By Adam Pagnucco. Conversations had been going on for a while, but when Nine Districts for MoCo announced that they had gathered 15,000 signatures for their charter amendment, things got…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Nine Districts for MoCo, the group seeking to replace the current county council structure of 5 district seats and 4 at-large seats with 9 district seats, claimed…
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Nine Kings and Queens
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By Adam Pagnucco. Advocates of a nine-district county council in MoCo press on despite clear evidence that our at-large races have much more political competition than our district races. But…
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MoCo Could Use More County Council Districts
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By Adam Pagnucco. Abolishing at-large county council seats is a really bad idea because it would eliminate most political competition in county elections. However, adding council district seats is justified….
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By Adam Pagnucco. Since 1990, the Montgomery County Council has had five district seats and four at-large seats. Every few years, proposals are made to get rid of the at-large…
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Grading the County Council
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By Adam Pagnucco. Regular readers know my views on the administration of County Executive Marc Elrich by now, but let’s turn to an equally important entity: the Montgomery County Council….
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By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, MoCo’s political community has been thinking of changing the structure of the County Council. Since 1990, the council has had four at-large members and five members…
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Stop Giving Robin Ficker More Ammo
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By Adam Pagnucco. Right about now, the happiest man in Montgomery County lives in Boyds. He is 74, a huge sports fanatic, a long time attorney, a former state Delegate,…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The untold story of last year’s 9% property tax hike is that it was not merely the product of needed funding for public schools or the adverse…
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MoCo’s Essential Man
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By Adam Pagnucco. Ever wonder why some politicians stay in office waaaaaay too long? One reason is that some of them believe they are truly essential and that government would…