What does the mock hard hat below have to do with the current relationship between Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett and the County Council? Quite a bit, actually. At last…
Montgomery County Council
If the County Council operates by long-standing precedent, Vice-President Roger Berliner will be elected President in December. But one Council Member may be willing to challenge that precedent and make…
Roger Berliner, the current County Council Vice-President, may be on the verge of becoming President. Why is he in line for the job?The planned line of succession dates back to…
Every year in the beginning of December, a solemn ritual takes place at the Montgomery County Council. The council hails the departing President for all of the work accomplished in…
Following is the press release from the County Council.Contact: Neil H. Greenberger 240-777-7939 / Jean Arthur 240-777-7934 / Delphine Harriston 240-777-7931 Montgomery County Council to Host Gaithersburg West/N. Potomac/ Darnestown…
Snippety-Snip!
Here’s the latest round-up of snippety-snips from Rockville!Snippety…Council Member Valerie Ervin on County Executive Ike Leggett’s pending proposal for $30 million in cuts: Councilwoman Valerie Ervin, D-Silver Spring, criticized Leggett’s…
Council Staff: Blast from the Past
Check out these two photos of the County Council staff from the mid-1990s.Our camera-toting spy tells us this photo was taken in 1996. Ike Leggett cuts a dashing presence near…
Just a few notes from today’s Labor Day Parade in Kensington.This parade is one of Montgomery County’s premier political events in an election year. Despite this being an off year,…
Snippety-Snip!
Michael Laris, the Post’s new MoCo reporter, has written a delightful account of snip-snipping between the County Council and the MoCo Delegation. The genteel Ann Marimow would never have written…
Ben Kramer and Nancy Navarro were not the only two people affected by the special election. The rest of the county’s politicians will see the consequences too.County Executive Ike Leggett…