By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Andrew Friedson, who is running for executive, has sent out his fourth mailer. This one is complicated because it’s customized with different versions for each…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Many folks following county politics look at the county employee unions as a monolith. You should avoid that mistake. They have important differences based on budget, the…
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Council Votes to Raise Taxes on Homeowners
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By Adam Pagnucco. The county council has cast a straw vote by 6-5 to raise taxes on homeowners who receive the Income Tax Offset Credit (ITOC), a flat $692 credit…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge 35, which represents county police officers, has endorsed Council Member Andrew Friedson for county executive. The union also endorsed incumbent Council…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Andrew Friedson, who is running for county executive, has announced endorsements from the two council members representing most of Upcounty today. That is part of…
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Realtors Endorse for Executive and Council
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors (GCAAR) has announced its endorsements for county executive and county council. I don’t print every endorsement (there are a ton…
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What Will be the Effect of the Apple Ballot?
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last Friday, the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) announced its endorsees in county and school board races. Because those endorsements appear on its widely distributed Apple Ballot,…
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The Comeback Kids
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By Adam Pagnucco. When you’re sizing up election races, some factors naturally rise to the top: incumbency, money, endorsements, candidate work ethic and more. Here is an important one that…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Few county debates are more consequential than those concerning the charter, which is equivalent to the county’s constitution. And of such debates, the most weighty often pertain…
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Do They Really Need to Do That?
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By Adam Pagnucco. As this sudden and torturous budgetary upheaval in MCPS proceeds to its doom-laden conclusion, I keep hearing the same question from my sources: “Do they really need…
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