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Council Eliminates 64 of 67 Appointee Applicants Behind Closed Doors - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier this month, Bethesda Magazine reported that the county council received 67 applications from residents seeking to fill the remaining portion of...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Silver Spring Schools Fight is Just Beginning - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, the school board voted to forward Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s recommended capital budget to the county executive, who must consider it...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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On Public Financing, Part Ten: Lessons Learned - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. This is the tenth(!) post on Montgomery County’s public financing system, making it one of my longest series ever.  But public financing...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Is ICE Pulling Immigrants from Cars on Local Parkways? - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. Many rumors are circulating about activity by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the Trump administration.  Some rumors don’t pan out,...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Cold Spring PTA Pushes Back on Montoya - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. Due to both its hulking size and its controversial proposals (like using Crown HS as a holding school and closing Silver Spring...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Montoya Proposes Major Changes to Taylor’s Capital Budget - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s massive recommended Capital Improvements Program (CIP), which is his proposed six-year capital budget, is due for a vote...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Wylea Chase Announces Run for School Board At-Large - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County PTA activist Wylea Chase has announced her run for the Board of Education At-Large seat being vacated by Karla Silvestre,...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Five Reasons MCPS's Plan for Silver Spring Doesn't Add Up - Montgomery Perspective
Guest column by Rebecca Aicher. I am a Silver Spring resident and parent of one child at Sligo Creek Elementary School and one at Silver...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Jud Ashman is Running for Council District 3 - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman, who just won reelection by 48 points, opened a public financing account today to run for the open...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Mukunda Takes on King – and Ferguson - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, Bethesda Magazine’s Lou Peck broke the story that new candidate Amar Mukunda had switched from the District 39 delegate race...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Inspector General Finds Double Dipping in MCPS - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi has just released a new report on MCPS’s procurement practices.  Among her findings are: MCPS’s record-keeping practices...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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For Whom the Bell Tolls: Inspector General Wants a Bigger Budget - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. In what is likely to be viewed as terrible news by county government bosses but could actually be good news for taxpayers,...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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On Public Financing, Part Nine: Interest Groups - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. I worked at the county council when the original public financing bill was passed.  Here is one point that was repeated over...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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MCEA Endorses Incumbent General Assembly Members - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. Back in July, I reported that the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), wielder of the mighty Apple Ballot, planned to issue early...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Did Jawando Use Federal Campaign Money to Benefit His County Executive Campaign? - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. A person listed as a campaign coordinator by Council Member Will Jawando’s county executive campaign, which uses the county’s public financing program,...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Black and Brown Coalition Supports MCPS Region Model - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. After the Montgomery County Council of PTAs and the Montgomery County Education Association came out against MCPS’s proposed region model, the Black...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Early Sierra Club Endorsements Exclude Some Incumbents - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. Last month, the Maryland Sierra Club quietly began endorsing federal and state incumbents for reelection.  Many of them got the nod but...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Mink Confronts ICE - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Kristin Mink has posted video of what she describes as a confrontation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Are Soaring Pet Surrenders Causing a Crisis? - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. A recent Brookings Institution study revealed the damage caused by lost federal jobs and grants to MoCo’s economy as well as its...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Good Luck Beating an Incumbent - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. Back in March 2021, I wrote a column titled It’s Hard to Beat Incumbents.  That’s one of the most basic premises of...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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State Board of Education: MCPS Electric Bus Contract Was Illegally Awarded - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. In January, Superintendent Thomas Taylor moved to partially terminate MCPS’s problem-plagued electric bus contract.  The contract, originally signed by one of Taylor’s...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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This post has been updated to include a comment from Jawando's campaign.
Jawando’s Senate Campaign Gave $115,000 to Endorsing Organization (Updated) - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Will Jawando is running for county executive in the county’s public financing program, which requires candidates to rely on contributions...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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MCEA Opposes MCPS Region Model - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. In a huge development, the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), which represents MCPS teachers, has come out against the school district’s proposed...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Police Chief Blames “Defund the Police” for Staffing Problems - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier this week, I wrote about a new county council memo outlining staffing problems in the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD).  This...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Taylor Wants a Public-Private Partnership on MCPS’s Headquarters Site - Montgomery Perspective
By Adam Pagnucco. In his capital budget briefing of the school board on Tuesday, Superintendent Thomas Taylor revealed that he wants to see a public-private...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM