are giving up part of their salaries to match state employee furlough days obscures a much, much larger issue with legislative pay. The…
What I Will Teach My Kid About Politics
As every reader knows, Baby Olson Pagnucco (now known as Andres) has arrived. Now we will have to teach the next generation the way of things. That means saying please…
Cut County Cable Montgomery
Many times, we have heard elected leaders complain that their constituents are quick to defend programs and slow to suggest cuts in times of deficit. Today, we have heard their…
Currie Back on the Fundraising Circuit
Embattled Senate Budget and Taxation (B&T) Chairman Ulysses Currie (D-25) is raising money again. Is that good or bad for Democrats?Senator Currie, who has headed the B&T Committee since 2002,…