By Adam Pagnucco. When you raise a tax rate, you get more revenue from it, right? Not always. If you want a demonstration of a rate increase and a revenue…
Gabe Albornoz
Albornoz, Fani-Gonzalez Denounce CASA
By Adam Pagnucco. County Council Members Gabe Albornoz and Natali Fani-González have issued a statement denouncing the remarks by CASA, a county-based immigrant rights group, about the Israel-Hamas war. Their…
Gabe Albornoz: Cast Vote Data
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Gabe Albornoz finished third in the council at-large primary, a step up from his fourth-place finish in the 2018 primary. This year, his best areas…
By Adam Pagnucco. Using U.S. Census data employed by the county council in its redistricting process, I was able to generate lists of the 25 precincts with the largest concentrations…
By Adam Pagnucco. Let’s show more geography of bullet voting in the council at-large primary. Today we will look at the Democratic Crescent and Rockville. The Democratic Crescent, comprised of…
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One showed bullet votes in the council at-large primary overall with a bit of detail in Congressional District 8. Now let’s get into the geography of…
By Adam Pagnucco. Let’s review The Waldstreicher Doctrine. It’s a perspective on multiple seat races initially shared with me by District 18 delegate candidate Jeff Waldstreicher in 2006 (an election…
Tax Hike Number Two
By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of a potentially huge increase in school impact taxes, the county council has passed a recordation tax hike for the first time in seven…
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…
MoCo’s New Political Order
By Adam Pagnucco. From a historical perspective, the most remarkable thing about the passage of Thrive 2050 was not its contents, the pushback against it or its possible impact on…