By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, I summarized how I asked my sources to help me construct a list of important events in county history since the 1960s. Part Two…
Term Limits
By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Republican Party has shown up strong at this year’s agricultural fair in Gaithersburg, gathering signatures to oust their principal nemesis in county government. And…
New Drive for Term Limits Underway
By Adam Pagnucco. Former GOP county executive candidate Reardon Sullivan has established a new ballot issue committee that aims to place a charter amendment on the ballot limiting the county…
A Legacy to Remember
By Adam Pagnucco. The county council has released videos celebrating the legacies of departing Council Members Tom Hucker, Nancy Navarro, Craig Rice and Hans Riemer. These council members are right…
By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, one of our readers emailed me this reaction to my column on Republican support for Nine Districts. Dear Adam, thanks for covering the “Nine Districts” matter….
What Will Term Limits Voters Do?
By Adam Pagnucco. MoCo Democrats are not monolithic. There are several segments of them. There are the 40,000 or so Super Democrats, the ones who vote in every mid-term primary. …
By Adam Pagnucco. In a post on Senator Cheryl Kagan’s Facebook page, Council Member George Leventhal has blamed the voters’ passage of term limits on “right wing populism.” Yes folks,…
Did MoCo Term Limits Cause More Competition?
By Adam Pagnucco. One theory making the rounds in MoCo’s political world is that the passage of term limits for county officials is responsible for creating the high level of…
Term Limits Vote by Precinct
By Adam Pagnucco. The precinct results on Montgomery County’s Question B, the charter amendment imposing term limits on the County Executive and County Council, are in. The message they contain…
MoCo Revolts
By Adam Pagnucco. In a thundering rebuke to Montgomery County’s governing establishment, voters have passed term limits by a 38 point margin with early votes and election day votes counted. …