By Adam Pagnucco. Like me, many of you may have received a text from Council President Andrew Friedson on January 4. The text said: Hi, I’m Andrew Friedson, honored to…
Andrew Friedson
Political Awards, 2023
By Adam Pagnucco. It’s a brand new year and you know what that means – a political awards column for the year that was. Here are Montgomery Perspective’s political awards…
By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County’s latest six-year fiscal plan contains a surprising number: the county’s tax revenues have come in $455 million above estimates over the last two fiscal years. …
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Andrew Friedson is one of the county’s most prominent elected officials. CASA is one of the county’s most prominent interest groups and depends on the…
Don’t Equivocate About Jew Hate
Guest column by Montgomery County Council Member Andrew Friedson. On October 7th, 2023, nearly 1,500 innocent civilians were murdered and kidnapped in the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust….
Friedson: MCPS Systems “Set Up to Fail”
By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier today, I began running a series on council questions and the answers provided by MCPS officials at yesterday’s discussion of MCPS’s sexual harassment investigation. I will…
Friedson and Stewart Speak on Rent Control
By Adam Pagnucco. My last question to Council Members Andrew Friedson and Kate Stewart was about the economy, which I profiled at length in a recent series. Sadly, I could…
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…
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…
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. …