By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County’s charter prohibits long-term debt from being used to finance current operating expenses, meaning that current annual operating budgets must be…
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Unions Praise Tax Hike
By Adam Pagnucco. All six county employee unions have issued a joint statement praising County Executive Marc Elrich’s proposal to raise property taxes by 10…
County Unions Attack Jawando
By Adam Pagnucco. UFCW Local 1994 (MCGEO) and Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge 35 have issued a statement attacking Council Member Will Jawando and…
Acevero’s Triumph
By Adam Pagnucco. Back in 2018, MCGEO employee Gabe Acevero was elected to the House of Delegates in District 39. Two years later, Acevero and…
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…
By Adam Pagnucco. Delegate Gabriel Acevero (D-39) has told the New York Times that he was fired from his position at MCGEO, the union that…
MCGEO Protests at Riemer’s House
By Adam Pagnucco. Angry at the county council’s rejection of its revised collective bargaining agreement, MCGEO – the largest county employee union outside MCPS –…
Labor Pumps Money Into Anti-Blair Super PAC
By Adam Pagnucco. Four labor unions and an immigrant advocacy organization have contributed a combined $90,000 to a Super PAC which opposes the election of…
Gino Threatens Reznik
By Adam Pagnucco. In a statement on the Facebook page of political blogger Ryan Miner, MCGEO President Gino Renne has vowed to defeat Delegate Kirill…
MCGEO Gets Ready to Rumble
By Adam Pagnucco. On Monday night, July 11, some MoCo residents received the following robocall. I’m Tara Huber. I live in Montgomery County and I’m…