By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich has been unusually quiet about the recent issues with the planning board. Let’s remember that the planning board is not in the executive…
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Entire Planning Board Resigns
By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Council has obtained the resignation of all five members of the planning board. I will have more to say about this soon, but for…
By Adam Pagnucco. Planning Board Member Partap Verma, who sent an email to the county council last week accusing Planning Board Chair Casey Anderson of creating a “toxic, misogynistic and…
By Adam Pagnucco. Infighting, leaks and purge politics at the planning board have created a crisis at Park and Planning. Planning board members are accountable to one body, the county…
They Must Go
By Adam Pagnucco. In evaluating the flaming hell-pit otherwise known as the Montgomery County Planning Board, let’s start with this central truth. It’s not about liquor. It was never about…
Council Reprimands Anderson, Verma and Rubin
By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Council has announced a reprimand for Planning Board Chair Casey Anderson for storing and drinking alcohol at his office. Anderson will be docked four…
By Adam Pagnucco. In a letter to Council President Sidney Katz, County Executive Marc Elrich has asked the council to limit the work of the Planning Board to “noncontroversial” issues…
Dan Reed for Planning Board
By Adam Pagnucco. One of Montgomery County’s most remarkable activist careers was started when a bus failed to show up on Route 29. Yes, it’s true. Most of us would…
Multiple council building sources report that Francoise Carrier, the Director of the county’s Office of Zoning and Administrative Hearings, hit a home run in the interviews for Planning Board Chair…
Five candidates are vying to succeed Royce Hanson as Montgomery County’s next Planning Board Chair. We can not predict who will win, but our sources in Rockville lead us to…