By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, three organizations that play in county politics released statements in reaction to the impending FY26 operating budget about to be passed by the county council. The…
Reardon Sullivan
By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, I broke two stories on potential charter amendment drives. First, long-time charter amendment advocate Robin Ficker told me that he is gathering signatures for a charter…
By Adam Pagnucco. Reardon “Sully” Sullivan, who organized last year’s successful charter amendment campaign reducing term limits for the county executive from three to two, has formed a new ballot…
Political Awards, 2024
By Adam Pagnucco. With 2024 in the books, it’s time for our annual political awards column. Let’s get to the winners (and losers)! Best Media Outlet: Maryland Matters Hands down,…
By Adam Pagnucco. Parts One, Two, Three and Four related efforts by County Executive Marc Elrich’s taxpayer-paid staff to save him from a term limits charter amendment which has since…
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One reviewed how I obtained documents on the efforts of Elrich’s taxpayer-paid staff to save him from term limits and listed the cast of characters. Parts…
By Adam Pagnucco. Now that a voter petition reducing term limits for the county executive from three to two has been certified for the ballot, County Executive Marc Elrich is…
MoCo Most Influential 2024, Part Nine
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One explained how this survey was conducted. Parts Two, Three, Four, Five and Six listed elected officials. Parts Seven and Eight listed influential non-elected people. Let’s continue with them today….
By Adam Pagnucco. A potential hurdle to the passage of reduced term limits for the Montgomery County executive may have been removed. This increases the odds that County Executive Marc…
By Adam Pagnucco. Reardon “Sully” Sullivan, organizer of a ballot question effort to reduce county executive term limits from three terms to two, dropped off a batch of nearly 8,000…