By Adam Pagnucco. Taking a position on one of the biggest MCPS battles in the county right now, Superintendent Thomas Taylor has recommended moving Wootton High School out of its…
Gaithersburg
By Adam Pagnucco. One of the biggest fights in MCPS’s ongoing school boundary review concerns Option H, which would relocate Wootton High School to the new Crown High School campus…
Guest column by Gaithersburg City Council Member Yamil Hernández. Editor’s note: Council Member Hernández has written this column in response to a letter opposing the potential relocation of Wootton High…
Good Luck Beating an Incumbent
By Adam Pagnucco. Back in March 2021, I wrote a column titled It’s Hard to Beat Incumbents. That’s one of the most basic premises of politics, but sometimes it gets…
The Ticking Clock for Crown High School
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS’s boundary studies in the vicinities of the new Woodward High School in North Bethesda and the new Crown High School in Gaithersburg are stoking massive controversy…
By Adam Pagnucco. News of County Executive Marc Elrich’s recommended gigantic fee hike is spreading rapidly. The fee increase, related to Elrich’s intention to replace the Dickerson incinerator with a…
Will Rockville Pass Rent Control?
By Adam Pagnucco. The rent control law passed by the Montgomery County Council last year has an important exception: it does not necessarily cover municipalities. The county has nineteen municipalities,…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last year saw the creation of a new Super PAC in Montgomery County – the Affordable Maryland PAC. The PAC was founded to support the expansion of…
Top Stories: September 2023
By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in September 2023, ranked by page views. 1. When Did MCPS Management Know About Beidleman? 2. MCPS Wants…
The Police Staffing Crisis Gets Worse
By Adam Pagnucco. Last month, this site revealed plans by the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) to reduce its presence in the cities of Gaithersburg and Rockville, which have their…
