By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS has a $3.3 billion operating budget, employs more than 24,000 people and serves more than 160,000 students. It is overseen by an eight-person school board, all…
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By Adam Pagnucco. New statistics assembled by county council staff show slight recent drops in violent crime and property crime and a much larger drop in crimes against society. However,…
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Uphill Battle for Term Limits Foes
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By Adam Pagnucco. The battle against a ballot question to reduce term limits for the county executive from three to two is not going well. Here are two problems. Fundraising…
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By Adam Pagnucco. I have written before about Carolyn Chen, who once worked for the council’s central staff and left after an Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigation discovered misconduct. …
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By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier today, I wrote about how Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s first recommended capital budget claimed that due to “errors” by MCPS, the school system was going to lose…
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MCPS “Error” Could Cost Taxpayers Millions
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By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor has released his first recommended capital budget and it contains this admission: An “error” made by MCPS in applying for state aid could…
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Business and Labor Groups Sue MoCo
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By Adam Pagnucco. A coalition of business and labor groups has filed suit in federal court against Montgomery County over Bill 13-22, nicknamed by opponents as “the electrocution bill.” The…
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Term Limits Group Releases Ad
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Committee for Better Government, which is advocating for a ballot question reducing term limits for the county executive from three to two, has released an ad…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier this week, WJLA-TV posted a startling article claiming that the school board had approved a multi-million dollar diesel bus contract in closed session. Here’s the problem:…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In the last fiscal year, Montgomery County issued more than 300,000 speed and red light camera citations. And guess what? There could be a whole lot more…