By Adam Pagnucco. For many years, County Executive Marc Elrich has championed affordable housing, claiming that the private sector does not provide enough of it so the government must step…
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By Adam Pagnucco. B.F. Saul’s 8001 Wisconsin Avenue project in Downtown Bethesda is everything the county government says it wants. It would replace a set of small commercial buildings and…
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Guest column by Adam Van Grack, Rockville City Councilmember. Montgomery County became one of the nation’s most successful communities because previous leaders planned ahead. Our County’s past leaders (such as…
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Mission Accomplished?
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Guest column by Gaithersburg City Council Member and council at-large candidate Jim McNulty. In May of 2003, then-President George W. Bush famously (or infamously?) landed on the aircraft carrier USS…
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A Culture of Denial
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By Adam Pagnucco. I was a chief of staff at the county council from 2010 through 2014. Here is one thing I noticed about county government: there was a ton…
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By Adam Pagnucco. As I have previously written, after Montgomery County’s rent control law took effect in 2024, multifamily residential permits collapsed. This was a nearly unique event in the…
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Rent Control Dominates January Page Views
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By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in January 2026, ranked by page views. 1. MoCo Multifamily Permits Drop 96 Percent with Rent Control 2….
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By Adam Pagnucco. A new survey by the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) has found that an overwhelming majority of apartment firm CEOs say they have cut back investment in…
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By Adam Pagnucco. We have previously seen how the county’s disastrous experiment with rent control has caused a 96% collapse in multifamily residential permits, nearly destroying the county’s ability to…
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Political Awards, 2025
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By Adam Pagnucco. 2025 is now over, and praise be to that! Now it’s time for our annual awards column. Story of the Year: Change at MCPS This isn’t just…
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