Let’s start crunching our colossal dataset of Montgomery County political contributions!Here is the distribution by category of all contributions and loans received by every MoCo county and state incumbent, along…
Montgomery County Council
Following is the press release.Montgomery County Council to Host White Flint / Kensington / Garrett Park/ North Bethesda Areas Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 18 Residents Invited to Express…
Follow the Money, Part One
Now it can be told. For months, we have been quietly gathering tens of thousands of records of political contributions to county and state candidates in Montgomery County. After countless…
Hard Hats and Small Politics in Rockville
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…
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…