By Adam Pagnucco. Few people other than central committee members like the current process of appointments for state legislative vacancies. Most folks who contact me about this prefer special elections,…
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Who Applied for the District 14 House Seat?
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By Adam Pagnucco. Following is the list of applicants for the open District 14 delegate seat as of 5 PM yesterday. Many of them are known to the county’s political…
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The Iron Law of Oligarchy
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By Adam Pagnucco. When I was a graduate student at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, I worked for a professor named George Brooks. He was a man…
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The Empire Runs Out the Clock
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By Adam Pagnucco. At tonight’s meeting of the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC), oligarchy has triumphed and democracy has been cast into the pit. Democrats across the county, take…
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Showdown at MCDCC Tonight
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By Adam Pagnucco. How hard is it to institute political reform? The answer is it’s really difficult, especially when a rag-tag band of rebels comes together to challenge a decades-old…
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Self-Appointment Ban Advances at MCDCC
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By Adam Pagnucco. A proposal to ban self-appointments to state legislative office by the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC) advanced yesterday. This indicates growing momentum in favor of this…
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Rebels Assemble to Challenge the Empire
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By Adam Pagnucco. Liza Smith and Nathan Feldman, both members of the Montgomery Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC), have publicly announced their opposition to the common practice of central committee members…
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Top Stories: November 2022
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By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in November 2022, ranked by page views. 1. School Board General Election: The Post vs the Apple 2….
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By Adam Pagnucco. With the departure of Delegate Eric Luedtke to the Moore administration, a vacancy has opened up for his house seat in District 14. Under the state’s constitution,…
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Rebellion in MCDCC
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By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, I wrote about the practice by members of the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC) of appointing themselves to state legislative offices. (The state’s constitution gives…