By Adam Pagnucco. Here is today’s question. Do you support retaining or repealing the county’s rent stabilization law? If you support retaining it, what if any changes would you make…
Laurie-Anne Sayles
County Council At-Large Questionnaire: AI
By Adam Pagnucco. Here is today’s question. Should the county government use AI (artificial intelligence) to support the work of county employees? If so, how? Fatmata Barrie (D) AI is…
By Adam Pagnucco. The Affordable Maryland PAC, a Super PAC financed by the real estate industry which has been running negative TV ads against Will Jawando and Evan Glass, has…
Prediction Time, Part Three
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One described our methodology and polled our sources on a few state legislative races. Part Two discussed Congressional District 6 and the sheriff’s race. Today, let’s…
By Adam Pagnucco. Here is today’s question. The county’s more than $7 billion budget funds hundreds of programs. Name one program that you think should be reduced or eliminated and…
By Adam Pagnucco. Here is today’s question. If you are elected, name three specific things you would do to make the county more affordable. Fatmata Barrie (D) Increase public transportation…
Laurie-Anne Sayles’s Mailer
By Adam Pagnucco. At-large Council Member Laurie-Anne Sayles, who is running for a second term, has sent out the mailer to voters shown below.
By Adam Pagnucco. Here is today’s question. Montgomery County is near the bottom of large jurisdictions in the region in terms of the number of private-sector jobs created since the…
By Adam Pagnucco. Here is today’s question. Should school resource officers be stationed inside MCPS schools? Fatmata Barrie (D) I have not supported placing school resource officers in schools as…
Why It’s Bad to Leave Town During the Budget
By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, I reported that Council Member Laurie-Anne Sayles left town for a week during one of the county council’s most critical periods of working on the budget. …
