Tom Gagliardo
MD · Member, Takoma Park Commission on Landlord-Tenant Affairs
Tom Gagliardo is an employment and civil rights lawyer who was Takoma Park's city attorney in the 1980s and now sits on the city's landlord-tenant commission. He wants tighter control of city spending and property taxes and more open, transparent council decisions.
Where Tom Gagliardo stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Spending Reduction (3 records), Civil Rights (3 records)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 support
Criticized a city consultant's property tax report, saying it listed new revenue options without examining how the city spends money.
February 2, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: takomarecord.com
Publicly supported Councilmember Roger Schlegel's proposal to slow Takoma Park property tax increases.
December 7, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: takomarecord.com
Questioned at a city council budget hearing why the city planned a large tax increase after receiving federal pandemic relief (ARPA) money.
May 2, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: documents.takomaparkmd.gov
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 3 support
Served as trial lawyer for a U.S. Capitol Police officer who won an $850,000 jury verdict for sex discrimination in a K-9 training course.
November 6, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: gelawyer.com
Won a ruling from a federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission judge that the U.S. Postal Service discriminated against his client based on sex and retaliated against her.
January 25, 2022Supports Civil Rights
Source: gelawyer.com
Served on the legal team for the City of Takoma Park when Maryland's top court blocked a referendum on repealing Montgomery County's new law banning discrimination based on sexual orientation.
September 14, 1984Supports Civil Rights
Source: static.case.law
Track record — General
General · 8 records
Received public support from councilmembers Jessica Landman and Roger Schlegel, who spoke for him at his Sept. 1, 2026 campaign kickoff.
September 3, 2026
Source: takomarecord.com
Served as the lawyer for five Takoma Park residents who went to court to challenge more than a dozen closed-door city council meetings.
June 10, 2026
Source: takomarecord.com
As a member of the civic group Community Vision for Takoma, urged the council to put its proposal for four-year council terms to voters in an advisory referendum.
February 24, 2026
Source: takomarecord.com
Won a $540,000 federal jury verdict for a laid-off sales executive whose Annapolis employer refused to pay the severance required by his contract.
February 29, 2024
Source: gelawyer.com
Was appointed by the Takoma Park City Council to the Commission on Landlord-Tenant Affairs, the city board that hears disputes between landlords and tenants.
January 24, 2024
Source: takomaparkmd.gov
Represented disabled veterans fighting Department of Veterans Affairs demands that they repay thousands of dollars in travel costs from a VA training program.
April 30, 2023
Source: gelawyer.com
Spoke against the Takoma Junction development plan at a city council meeting and urged the council to honor its own earlier declarations.
June 9, 2021
Source: documents.takomaparkmd.gov
Represented a Takoma Park housing protester in a federal civil rights lawsuit against Montgomery County police over his arrest and psychiatric detention; the court ruled for the county.
August 14, 1990
Source: static.case.law
Past race Tom Gagliardo ran in:
- Mayor · November 3, 2026 · Takoma Park city, Maryland