By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce has issued the following statement on the county’s pace of distributing federal COVID assistance. ***** Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce Statement…
COVID-19
By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of the county council’s nuclear annihilation of the county’s federal COVID grant management, MCM carried this quote from County Executive Marc Elrich: Following the…
Council Nukes Elrich Over COVID Grants
By Adam Pagnucco. Here are two things that almost everyone inside and outside of county government will agree on. The needs of residents and businesses for financial assistance to deal…
MoCo Not Moving to Phase 3 for Child Care
By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County Government has announced that it will not be moving to phase 3 for child care. Governor Larry Hogan announced last week that the state’s phase…
Teachers Repond to Lynne Harris
Guest blog by Grace Lovelace, David Stein and Kerrin Torres-Meriwether. Classroom educators in MCPS, such as ourselves, were disappointed by Board of Education candidate Lynne Harris’s comments to the Blair…
How Will We Pay for This?
By Adam Pagnucco. Confronting one of the worst recessions in its history, the MoCo government is projecting a loss of $190 million in revenue this fiscal year and over $1…
By Adam Pagnucco. School board at-large candidate Lynne Harris, who blasted the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) for allegedly obstructing school reopening, has apologized. Harris issued the statement below on…
Harris Blasts MCEA Over School Reopening
By Adam Pagnucco. Silver Chips, the online newspaper for Blair High School, had quite a scoop yesterday. The newspaper asked school board at-large candidates Lynne Harris and Sunil Dasgupta for…
Guest column by Dr. Sunil Dasgupta, Candidate for Montgomery County Board of Education At-Large. MCPS’s decision to start the 45 day clock on potentially reopening school buildings is premature. While…
By Adam Pagnucco. In one of his patented straight talk moments, Council Member Craig Rice has implored residents to wear masks and heed social distancing requirements if they want schools…