By Adam Pagnucco. For weeks on end, Montgomery County residents have been eagerly awaiting the second report on MCPS’s sexual harassment scandal from Inspector General (IG) Megan Davey Limarzi. The…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday afternoon, the county council unanimously approved $338,500 in additional non-competitive contract money for CASA, the immigrant rights group that caused huge controversy with its statements about…
By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, I wrote about fundraising by the delegation. Today, let’s look at how the county elected officials did last year. The table below shows beginning and ending…
Can the School Board Fire McKnight?
By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, MCPS Superintendent Monifa McKnight came out swinging against the school board, alleging that they were pressuring her to resign. MoCo360 printed this quote: Officers from the…
By Adam Pagnucco. Two and a half months after CASA, an immigrant rights group, blew itself up with a statement on Israel’s war against Hamas that provoked widespread condemnation and…
Campaign Finance Reports: MoCo Delegation
By Adam Pagnucco. January’s campaign finance reports are in and all of Montgomery County’s state senators and delegates have reported. What can we learn about them? First, a few comments. …
MCDCC’s Fundraising
By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC) has had a tumultuous year. The committee has filled five state legislative vacancies, declined to endorse special elections (a reversal…
By Adam Pagnucco. At yesterday’s county executive media briefing, MoCo360 reporter Ginny Bixby asked County Executive Marc Elrich about the race-based vendor rates being charged at MoComCon, a comic convention…
Meet the New Sun King
By Adam Pagnucco. News that Sinclair Broadcasting Group Executive Chairman David D. Smith has bought the Baltimore Sun has shocked Maryland’s political world. While the Sun is a feeble shadow…
Term Limits Committee is Almost Broke
By Adam Pagnucco. After his loss to County Executive Marc Elrich in the 2022 general election, Republican businessman Reardon “Sully” Sullivan got back to work. He established a ballot issue…