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. That’s not what bill advocates…
Dawn Luedtke
By Adam Pagnucco. Citing a section of county code that I have never seen put to use before, two council members – Dawn Luedtke and Evan Glass – have proposed…
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 below shows beginning and ending…
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 competition to appeal to police…
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 contradicted the Jackson Lewis report’s…
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 and Evan Glass have written…
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 look at who else her…
Bring in the Moms
By Adam Pagnucco. It’s Sunday afternoon. Junior wants something. He wants it soooooo bad. He begs his parents to get it. Dad, who is busy watching the Nats tied with…
By Adam Pagnucco. In a vote sure to rile up residents who have been hit by County Executive Marc Elrich’s proposal to raise property taxes by ten percent, the county…
By Adam Pagnucco. Police traffic enforcement is a hot topic now. Consider this: Bethesda Beat reported the following from a recent online forum about traffic issues: Calling for more traffic…