By Adam Pagnucco. In a memo sent to the County Council last week, County Executive Ike Leggett said he intends to pursue a public-private partnership (P3) to administer the county’s…
Ike Leggett
Ike, Gabe and Manger Shake Their Booties!
Will There Be a Deal on MoCo’s Minimum Wage?
By Adam Pagnucco. The question of whether Montgomery County will have a $15 minimum wage has simmered for months. After County Executive Ike Leggett vetoed Council Member Marc Elrich’s bill…
Ike Leggett’s Dump Fire
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…
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…
Setting the Record Straight
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…
Team for Montgomery, 1986
In 1986, seven County Council candidates ran as a slate called Team for Montgomery: incumbents Neal Potter, Rose Crenca, Mike Gudis and Bill Hanna and challengers Bruce Adams, Mike Subin…
Ike Leggett for County Council, 1986
This is a mailer from Ike Leggett’s first campaign for an at-large County Council seat in 1986. Leggett finished second that year and finished first in his next three races….
Leggett: Deficit “Close to $200 Million”
Following is a memo from County Executive Ike Leggett to Council President Nancy Floreen on Montgomery County’s growing budget deficit. In the memo, Leggett estimates that the voters’ repeal of…
DED for the Ambulance Fee
County Executive Ike Leggett used the Department of Economic Development’s (DED) email system to send the following message yesterday about Question A, the ballot question on the ambulance fee.e-Alert October…