By Adam Pagnucco. Every now and then, when I program a post for publishing, I know it’s going to throw a rock into the soup. Normally, the splash hits a…
rent control
By Adam Pagnucco. According to a nationally known real estate writer, Montgomery County and the Maryland D.C. suburbs were just called out at a national conference of the biggest players…
Early Signs Point to Rent Control Debacle
By Adam Pagnucco. On December 23, the Wall Street Journal printed the first assessment of rent control in Montgomery County since the law was passed in July 2023. And the…
Top Stories: July 2024
By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in July 2024, ranked by page views. 1. Does this Assistant Principal Deserve Another Chance? 2. Rockville City…
By Adam Pagnucco. Two years ago, Montgomery County passed legislation establishing building energy performance standards. Last year, the county passed legislation establishing rent control. Now, those laws are working at…
By Adam Pagnucco. When Montgomery County passed rent control last year, its legislation did not cover municipalities. The Gaithersburg City Council wrote a letter of opposition to rent control before…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, the Montgomery County Council passed the Takoma Park Minor Master Plan Amendment, which would rezone the former Washington Adventist Hospital site and nearby areas around…
Will Rockville Pass Rent Control?
By Adam Pagnucco. The rent control law passed by the Montgomery County Council last year has an important exception: it does not necessarily cover municipalities. The county has nineteen municipalities,…
Political Awards, 2023
By Adam Pagnucco. It’s a brand new year and you know what that means – a political awards column for the year that was. Here are Montgomery Perspective’s political awards…
Elrich: County Regulators are Overloaded
By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich has written a memo to the county council requesting that they hold off on voting for a pending bill. The reason? Elrich claims…