By Adam Pagnucco. “I can never trust them again.” That’s what one source told me recently. I’ll get to the targets of that quote, but first a story from days…
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The Best Advice Ever for Public Officials
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By Adam Pagnucco. Of all the elected officials I have met in more than 16 years of public writing, the one I respect the most may be former Council Member…
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The Towering Legacy of Phil Andrews
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By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County’s 2018 primary is now roughly a year away. Many uncertainties have yet to be decided. But one thing is for sure: the two most influential…
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Phil Andrews: Ambulance Fees Can Cost Lives
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Council Member Phil Andrews sent out this mailer under his own authority line.
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District 19 Senator Idamae Garrott
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Prior to Mike Lenett’s election, District 19 had only three Senators over 28 years: Sid Kramer (1979-1986), Idamae Garrott (1987-1994) and Len Teitelbaum (1995-2006). Kramer was the best known since…
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Phil Andrews, Council At-Large, 1994
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Phil Andrews is now known as the virtually invulnerable County Council Member from District 3 (Rockville/Gaithersburg), but he did not start out that way. Andrews first ran for a council…
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Montgomery County’s political community is much more diverse than it appears to be from the outside. While nearly all political players here are Democrats, they often disagree on issues of…
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Why Incumbents Lose, Part Five
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Most incumbents lose because of themselves, but a few have the bad luck to face great challengers. Let’s look at the upstarts more closely.Every challenger thinks he or she is…
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Gaithersburg West Master Plan opponents who run the Scale-it-Back website have issued an Election 2010 Scorecard that evaluates County Council candidates. Some will love it and some will hate it….
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Sleeping Giant Stays in Bed
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Last month, we ran a four-part series on the policy and political implications of the Gaithersburg West Master Plan. We asked whether the issue was a “sleeping giant” and speculated…
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