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
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…
Showdown at MCDCC Tonight
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…
Self-Appointment Ban Advances at MCDCC
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…
Rebels Assemble to Challenge the Empire
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…
Top Stories: November 2022
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….
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,…
Rebellion in MCDCC
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…
How to Clean Up Vacancy Appointments
By Adam Pagnucco. Have you ever run for office? I have not, but I have worked for a few campaigns and written about many of them. It’s HARD. There are…
The Growing Popularity of Special Elections
By Adam Pagnucco. With an appointment for the District 20 Senate seat approaching, the time is right to revisit the issue of whether to have special elections for General Assembly…