By Adam Pagnucco. Last fall, MCPS released its spring 2024 Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP) results by school. For the first time my sources can remember, MCPS released them in…
Race
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One revealed that the precinct performances of the three school board candidates on MCEA’s Apple Ballot – Rita Montoya (At-Large), Natalie Zimmerman (District 2) and Laura…
Identity Politics in the School Board Race
By Adam Pagnucco. If a particular elected seat has a history of being represented by a person of a particular racial group, should it always be represented by a person…
Turnout in the 2024 Primary, Part Four
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One looked at voting mode by party in MoCo’s 2024 primary. Part Two looked at turnout rates by party and region. Part Three studied Democratic turnout…
By Adam Pagnucco. At yesterday’s county executive media briefing, MoCo360 reporter Ginny Bixby asked County Executive Marc Elrich about the race-based vendor rates being charged at MoComCon, a comic convention…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, the Washington Times reported that a county government-promoted comic convention held in a county library charged different rates to vendors depending on their race and…
Democratic Turnout, 2022 Primary: Part One
By Adam Pagnucco. Any analysis of election results must start with turnout. Who voted? If you know that, then you have a head start on deciphering who won – and…
What Happened to MoCo’s Racial Equity Law?
By Adam Pagnucco. Over the weekend, Council Member Will Jawando announced his intention to introduce a resolution “declaring racism a public health emergency in Montgomery County.” His statement on Facebook…
By Adam Pagnucco. Frederick County Council Member Kirby Delauter once threatened to sue the Frederick News-Post for using his name without permission. That statement wound up spreading all over the…