By Adam Pagnucco. Ten years ago, White Flint was regarded as the future crown jewel of MoCo. With a shiny new master plan, a tax district for infrastructure and an…
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By Adam Pagnucco. On October 27, the county council overrode County Executive Marc Elrich’s veto of Bill 29-20, which mandates 15-year property tax breaks for developers at Metro stations. This…
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Methodology Note: Precinct Analysis
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By Adam Pagnucco. In coming days, I’ll be crunching precinct-level results from the 2020 general election. This post summarizes the methodological choices I made and I’ll refer back to it…
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Follow the Money
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By Adam Pagnucco. To understand the growing strains on MoCo’s pandemic-stricken budget, it helps to follow the money. Here is an example. Follow This Money Last spring, the county council…
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Dorfman Out at Liquor Monopoly
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By Adam Pagnucco. According to a mass email sent by Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Fariba Kassiri, Alcohol Beverage Services (ABS) Director Bob Dorfman is leaving his position effective today. The…
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Trump vs Hogan: Votes by MoCo Town
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By Adam Pagnucco. In what amounts to an early Christmas for this number cruncher, the State Board of Elections has released precinct voting data for candidate races and ballot questions….
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Come On Now
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By Adam Pagnucco. MoCo is about to embark on one of its most important tasks of the decade: redrawing county council districts. The county’s charter mandates redistricting every ten years…
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The Day of Reckoning is Near
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By Adam Pagnucco. I worked at the county council during part of the Great Recession. Those were terrible years. Under County Executive Ike Leggett’s leadership, the county slaughtered every sacred…
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Elrich Vetoes Impact Tax Cut
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By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich has vetoed a bill passed by the council that would effectively cut impact tax collections. While the bill passed the council on a…
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Why on Earth Do We Elect Judges?
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By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of the nastiest MoCo circuit court judge election in recent memory, one question lingers. Why on Earth do we elect judges in Maryland? In…