By Adam Pagnucco. Back in July, Montgomery County Inspector General (IG) Megan Davey Limarzi found “wasteful spending” in an MCPS electric bus contract and estimated that the contractor owed the…
Sidney Katz
By Adam Pagnucco. On Monday, the county council’s Public Safety Committee voted 2-1 to oppose Council Member Will Jawando’s bill prohibiting consent searches by police. That’s not what bill advocates…
By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, I wrote about fundraising by the delegation. Today, let’s look at how the county elected officials did last year. The table below shows beginning and ending…
By Adam Pagnucco. The Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors (GCAAR) has issued a statement condemning yesterday’s passage of rent control by the county council. That’s expected since of course…
“I Can Never Trust Them Again”
By Adam Pagnucco. “I can never trust them again.” That’s what one source told me recently. I’ll get to the targets of that quote, but first a story from days…
Sidney Katz: Cast Vote Data
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Sidney Katz, who was reelected easily to a third term in District 3, was an elected official in the City of Gaithersburg for decades before…
Katz Votes Yes, Thrive Passes Unanimously
By Adam Pagnucco. Over the objections of County Executive Marc Elrich and others, the county council unanimously passed the Thrive 2050 plan today. The only vote in doubt belonged to…
The Blowouts
By Adam Pagnucco. Just like in 2014, every single Montgomery County incumbent at the state and county levels who ran for reelection to his or her current office won. In…
Sidney Katz’s Video Ad
By Adam Pagnucco. County Council Member Sidney Katz (D-3) is running for reelection against challenger Ben Shnider. Before being elected to the council in 2014, Katz was the long-time Mayor…
The Progressives’ Big Gamble
By Adam Pagnucco. One of the more remarkable things occurring in MoCo this cycle is the snowballing of progressive groups around District 3 County Council challenger Ben Shnider. Just look…