By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC) is making news again, this time concerning money that they owe to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Moderately MoCo…
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What Happened to These State Bills?
By Adam Pagnucco. Over the last several months, I wrote about a few state bills that have since been resolved in the most recent session of the General Assembly. Let’s…
Dems vs Dems, Part Two
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, we revealed the complaint filed by Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC) Member Liza Smith against Maryland Democratic Party Chair Yvette Lewis. I asked…
Dems vs Dems, Part One
By Adam Pagnucco. Liza Smith, a member of the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC), has filed a formal complaint with both the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Maryland…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last year, District 18 voters were denied a contested House of Delegates primary. This was one of the strangest and most unfortunate electoral events in county history. …
By Adam Pagnucco. The Democratic Party is a diverse organization in many, many ways but one of its core beliefs is support for free and fair elections. Indeed, one can…
Who Applied for the District 14 House Seat?
By Adam Pagnucco. Following is the list of applicants for the open District 14 delegate seat as of 5 PM yesterday. Many of them are known to the county’s political…
The Iron Law of Oligarchy
By Adam Pagnucco. When I was a graduate student at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, I worked for a professor named George Brooks. He was a man…
The Empire Runs Out the Clock
By Adam Pagnucco. At tonight’s meeting of the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC), oligarchy has triumphed and democracy has been cast into the pit. Democrats across the county, take…
Showdown at MCDCC Tonight
By Adam Pagnucco. How hard is it to institute political reform? The answer is it’s really difficult, especially when a rag-tag band of rebels comes together to challenge a decades-old…