Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett will be on the “Political Pulse” political talk show on: Tuesday, July 14th at 9:30 p.m.Wednesday, July 15th at 6:30 p.m.Thursday, July 16th at 9:00…
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Democrats Offer Advice to GOP
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Dear readers, we recently congratulated the Maryland Republican Party on the excellent financial performance of their Chairman, James Pelura III. (Excellent, that is, for the Democrats!) Well, some conservatives didn’t…
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The County Executive and the Police Department are requesting funding for a new police helicopter program. The police want to apply for $248,894 in federal grant money and are asking…
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Following is the press release from the Council Member’s office. Update: The resolution was endorsed by the Audubon Naturalist Society and the Montgomery Countryside Alliance and passed on a 7-0…
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The Reporting Life, Part Two
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By Kathleen Miller. Around 10 a.m. Sometime around 10 a.m. every day, an editor would saunter over to my desk and hit me with the inevitable: what’s going on Kathleen?Editors…
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Post Runs PR Content as News
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The Post’s Howard Kurtz gives the following account of the newspaper’s decision to run an article from a hospital’s in-house PR magazine as “news.” Why did they do it? The…
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Print MSM to MoCo: Adios!
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So you thought the print mainstream media (MSM) was undergoing changes? Wait until you read this!Washington PostMoCo political reporter Ann Marimow is on maternity leave. We hear that when she…
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Montgomery County Council Member Roger Berliner, who represents Bethesda, North Bethesda, Chevy Chase and Potomac, is calling for the state to consider a “Sustainable Transportation Corridor” approach to Wisconsin Avenue….
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Great Concern Over State Budget (Updated)
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This blog is drowning in direct entries to our “More Warnings of State Budget Apocalypse” post from Friday. That post, which contains a copy of a letter from state budget…
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The Reporting Life, Part One
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By Kathleen Miller. A reporter’s day starts with a pit in your stomach as you trudge to the end of your driveway or turn on your computer to see exactly…