By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of the failure of his bill that would have phased out a special property tax break for MoCo country clubs, the Facebook page of…
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MoCo After Discovery
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By Adam Pagnucco. Word of Discovery Communications’ exit from Silver Spring has exploded like a bomb in local politics, prompting attacks by the state Democrats on Governor Larry Hogan and…
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Will You Be Paying Dan Snyder?
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Washington National Football League franchise is perhaps the only organization in America that could make Donald Trump’s White House seem like a smoothly running model of…
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Hopkins Slams Costco Subsidy
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District 1 County Council candidate Ilaya Hopkins condemned the Leggett administration’s $4 million subsidy for Costco at Westfield Wheaton today, a deal that includes a zoning text amendment expediting Costco’s…
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Look Them in the Eye
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And now we see their true colors. After frenzied lobbying by Director of Economic Development Steve Silverman, a majority of the County Council has caved in and supports a $4…
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Gazette vs. Costco Subsidy
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The Gazette issued an editorial questioning the Costco subsidy today, but it was Gazette cartoonist Chris Curtis who really put things in perspective.
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MSM Falls Down on Costco Story
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Here’s one more element of the Costco story for MPW readers to mull over: the issue has exposed the limitations of the local mainstream media (MSM) in reporting on the…
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ACT: Use Costco Subsidy to Prevent Bus Cuts
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Action Committee for Transit (ACT) has written the County Council urging them to use money intended to subsidize Costco in Wheaton to support the Ride-On bus system instead.County Executive Ike…
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We are beginning to hear rumors that environmentalists and perhaps smart growth advocates are starting to push back against the Costco subsidy in Wheaton. This email to the council from…
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The Executive Branch is conducting a secret straw poll of the County Council on its $4 million subsidy for Westfield’s Costco project that will be due by noon today. This…