By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier this week, I wrote about the prospect of a political food fight at the county council originating in its election of a possible county executive candidate…
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Rushern Baker is Back in Politics
By Adam Pagnucco. Rushern Baker, the former delegate, Prince George’s County executive and two-time candidate for governor, has opened a new campaign finance account. What’s he up to? First, Baker…
Trone’s Negative TV Ad
By Adam Pagnucco. In Maryland’s U.S. Senate primary, both leading candidates have gone negative. Prince George’s County Angela Alsobrooks has been pounding Congressman David Trone in her fundraising emails for…
By Adam Pagnucco. I have been a Montgomery County Democratic voter for twenty years so I’m used to getting political mail featuring endorsements by MoCo politicians. But I usually don’t…
A Big Win for MoCo
By Adam Pagnucco. The news that the U.S. General Services Administration chose Greenbelt as the site for the new FBI headquarters provoked celebrations in Prince George’s County and Annapolis –…
Exodus from MoCo, Part Six
By Adam Pagnucco. This series has looked at the exodus of taxpayer income from Montgomery County in recent years. But it turns out that we are not the only jurisdiction…
Exodus from MoCo, Part Four
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Three, we explored Montgomery County’s loss of taxpayer income to the rest of Maryland, other states and foreign locations. Today, we will start naming the…
Rent Control: A Regional Comparison
By Adam Pagnucco. Rent control laws are far from uniform. They contain many provisions on their allowable increases, exemptions, new construction, hardship petitions by landlords and many other issues. Perhaps…
By Adam Pagnucco. Progressives might be cheering the Prince George’s County Council’s passage of rent control yesterday, but there’s a catch: the new law has some interesting wrinkles in it. …
Mount Rainier Passes Rent Control
By Adam Pagnucco. In a development sure to ripple across the region, the Prince George’s County municipality of Mount Rainier has passed a rent control ordinance. Who will be next?…