By Adam Pagnucco. For the fourth time, the county council has voted to override a veto by County Executive Marc Elrich. The tally now is council: 4, executive: 0. Elrich’s…
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Elrich to Council: I Matter
By Adam Pagnucco. On one level, County Executive Marc Elrich’s veto of James Hedrick’s planning board appointment was part of a struggle for control of the board that has been…
Elrich Issues Planning Board Veto Statement
By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich has issued a statement on his veto of James Hedrick’s appointment to the planning board. The statement appears below. ***** M E M…
Elrich Vetoes Planning Board Appointment
By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich has vetoed the county council’s appointment of James Hedrick to the planning board. Hedrick is a Democrat, a senior financial analyst with the…
By Adam Pagnucco. In their final step towards rebuilding the planning board after the mass resignations last fall, the county council is now seeking applicants for the board’s remaining two…
A Good Day for Transparency
By Adam Pagnucco. Last month, I wrote a column decrying the county council’s recent practice of picking planning board members behind closed doors and noting that they were once picked…
Death by Workgroup
By Adam Pagnucco. Last night, I reprinted the Montgomery County delegation’s press release on a deal struck concerning Senator Ben Kramer’s bills on Park and Planning. Let’s remember that Kramer…
Deal Struck on Park and Planning
By Adam Pagnucco. Senator Ben Kramer’s bills on Park and Planning have attracted a great deal of attention in recent months. Now a deal has been struck on how to…
By Adam Pagnucco. Liquor. Leaks. Termination. Resignations. A whistleblower complaint. A pair of power grab bills. A fecal fracas at a state legislative hearing. Not since the clamor in Clarksburg…
Planning Board Applicants Revealed
By Adam Pagnucco. Last fall, the county council obtained the resignations of the entire planning board and appointed a temporary group as caretakers. Now they are in the process of…