By Adam Pagnucco. Part One explained how this survey was conducted. Parts Two, Three, Four, Five and Six listed elected officials. Parts Seven, Eight, Nine and Ten listed influential non-elected people. Let’s continue with them…
Ike Leggett
By Adam Pagnucco. Four former state Democratic Party chairs gathered in Downtown Silver Spring yesterday to support Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and slam Congressman David Trone. They also…
By Adam Pagnucco. The state and county governments have many citizen boards. The overwhelming majority of them are advisory and have little actual power. But there is one board that…
By Adam Pagnucco. Former County Executive Ike Leggett sent us the following statement about this morning’s post on Question B and school funding. ***** Thanks to Seventh State for providing…
Top Seventh State Stories, September 2020
By Adam Pagnucco. These were the top stories on Seventh State in September ranked by page views. 1. Free-For-All2. Why Montgomery County Ballot Questions B and D Are Truly Bad…
Leggett Speaks Against Questions B and D
By Adam Pagnucco. Former County Executive Ike Leggett, who is chairing a ballot question committee opposing Question B (Robin Ficker’s tax limiting charter amendment) and Question D (a charter amendment…
Ballot Question Committee Scorecard
By Adam Pagnucco. Over the last few weeks, a spate of political committees have formed to support or oppose the four charter amendments on the ballot. At this writing, six…
Guest column by Isiah Leggett. Since leaving public office after 12 years as County Executive in December of 2018, I have been doing some travelling (pre-COVID), enjoying my family, and…
By Adam Pagnucco. A new group formed by former County Executive Ike Leggett, former Congresswoman Connie Morella, businessman and former county executive candidate David Blair and business owner Carmen Ortiz…
Private Schools Caught in Elrich-Hogan Feud
By Adam Pagnucco. Last November, I wrote about the growing feud between Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich and Governor Larry Hogan. Back then, the issues were the governor’s proposed Beltway…