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Adam Pagnucco

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 11m

How the Council Appointment Process Will Work - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Gabe Albornoz has announced that he will be leaving the county council on December 1. This news is no surprise...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 53m

Taylor’s Huge Capital Ask, Part Two - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor has made a huge ask in his new recommended six-year capital budget. How big is it? And what’s...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 1d

Taylor’s Huge Capital Ask, Part One - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor doesn’t believe in small things. Just look at his first recommended operating budget, which asked for one of...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 2d

Mink Wants to Rewrite History on Rent Control - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. Confronted with overwhelming evidence of a collapse in multifamily housing production after passage of the county’s new rent control law, Council Member...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 3d

Be Careful with Early Polls - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. Here is the kind of conversation I hate. Political source: “OMG. Have you heard the rumor?” Me: “I hear lots of rumors,...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 5d

Target: Acevero - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. Three District 39 state legislators are teaming up with a sitting Gaithersburg City Council Member on a high-stakes mission. Their goal: take...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 6d

How Progressives Could Seize Control of MoCo - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. MoCo isn’t that big on slate politics. Sure, we have loose coalitions of lefties and (relative) moderates. And in the past, we...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 6d

Volunteer Fire Fighters Endorse Friedson for Executive - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Volunteer Fire Rescue Association (MCVFRA), which represents volunteer fire fighters in MoCo, has endorsed Council Member Andrew Friedson for...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 7d

Montgomery Community Media Comments on Banerjee Lawsuit - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier today, I wrote about a lawsuit filed by county executive candidate Mithun Banerjee against the Montgomery County Renters Alliance and Montgomery...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 7d

Banerjee Sues Renters Alliance, Montgomery Community Media - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. County executive candidate Mithun Banerjee, who was not invited to attend the candidate forum sponsored by the Montgomery County Renters Alliance and...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 8d

MCPS’s Health Insurance Headache - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. One of the biggest priorities in MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s first recommended operating budget was plugging a growing hole in the district’s...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 8d

Top Stories: September 2025 - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in September 2025, ranked by page views. 1. How MoCo Has Changed Since...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 9d

Does Friedson Have a Problem in His District? - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Andrew Friedson, who currently represents Council District 1, is a top contender to become the next county executive. He faces...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 9d

Maryland Legislative Jewish Caucus Denounces UMD Student Government Association - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. The Maryland Legislative Jewish Caucus has issued a statement denouncing the University of Maryland Student Government Association (SGA) for scheduling a vote...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 10d

It’s Not All About Trump - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. Generally speaking, an elected official can only hold one elected position at a time. Donald Trump, for example, is the president of...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 12d

Fani-Gonzalez Raises Concerns About MCPS Region Model - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. District 6 County Council Member Natali Fani-Gonzalez has written her colleagues on the council’s Education and Culture Committee (Chair Will Jawando, Gabe...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 13d

What’s Your MCPS Region? - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. This year, the two biggest stories in MCPS (along with the problem-plagued background check program) are the boundary studies and the academic...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 13d

Do You Trust the Police Department? - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. It’s an interesting question, yeah? Do you trust the police department? Well, guess, who wants to know the answer to that? The...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 14d

On Public Financing, Part Seven: Demographics - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Six, we looked at per capita contributions by local area. Let’s expand that analysis to demographics. The U.S. Census Bureau...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 14d

Stewart and Glass Critique MCPS’s Capital Process - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. School construction seems to make no one happy. If folks don’t get their project into MCPS’s school construction queue, they’re unhappy. If...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 15d

Riemer Endorses Friedson for Executive - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. Former Council Member Hans Riemer has endorsed Council Member Andrew Friedson for county executive. Other than Ike Leggett, endorsements from former elected...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 16d

Look at HUD’s Website - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. If you’re interested in federal affordable housing programs, fair housing laws, housing market conditions or federal regulation of mortgage institutions like Fannie...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 16d

The 800 Pound Gorilla Flexes its Muscles - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. The Apple Ballot, which conveys the support of the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), has long been the most desired endorsement in...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 17d

Brookings Finds Bad News for MoCo’s Economy - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, the Brookings Institution released a report on the early impacts of federal government cutbacks on the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) region’s economy. ...

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Adam Pagnucco @adampagnucco.bsky.social · 20d

Bad News for Sheriff Max Uy - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. Sheriff Max Uy, who is facing an effort by MCGEO to replace him with challenger Will Milam, has encountered a new problem...

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