Imagine if you tried something in 1975 and it didn’t work out. So you tried it again in 1990 and it failed. And then you did it in 1992, 1994,…
Adam Pagnucco
A Footnote on Ambulance Fees
The Washington Post reports that the County Council’s Public Safety Committee voted unanimously to block County Executive Ike Leggett’s proposal to impose ambulance fees. Marc Korman explained the proposal in…
The Montgomery County Sentinel’s series on the MoCo delegation’s positions on slots continues. This week, legislators from Districts 16, 17 and 18 reveal their views on the subject. However, only…
The Maryland ACLU reports that the State Police entered the names of Mike Tidwell, founder of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) and Joshua Tulkin, a former Deputy Director of…
MPW friend and staffer for Delegate Heather Mizeur (D-20) Patrick T. Metz left this comment on our recent post on transportation funding: Re: “One sentiment united every person in the…
Nancy Floreen Calls the Question
In a jam-packed conference room last Wednesday night, MoCo County Council Transportation Committee Chairwoman Nancy Floreen rolled out her parking space tax proposal before the county’s business community. Hey, do…
Time to Get Rid of Steve Abrams (Updated)
The Gazette Editorial Board must not read the Gazette. If they did, they would never have endorsed incumbent school board member Steve Abrams’ bid for re-election.Forget about the fact that…
In the Wake of Saqib-Mania (Updated)
It is a great shame that we ran our MoCo Most Influential survey prior to the revelations about Delegate Saqib Ali’s Facebook page. Had Saqib-Mania erupted prior to the survey,…
The Montgomery County Sentinel is running a series in which they ask all of Montgomery County’s delegation about their positions on the slots referendum. This week, they post responses from…
Who Really Opposes Slots? (Revisited)
Back in May, we commented on the fact that very few “anti-slots” politicians were stepping up to support the campaign against the referendum. After seeing the financial contributions reported by…