By Adam Pagnucco. Back in 2012, the last time Maryland was in a serious budget crisis, then-D.C. Council Member Jack Evans uttered one of the most infamous quotes in local…
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Elrich Wants Us to Be Like Virginia. Really?
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By Adam Pagnucco. It won’t be a surprise to Montgomery Perspective readers that County Executive Marc Elrich wants to raise taxes. After all, he has tried to do so before…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In his Friday evening message, County Executive Marc Elrich offered a number of blunt comments on the Capitals and Wizards moving to Virginia, on Virginia Governor Glenn…
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Exodus from MoCo, Part Five
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Four, we looked at four jurisdictions – the District of Columbia, Arlington, Alexandria and Prince George’s – from whom Montgomery County has gained real adjusted…
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Fact Checking Elrich, Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. Let’s resume evaluating Elrich’s pushback on the council over its recently passed FY24 budget. On school spending Elrich took two tracks on school spending. First, he remarked…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last Thursday, the great tax hike battle of 2023 came to its dramatic conclusion as the county council raised property taxes by 4.7 percent. That followed the…
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By Adam Pagnucco. While Montgomery County is increasing property taxes, it’s worth noting that three of our principal competitors have cut property taxes this year. At the same time, they…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Few people other than central committee members like the current process of appointments for state legislative vacancies. Most folks who contact me about this prefer special elections,…
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Why I Am Not Excited About Thrive
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By Adam Pagnucco. Few issues have been more debated by county leaders and activists over the past three years than Thrive 2050, the long-term growth plan just passed by the…
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Why Deeds Matters to Maryland
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By Marc Korman. Every Saturday until the Virginia election on November 3 volunteers from Maryland are meeting at the Montgomery County Democratic Party offices to carpool across the river to…
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