By Adam Pagnucco. Marilyn Balcombe, a Germantown resident who ran a strong fifth in the 2018 Democratic Party council at-large primary, is co-chairing a new group opposing the Nine Districts…
Nine Districts for MoCo
By Adam Pagnucco. Nine Districts for MoCo, the group that put a charter amendment on the ballot converting the county council to a nine district structure, has released a video…
By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of their vote last night, the Montgomery County Democratic Party has issued the following statement on their position on this year’s ballot questions. *****…
By Adam Pagnucco. The Washington Post’s editorial board has weighed in on MoCo’s competing charter amendments and recommends voting against all of them. The Post wrote that both citizens’ initiatives…
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Will Jawando, who is shown in a video by Nine Districts for MoCo in alleged support of their position, has denounced the video as intended…
By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Board of Elections has certified the Nine Districts for MoCo group’s charter amendment for the ballot. The amendment would convert the county council from…
Nine Districts Appears Headed to the Ballot
By Adam Pagnucco. Multiple sources confirm that Kevin Karpinski, counsel to the Montgomery County Board of Elections, told the board yesterday that the charter amendment petition to convert the Montgomery…
By Adam Pagnucco. A June opinion from the office of Maryland’s Attorney General indicates that the Nine Districts for MoCo group may have collected some electronic signatures in a manner…
By Adam Pagnucco. Seven members of the Montgomery County Republican Central Committee, the governing body of the MoCo GOP, have given the Nine Districts for MoCo group money, in-kind contributions…
Nine Districts Supporters Speak
By Adam Pagnucco. In prior posts, I have noted support of the Nine Districts charter amendment by Republicans, developers and unions. But a lot more people beyond those groups would…