By Adam Pagnucco. As Council Member Kristin Mink confronts a spate of crimes in her district and criticism over her calling a police district commander for assistance with a flat…
Kristin Mink
Top Stories: February 2023
By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in February 2023, ranked by page views. 1. Mink Asked for Special Treatment from Police 2. Jawando and…
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Members Will Jawando and Kristin Mink, who have long been concerned about police traffic stops, are introducing a bill to limit them on Tuesday. At this…
Mink Asked for Special Treatment from Police
By Adam Pagnucco. WJLA has reported that Council Member Kristin Mink called a police department commander to report her flat tire on Wednesday night. Mink called for shifting traffic enforcement…
By Adam Pagnucco. Police traffic enforcement is a hot topic now. Consider this: Bethesda Beat reported the following from a recent online forum about traffic issues: Calling for more traffic…
Political Awards, 2022
By Adam Pagnucco. It’s time now for our annual political awards. Let’s get right down to it! Biggest Winners: Incumbents Almost every incumbent in MoCo who held county or state…
MoCo’s New Political Order
By Adam Pagnucco. From a historical perspective, the most remarkable thing about the passage of Thrive 2050 was not its contents, the pushback against it or its possible impact on…
East County Politics Keeps on Rolling
By Adam Pagnucco. A source called me this morning with a question I have not heard before. “Is it customary for Montgomery County politicians to visit homicide scenes?” I thought…
Drama in Rockville, Part Three
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Two, I quoted concerns about transparency, diversity and leadership decisions expressed by Council Members Kristin Mink, Will Jawando and Laurie-Anne Sayles in council session on…
Drama in Rockville, Part Two
By Adam Pagnucco. Normally, the process by which a new county council decides its leadership and committee structure features much back-room competition and no public dissent. Well, a new day…