By Adam Pagnucco. Delegate Kirill Reznik (D-39) has written to the Board of Public Works asking them to reject an engineering and management contract awarded by the Maryland Department of…
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Toward Cost-Effective Transportation
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By Neil Harris. Transit is much more expensive to build than highways. It’s politically correct to focus on transit. But is it the best use of our tax dollars? Let’s…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Marc Elrich, who recently equated potential gentrification near the Purple Line with “ethnic cleansing,” is taking flak for his remarks and is not backing down. …
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By Adam Pagnucco. In response to a question about just cause eviction and rent control at the Progressive Neighbors County Executive forum, Council Member Marc Elrich stated that the Purple…
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When You’re In a Deep Hole
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By Gaithersburg City Council Member Neil Harris. In a recent meeting with the capital improvements team at MCPS, I suggested that it would take $1 billion in extra capital funding…
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The Zombie Bridge Returns
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By Adam Pagnucco. The long-discussed second bridge across the Potomac may never truly be dead. Dubbed “the Zombie Bridge” by Council President Roger Berliner, the creature will continually claw from…
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Hogan’s Transportation Scam
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By Adam Pagnucco. A looming crisis threatens to devastate Maryland’s transportation program. As much as one-third of the state’s transportation project spending could be at risk. Key projects will be…
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Is Larry Hogan Capable of Telling the Truth?
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By Adam Pagnucco. What’s the old saying about lying and telling the truth? There are lots of variations, but most of them go something like this: It’s easier to tell…
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Larry Hogan’s Alternate Reality
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By Adam Pagnucco. Everyone knows that elected officials sometimes disagree on issues. They may have differences of philosophy or values. They may emphasize different sets of conflicting data. They may…
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The Great Squeeze on Transportation
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Lost in all the coverage of Maryland’s projected $1.6 billion general fund deficit is another conclusion drawn by state budget analysts: the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) “may not be…