By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Kate Stewart, who is finishing her first term representing District 4 after having served as the mayor of Takoma Park,…
Kate Stewart
Friedson Opposes Income Tax Hike
By Adam Pagnucco. The day after County Executive Marc Elrich proposed replacing his recommended property tax hike with a retroactive income tax hike, Council Member…
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One summarized my methodology of consulting my source network on who they believe will most likely be the next county executive. …
Council Members Vent Over Grants Debacle
By Adam Pagnucco. Last Thursday, the county council’s Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee took up the county’s beleaguered grants program, a subject of mounting…
Poll: County Executive Race is Wide Open
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, I reported on a poll of MoCo Democratic voters primarily concerning housing issues by Greater Greater Washington. Well, it turns…
Bus Contract Fees Owed to MCPS Skyrocket
By Adam Pagnucco. Back in July, Montgomery County Inspector General (IG) Megan Davey Limarzi found “wasteful spending” in an MCPS electric bus contract and estimated…
MoCo Most Influential 2024, Part Four
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One explained how this survey was conducted. Parts Two and Three listed elected officials. Let’s continue today. All comments are from…
Interrogation Redux, Part One
By Adam Pagnucco. Last Thursday, MCPS leaders appeared before a joint meeting of the county council’s education and audit committees to discuss the findings of…
Friedson and Stewart Speak on Rent Control
By Adam Pagnucco. My last question to Council Members Andrew Friedson and Kate Stewart was about the economy, which I profiled at length in a…
By Adam Pagnucco. Now let’s get to the budget and taxes. Here is more from my panel with Council Members Andrew Friedson and Kate Stewart…