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….
Steve Silverman
Get Up or Get Out
By Adam Pagnucco. The massive, gilded doors close on the gleaming conference room inside. Steaks, lobster and caviar are brought out on silver trays while cabernet, single malt scotch and…
End Gridlock Team, Council At-Large, 2002
During the entire 1998-2002 term, freshman Council Member Blair Ewing battled County Executive Doug Duncan on the ICC, development policy, living wage and other issues. In the spring of 2002,…
Silverman for Delegate, 1994
Steve Silverman is best known for his two terms on the County Council and his run for County Executive in 2006. But few people remember that Silverman ran for Delegate…
Silverman Explains Northrop Loss
Montgomery County Director of Economic Development Steve Silverman sent the following letter to members of the business community explaining Maryland’s failure to land Northrop Grumman.April 29, 2010 Dear [Name]: I…
Response to Blog
By Steve Silverman. The article above raises legitimate questions about the Costco initiative. Here are some answers.The County Executive’s proposal to invest in bringing Costco to fill the now four-year-long…
Steve Silverman, the County’s recently hired Director of Economic Development, submitted a comment on our post “Leggett, Knapp Issue Dueling Plans for Biotech.” We reprint the comment below for the…
Our respondents collectively nominated 158 individuals as the most influential non-elected people in Montgomery County. Of these people, 101 received just one vote and 19 received two. To make it…
Steve Silverman, the Director of the Montgomery County Department of Economic Development will be on the “Political Pulse” TV Show on: Thurs, September 10th at 9:00 p.m.Fri, Sat. Sun., September…
Whispers of the At-Large Race, Part Five
In our final part, we examine the last three potential at-large contenders.Hans Riemer, Silver Spring Riemer moved into Montgomery County in December 2004 and ran unsuccessfully for the County Council…