By Adam Pagnucco. Now to the swarming Council At-Large race, a fascinating contest with a cast of candidates exceeding the population of several small island nations. In accordance with our…
Charles Barkley
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, we spotlighted five losing candidates who went on to be elected to multiple terms on the Montgomery County Council. That illustrates a key point:…
Barkley Blasts Annapolis
By Adam Pagnucco. Delegate Charles Barkley (D-39) has just given the most astounding interview by a member of General Assembly leadership ever seen by your author. In it, he broke…
By Adam Pagnucco. On February 4, representatives of Montgomery County’s Department of Liquor Control (DLC) headed to Annapolis to brief the county’s state legislators on their operations. The stakes were…
Primaries to Watch III, Part One
By Marc Korman and Adam Pagnucco. Now that the General Session is over, the politicians are getting into high gear for the election. And so is MPW! Once again, Marc…
Here’s an interesting take on the CCT/all-transit debate from District 39 Delegates Kirill Reznik and Charles Barkley: they want to build the CCT now and study the other transit options…
Two-Seventy Two-Step
Some people favor widening I-270 as one component of dealing with the corridor’s infamous state of gridlock. Other people oppose widening and would like to see an all-transit solution. Those…
The Gazette reported yesterday that Delegate Charles Barkley (D-39) was stripped of his Public Safety and Administration Subcommittee chair (a subcommittee of House Appropriations) because of his opposition to last…
The Montgomery County Sentinel’s series on the MoCo delegation’s positions on slots concludes this week. Following are the positions of legislators from Districts 19, 20 and 39. The Sentinel did…
Senator Nancy King and Delegate Charles Barkley, both of District 39, are proposing legislation that would change the membership composition of the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC).Currently, MCDCC has…