By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, an open letter by former Planning Board Chair Gus Bauman caught fire and generated lots of discussion. Some agreed with Bauman’s critique of county politics. Others…
Montgomery County
Note from Adam Pagnucco: Former Montgomery County Planning Board Chair Gus Bauman sent out the following open letter yesterday. Bauman has been active in county affairs for more than fifty…
Once Again, MoCo’s Two Electorates
By Adam Pagnucco. In November 2016, I wrote a three-part series called MoCo’s Two Electorates. (Here are the links to Part One, Part Two and Part Three.) I also wrote…
By Delegate Kirill Reznik (D-39). You may not know it, but there is a war raging. It’s mostly among my 3,000 or so Facebook friends. You see, apparently there is…
MoCo Democrats are Badly Divided
By Adam Pagnucco. This may not be the most polite thing to say in the wake of the MoCo Democrats’ Kiss and Make Up Party, but it’s the truth: MoCo…
M-83 Supporters Get a Win
By Adam Pagnucco. Back on November 3, David Lublin wrote that the County Council had placed the planned Upcounty highway M-83 “in the freezer.” We agree with that take with…
MoCo’s Mighty Seven Zip Codes
By Adam Pagnucco. For a long time, Montgomery County has been thought of as a wealthy jurisdiction. It has long appeared in lists of the nation’s richest counties (although it…
Where Are We Going?
By Adam Pagnucco. Your author has written over a thousand posts over the last decade about state and local politics. Some of those posts were tough. Some called out elected…
MoCo Revolts
By Adam Pagnucco. In a thundering rebuke to Montgomery County’s governing establishment, voters have passed term limits by a 38 point margin with early votes and election day votes counted. …
By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Government has issued a solicitation seeking bids on a propaganda video defending the county’s liquor monopoly. The solicitation comes after the County Executive’s task…