By Laura Berthiaume. I am not up for election in 2010. Thank goodness. I did not have to campaign in over 50 plus days of 90 degree plus heat, my…
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Berthiaume Takes on Weast, Post
In an incredible op-ed in the Washington Post, Board of Education Member Laura Berthiaume publicly calls out both MCPS Superintendent Jerry Weast and the newspaper itself. Here’s an excerpt: In…
We don’t normally scrutinize the meaning of municipal races for county and state races. But Rockville is no ordinary municipality. It is the county seat and home to some of…
Marcuccio Defeats Hoffmann in Rockville
Challenger Phyllis Marcuccio has defeated incumbent Mayor Susan Hoffmann by a 3,311-2,998 (52.2%-47.3%) margin. Incumbent City Council Members Piotr Gajewski and John Britton were re-elected and joined by 2007 Mayor…
Laura Berthiaume, who finished fifth of seven candidates in the 2006 District 17 Delegate primary and was elected to the Board of Education last year, sent out this mass email…
Berthiaume Defeating Abrams
With 186 of 243 precincts reporting, School Board challenger Laura Berthiaume is leading incumbent Steve Abrams by 108,207-102,026 (51.3-48.4%). Phil Kauffman is blowing away Tommy Le by 2-1. Looks like…
MPW Election Predictions
For the entertainment of our readers, MPW has assembled an all-star panel to make predictions in the Presidential and U.S. Senate races as well as several ballots in Maryland. Let’s…
MPW’s Record Month
MPW set an all-time internal record for visits in October 2008. But the reasons for this may surprise you.It is true that two of our most popular series, MoCo’s Most…
Time to Get Rid of Steve Abrams (Updated)
The Gazette Editorial Board must not read the Gazette. If they did, they would never have endorsed incumbent school board member Steve Abrams’ bid for re-election.Forget about the fact that…