By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich released his FY24 recommended operating budget today. There is a lot to read in there, but the headline is this: he is proposing…
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Kate Stewart: Cast Vote Data
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By Adam Pagnucco. Of all the county council district members, no one shares County Executive Marc Elrich’s core base more than District 4’s Kate Stewart. Elrich was a Takoma Park…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Washington Post and Maryland Matters have reported on the state’s $477 million revenue shortfall. That’s not a great thing for any Marylanders, but what does that…
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By Adam Pagnucco. One of last month’s most read stories was Elrich Wants to Create a New Job for Term Limited Council Member. That post revealed that the county executive…
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There is No Plan B for Upcounty
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By Adam Pagnucco. Of all the folks who may be disappointed by the possible collapse of the state’s I-270 project, no one comes to mind more than Upcounty residents. They…
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Rent Control: A Regional Comparison
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By Adam Pagnucco. Rent control laws are far from uniform. They contain many provisions on their allowable increases, exemptions, new construction, hardship petitions by landlords and many other issues. Perhaps…
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Sidney Katz: Cast Vote Data
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By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Sidney Katz, who was reelected easily to a third term in District 3, was an elected official in the City of Gaithersburg for decades before…
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Should MoCo Adopt Rent Control? Part Four
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By Adam Pagnucco. Unless your goal is to stop construction of new housing, rent control of the kind practiced in Takoma Park is not the answer to Montgomery County’s housing…
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Flashback: Mink and Defund the Police
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By Adam Pagnucco. As Council Member Kristin Mink confronts a spate of crimes in her district and criticism over her calling a police district commander for assistance with a flat…
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Should MoCo Adopt Rent Control? Part Three
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By Adam Pagnucco. Let’s imagine that you are saving for retirement. As you are exploring investment options, you come across a fund that caps its rate of return. You could…