By Adam Pagnucco. Last month, I wrote about MCPS’s practice of requiring that participants in some of its stakeholder groups sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) establishing confidentiality over information discussed in…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Just imagine it. MoCo bureaucrats frolicking in an opulent palace. Amenities include a fitness center, a sauna, a hot tub, a basketball court, a bocce court, a…
Will There be Regions in MCPS?
By Adam Pagnucco. I have previously discussed MCPS’s ongoing academic programs analysis, a separate analysis from the school system’s two boundary studies which is intended to make recommendations on programs…
Wild Cards in the County Executive Race
By Adam Pagnucco. It’s happening a lot now. Nearly every day, someone will ask me to predict who will win next year’s county executive race. I get it, that race…
You Kill My Dog, I Kill Your Cat
By Adam Pagnucco. “You kill my dog, I kill your cat.” So wrote former Baltimore Sun reporter Mike Dresser fifteen years ago. Dresser was writing about state legislators killing each…
Is Viva White Oak Ready to Launch? Part Four
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One told a brief history of the Viva White Oak project. Part Two discussed the nature of Tax Increment Financing (TIF), which is being proposed to…
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One told a brief history of the Viva White Oak project. Part Two discussed the nature of Tax Increment Financing (TIF), which is being proposed to…
Is Viva White Oak Ready to Launch? Part Two
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One told a brief history of the Viva White Oak project. Today, let’s examine a crucial supportive element requested by County Executive Marc Elrich: a Tax…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last month, I broke the story that UNITE HERE Local 25, which represents hotel, restaurant and casino employees in the D.C. region, had launched a boycott of…
Retirement of a Titan
By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, Maryland Matters reported that CASA Executive Director Gustavo Torres is stepping down. It’s a significant event from a national perspective and an absolutely huge event from…