By Adam Pagnucco. No one knows exactly when the worst dump fire in Montgomery County history started. It was first reported to authorities on October 22, 1994. A 40-foot high…
Department of Liquor Control
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By Adam Pagnucco. Thanks to County Executive Ike Leggett for responding to my post on how his administration ignored my proposal to make up revenue for the Department of Liquor…
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Setting the Record Straight
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By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Ike Leggett has thrown in the towel on efforts to reform the county’s Department of Liquor Control (DLC). We will have something to say about…
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Meet the New Liquor Monopoly
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By Adam Pagnucco. Meet the New Liquor Monopoly. It’s the same as the Old Liquor Monopoly, except with less accountability. OK, now that the applause is dying down, let’s look…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Government has issued a solicitation seeking bids on a propaganda video defending the county’s liquor monopoly. The solicitation comes after the County Executive’s task…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County is witnessing an historic craft beer renaissance. New small breweries are popping up all over the county offering an incredible array of IPAs, Belgian tripels,…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In the latest development in the county’s continuing liquor monopoly saga, the County Executive has established a task force to explore options for scaling back or eliminating…
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MoCo’s Giant Tax Hike, Part Six
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By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County’s giant tax hike will have consequences. Here are a few of them. 1. Term limits are more likely to pass. There are several reasons why…
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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…
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MoCo’s Stunted Restaurant Industry
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By Adam Pagnucco. One of the dimensions to the current debate about Montgomery County’s Department of Liquor Control (DLC) that has not been empirically explored is its impact on the…