Last week, County Council Member Duchy Trachtenberg, Chair of the council’s Management and Fiscal Policy (MFP) Committee, surveyed the county’s awful budget situation and proclaimed, “We’ll have to tighten our…
Duchy Trachtenberg
Council Member Duchy Trachtenberg’s Chief of Staff, Terry O’Neill, has been voted the new national President of the National Organization for Women (NOW). Council Member Trachtenberg is herself a former…
Whispers of the At-Large Race, Part One
Just like the rest of you, we are finished with District 4 and ready to move on to the mother of all MoCo races: County Council at-large. Who’s running? Who…
Duchy Trachtenberg’s Labor Record
Council Member Duchy Trachtenberg recently wrote to the Gazette protesting a flyer critical of her that was distributed by the Municipal and County Government Employees Organization (MCGEO) at the Montgomery…
Ben Kramer and Nancy Navarro were not the only two people affected by the special election. The rest of the county’s politicians will see the consequences too.County Executive Ike Leggett…
Spies React to Duchy Walkout
Just when you might think there’s nothing more to say about yesterday’s post, our spies stepped up. Here’s what they had to say about the incident and the County Council…
Duchy Trachtenberg Walks Out
In the most extreme symptom of a general unrest that has been permeating the County Council for months, Council Member Duchy Trachtenberg became so aggravated with a colleague that she…
Full Moon Shines Over District 4
There have been so many strange twists and turns in this election that we are now convinced a full moon is shining over District 4 at least through primary day….
By County Council Member Duchy Trachtenberg. I am very pleased to announce my support for Ben Kramer for County Council from District 4 in the special election April 21. Ben…
We hear that County Executive Ike Leggett and County Council Member Duchy Trachtenberg endorsed Delegate Ben Kramer (D-19) in the District 4 special election at an event in Leisure World…