By Adam Pagnucco. Confronted with overwhelming evidence of a collapse in multifamily housing production after passage of the county’s new rent control law, Council Member Kristin Mink – one of…
Kristin Mink
How Progressives Could Seize Control of MoCo
By Adam Pagnucco. MoCo isn’t that big on slate politics. Sure, we have loose coalitions of lefties and (relative) moderates. And in the past, we have had groups of pro-growth…
ICE Activity Near Eastern Middle School
By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, reports have been circulating in social media about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in Montgomery County. Most of these reports have not been confirmed. …
Top Stories: January 2025
By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in January 2025, ranked by page views. 1. Trump to Feds: Resign or You Might Get Fired 2….
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Kristin Mink is planning to introduce a tax on single family home demolitions to fund the county’s affordable housing program. Earlier this month, Mink indicated…
By Adam Pagnucco. On Tuesday, Council Member Will Jawando became the first council member to openly oppose the Planning Board’s Attainable Housing Strategies Initiative. (County Executive Marc Elrich has loudly…
Top Montgomery Perspective Posts of 2024
By Adam Pagnucco. As the year 2024 is about to end, let’s look at back at the stories YOU picked as the biggest ones on Montgomery Perspective over the past…
By Adam Pagnucco. Many descriptors apply to the reaction of progressives at the prospect of renewed federal rule by Donald Trump. Anguish. Despair. Bewilderment. Dread. And then there is Council…
By Adam Pagnucco. On Monday, the county council’s Public Safety Committee voted 2-1 to oppose Council Member Will Jawando’s bill prohibiting consent searches by police. That’s not what bill advocates…
Top Stories: February 2024
By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in February 2024, ranked by page views. 1. Is WAMU in Trouble? 2. New Proposed Interim Superintendent Has…
