By Adam Pagnucco. As I wrote yesterday, a war is being waged over control of the county government’s $8+ billion in pension and retiree health care funds. The combatants include…
Marc Elrich
The Eight Billion Dollar War
By Adam Pagnucco. There is an epic war going on behind closed doors which is only now becoming public. The first visible shots could be seen in my post on…
Wild Cards in the County Executive Race
By Adam Pagnucco. It’s happening a lot now. Nearly every day, someone will ask me to predict who will win next year’s county executive race. I get it, that race…
You Kill My Dog, I Kill Your Cat
By Adam Pagnucco. “You kill my dog, I kill your cat.” So wrote former Baltimore Sun reporter Mike Dresser fifteen years ago. Dresser was writing about state legislators killing each…
Is Jawando the Front Runner?
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Will Jawando declared for county executive on Wednesday night and was joined by County Executive Marc Elrich, Council Members Kristin Mink and Laurie-Anne Sayles and…
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, we looked at the one-year increase for the county’s major departments and agencies in County Executive Marc Elrich’s FY26 recommended operating budget. In Part…
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, we looked at the one-year increase for the county’s major departments and agencies in County Executive Marc Elrich’s FY26 recommended operating budget. Now let’s…
By Adam Pagnucco. Previously, we have discussed revenue sources in County Executive Marc Elrich’s FY26 recommended operating budget, including his property tax increase, gigantic solid waste fee increase and other…
This is How to Be Like Virginia
By Adam Pagnucco. Once again, County Executive Marc Elrich is saying we need to be like Virginia. And once again, his argument rings hollow because of his blatant cherry picking. …
By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich has sent a memo to the county council withdrawing his proposal to raise the county’s property tax. Instead, he is proposing to raise…