By Adam Pagnucco. Back in November, Montgomery County voters passed a charter amendment reducing term limits for the county executive from three to two. The amendment prevents County Executive Marc…
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Three Reactions to the Impending Budget
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By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, three organizations that play in county politics released statements in reaction to the impending FY26 operating budget about to be passed by the county council. The…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, I broke two stories on potential charter amendment drives. First, long-time charter amendment advocate Robin Ficker told me that he is gathering signatures for a charter…
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Another Ficker Amendment?
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By Adam Pagnucco. No human being has deposited more charter amendments on Montgomery County ballots than former Delegate Robin Ficker. It’s not even close. A man of boundless energy, Ficker’s…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Reardon “Sully” Sullivan, who organized last year’s successful charter amendment campaign reducing term limits for the county executive from three to two, has formed a new ballot…
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The Fall of Elrich
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By Adam Pagnucco. As of this writing, roughly two-thirds of voters have approved a charter amendment prohibiting County Executive Marc Elrich from running for a third consecutive term. Elrich has…
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Term Limits TV Contracts
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By Adam Pagnucco. Prior to the election, I reported that the Committee for Better Government, which was advocating for a charter amendment reducing county executive term limits from three to…
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By Adam Pagnucco. At this point, school board candidates Rita Montoya (at-large), Natalie Zimmerman (District 2) and Laura Stewart (District 4) are leading in their races and support for Question…
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Same Old Elrich
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By Adam Pagnucco. In an election night rant to MCM reporter Maryam Shahzad, County Executive Marc Elrich excoriated Republicans, developers and especially developer money. These are familiar themes from a…
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Preliminaries at Late Night
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By Adam Pagnucco. With early vote counted and a large majority of election day precincts reporting, here are preliminary tallies for a handful of MoCo and Maryland races. U.S. Senate…