By Adam Pagnucco. Here is the kind of conversation I hate. Political source: “OMG. Have you heard the rumor?” Me: “I hear lots of rumors, including a really juicy one…
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How Progressives Could Seize Control of MoCo
By Adam Pagnucco. MoCo isn’t that big on slate politics. Sure, we have loose coalitions of lefties and (relative) moderates. And in the past, we have had groups of pro-growth…
How to Stop Housing Construction
By Adam Pagnucco. Blunt as ever, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich recently told a meeting of the District 18 Breakfast Club that the county’s affordable housing program “kind of sucks.” According…
By Adam Pagnucco. As he has previously stated, County Executive Marc Elrich has established a campaign committee to run for a county council at-large seat. Elrich is finishing his second…
Elrich Wants to Tighten Rent Control
By Adam Pagnucco. With MoCo’s multifamily construction market grinding to a halt – probably due in large part to its devastating rent control law – County Executive Marc Elrich has…
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…
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…