By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, I explained the primary reason why the county’s Republican Party leadership supports Nine Districts, even going so far as to use the party’s official…
Ballot Questions
Nine Districts Appears Headed to the Ballot
By Adam Pagnucco. Multiple sources confirm that Kevin Karpinski, counsel to the Montgomery County Board of Elections, told the board yesterday that the charter amendment petition to convert the Montgomery…
By Adam Pagnucco. In a prior column, I noted the participation of many county Republican Party leaders in the Nine Districts group. These leaders even went so far as to…
By Adam Pagnucco. A June opinion from the office of Maryland’s Attorney General indicates that the Nine Districts for MoCo group may have collected some electronic signatures in a manner…
By Adam Pagnucco. Seven members of the Montgomery County Republican Central Committee, the governing body of the MoCo GOP, have given the Nine Districts for MoCo group money, in-kind contributions…
Nine Districts Supporters Speak
By Adam Pagnucco. In prior posts, I have noted support of the Nine Districts charter amendment by Republicans, developers and unions. But a lot more people beyond those groups would…
Revealed! Funders of Nine Districts
By Adam Pagnucco. Nine District for MoCo, the ballot question entity responsible for gathering signatures for a 9 district charter amendment, has filed a new campaign finance report listing its…
By Paul Bessel. With due respect to the members of the MoCo Council, I believe they made a mistake when they voted to put on the ballot the issue of…
Two Districts vs Nine Districts
By Adam Pagnucco. Moments ago, the county council voted on whether to place three charter amendments on the ballot that would change the council’s structure. An amendment authored by Council…
Council Drops Poison Pill on Nine Districts
By Adam Pagnucco. In addition to placing at least one competing proposal on the ballot, the county council is about to adopt a tactic to defeat the proposed charter amendment…