By Adam Pagnucco. As the defund the police movement approached its peak in 2019 and 2020, the county executive and the county council held a competition to appeal to police…
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Interrogation, Part Three
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By Adam Pagnucco. Let’s begin with links to Part One and Part Two on the council’s September 28 discussion of MCPS’s sexual harassment allegation. Today, we conclude our transcription of…
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Interrogation, Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One began our transcribed account of the momentous county council discussion of MCPS’s sexual harassment scandal. Let’s resume. Superintendent Monifa McKnight contradicted the Jackson Lewis report’s…
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The Police Staffing Crisis Gets Worse
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last month, this site revealed plans by the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) to reduce its presence in the cities of Gaithersburg and Rockville, which have their…
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Interrogation, Part One
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By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, the county council’s Education and Culture Committee met to discuss MCPS’s sexual harassment scandal. With the investigation’s first phase complete (but its results not fully released),…
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Questions MCPS Should Answer
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By Adam Pagnucco. This Thursday, the county council’s Education and Culture Committee is scheduled to discuss the initial findings of MCPS’s investigation into its sexual harassment scandal. Here are the…
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By Adam Pagnucco. On July 13, the executive branch sent a report to the county council on the status of its conditional grant to Marriott. The grant dates back to…
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Elrich Criticizes Silence of School Board
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By Adam Pagnucco. At his weekly media briefing yesterday, County Executive Marc Elrich addressed ongoing controversies at MCPS. After repeating his concerns about the initial summary report of MCPS’s sexual…
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Pharma Bro Redux
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By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Will Jawando’s acceptance of a $3,900 PAC check from an anti-union law firm is not the first time he has faced controversy over political contributions. …
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By Adam Pagnucco. With questions continuing to swirl over MCPS’s sexual harassment scandal, in which top management promoted a principal despite knowing of an active investigation against him, the issue…