By Adam Pagnucco. The January 2025 campaign finance reports are in, the last before next year’s primary season goes into full swing. Let’s have a…
Dawn Luedtke
Will the Council Let the Milk Spoil?
By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier this week, I wrote about the prospect of a political food fight at the county council originating in its election of…
The Gathering Storm
By Adam Pagnucco. Presidential election years are normally sleepy ones in state and local politics. Sure, the identity of the president and control of Congress…
By Adam Pagnucco. On Monday, the county council’s Public Safety Committee voted 2-1 to oppose Council Member Will Jawando’s bill prohibiting consent searches by police. …
By Adam Pagnucco. Citing a section of county code that I have never seen put to use before, two council members – Dawn Luedtke and…
By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, I wrote about fundraising by the delegation. Today, let’s look at how the county elected officials did last year. The table…
The Dumbest County Council Debate Today
By Adam Pagnucco. As the defund the police movement approached its peak in 2019 and 2020, the county executive and the county council held a…
Interrogation, Part Two
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One began our transcribed account of the momentous county council discussion of MCPS’s sexual harassment scandal. Let’s resume. Superintendent Monifa McKnight…
By Adam Pagnucco. With many questions being asked about MCPS’s investigation of allegations of sexual harassment by one of its principals, Council Members Dawn Luedtke…
Dawn Luedtke: Cast Vote Data
By Adam Pagnucco. Dawn Luedtke carried a well-known surname and a boat load of endorsements to victory in eastern Upcounty’s District 7 last year. Let’s…