By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, we transcribed an exchange between Council Member Kate Stewart and Board of Education President Karla Silvestre about accountability for MCPS administrators who were involved…
Laurie-Anne Sayles
Laurie-Anne Sayles: Cast Vote Data
By Adam Pagnucco. New Council Member Laurie-Anne Sayles finished fourth in the council at-large primary. Her best areas were a combination of Upcounty (especially Clarksburg and Germantown) and heavily Black…
Laurie-Anne Sayles is Running for Congress
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Laurie-Anne Sayles has announced that she is running for Congress in District 6, the seat being vacated by David Trone. Sayles served one term on…
Sayles Lays Out Support for Rent Control
By Adam Pagnucco. In another sign of growing support for strict rent control legislation, Council Member Laurie-Anne Sayles has come out in favor of a rent cap of 5 to…
By Adam Pagnucco. Using U.S. Census data employed by the county council in its redistricting process, I was able to generate lists of the 25 precincts with the largest concentrations…
By Adam Pagnucco. Let’s show more geography of bullet voting in the council at-large primary. Today we will look at the Democratic Crescent and Rockville. The Democratic Crescent, comprised of…
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One showed bullet votes in the council at-large primary overall with a bit of detail in Congressional District 8. Now let’s get into the geography of…
By Adam Pagnucco. Let’s review The Waldstreicher Doctrine. It’s a perspective on multiple seat races initially shared with me by District 18 delegate candidate Jeff Waldstreicher in 2006 (an election…
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…
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…