By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier this week, I wrote about a new county council memo outlining staffing problems in the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD). This has been an escalating issue…
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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…
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How Progressives Could Seize Control of MoCo
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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…
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ICE Activity Near Eastern Middle School
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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. …
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Top Stories: January 2025
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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….
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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…
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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…
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Top Montgomery Perspective Posts of 2024
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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…
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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…
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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…