By Adam Pagnucco. Now let’s get to the budget and taxes. Here is more from my panel with Council Members Andrew Friedson and Kate Stewart at the Greater Bethesda Chamber…
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Friedson and Stewart Speak, Introduction
By Adam Pagnucco. On June 27, the Greater Bethesda Chamber of Commerce invited me to moderate a panel with Council Members Andrew Friedson and Kate Stewart at their annual real…
How Are We Spending Housing Money? Part Five
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Four, we learned that a consistent, longitudinal time series on affordable housing produced and preserved by the county’s Housing Initiative Fund (HIF) appears to not…
How Are We Spending Housing Money? Part Four
By Adam Pagnucco. Let’s review what we have learned so far. Part One introduced the Housing Initiative Fund (HIF), which is the county government’s primary vehicle for funding the preservation…
This Mess Must be Fixed
By Adam Pagnucco. Since 2006, I have written more than 4,000 posts about state and county politics and government. Few of them have had more consequences than County Government: Census…
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Two, we learned that the county’s Housing Initiative Fund (HIF) has been receiving much more money under County Executive Marc Elrich than it did during…
Jawando Goes Negative
By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, Montgomery County Council Member Will Jawando, who is running for retiring U.S. Senator Ben Cardin’s seat, ran a negative Facebook ad. This is the first negative…
How Are We Spending Housing Money? Part Two
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, we explained how the county’s Housing Initiative Fund (HIF) is intended to be used to preserve and construct affordable housing. Today, we will look…
By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier today, the county council’s Planning, Housing & Parks (PHP) Committee amended and voted in favor of one of two rent control bills introduced in the spring. …
How Are We Spending Housing Money? Part One
By Adam Pagnucco. Affordable housing. Everyone says they want it. No one believes there is enough of it. All politicians say they will build more of it. It looms larger…
