By Adam Pagnucco. Last summer, the county council passed a law regulating the use of force by Montgomery County police officers. On Tuesday, Council Members Hans Riemer and Will Jawando…
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Riemer Attacks the Police Union
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By Adam Pagnucco. Several months ago, Council Member Hans Riemer requested that the council’s Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) research the county’s administration of its collective bargaining agreements with the…
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Collective Sloppiness
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By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, the county council’s Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) released a stunning report on collective bargaining between the county and Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge 35….
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Who’s the Boss?
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By Adam Pagnucco. One of the challenges of running the executive branch is to present a unified front to the public. The executive branch has thousands of employees and hundreds…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Republican Party is now running this video attacking Council Member Will Jawando over his efforts to reform the police department. The GOP is even…
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Free-For-All
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By Adam Pagnucco. Marcus Jones, chief of the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD), earns praise from my sources as competent, well-intentioned and not wedded to the practices of the past…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Delegate Gabriel Acevero (D-39) has told the New York Times that he was fired from his position at MCGEO, the union that represents most non-MCPS county employees,…
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Elrich’s Police Union Contract
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By Adam Pagnucco. In a June 4 op-ed in the Washington Post and comments reported by WTOP, County Executive Marc Elrich has promised to reform the Montgomery County Police Department…
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MoCo Voters are Less Liberal Than You Think
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By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County is the home of Maryland progressivism. It was the first county in the state to ban smoking in restaurants, enact a living wage law, pass…
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Ballots, Ballots Everywhere
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MCEA is the acknowledged master of precinct day ballot handouts with its famous Apple Ballot, but now several other groups are getting into the act today. Will it mean anything?We…