By Adam Pagnucco. Infighting, leaks and purge politics at the planning board have created a crisis at Park and Planning. Planning board members are accountable to one body, the county…
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They Must Go
By Adam Pagnucco. In evaluating the flaming hell-pit otherwise known as the Montgomery County Planning Board, let’s start with this central truth. It’s not about liquor. It was never about…
Council Reprimands Anderson, Verma and Rubin
By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Council has announced a reprimand for Planning Board Chair Casey Anderson for storing and drinking alcohol at his office. Anderson will be docked four…
Two Negotiating Strategies, Two Outcomes
By Adam Pagnucco. In justifying the county’s creation of a $4 million per pay period emergency pay liability, representatives of county government depict it as a good deal for taxpayers….
By Adam Pagnucco. In a letter to Council President Sidney Katz, County Executive Marc Elrich has asked the council to limit the work of the Planning Board to “noncontroversial” issues…
Dan Reed for Planning Board
By Adam Pagnucco. One of Montgomery County’s most remarkable activist careers was started when a bus failed to show up on Route 29. Yes, it’s true. Most of us would…
Following is the press release from the County Council.Francoise Carrier Named New Chair of Montgomery County Planning BoardCounty Council Votes Unanimously for Rockville Resident ROCKVILLE, Md., May 18, 2010—The Montgomery…
Multiple council building sources report that Francoise Carrier, the Director of the county’s Office of Zoning and Administrative Hearings, hit a home run in the interviews for Planning Board Chair…
In a blistering letter sent to the County Council, outgoing Planning Chair Royce Hanson is blasting a new proposal by County Executive Ike Leggett to consolidate the county’s Police Department…