Our sources have informed us that County Executive Ike Leggett has reached an agreement on the Live Nation music facility in Silver Spring with the Lee family, who own the…
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By Marc Korman. Former Governor Bob Ehrlich took a look at the election results in New Jersey and Virginia and liked what he saw. I think Bob Ehrlich should take…
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Turnbull Taunts Ehrlich
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Maryland Democratic Party Chair Susan Turnbull just sent out this delightful open letter taunting former Republican Governor Bob Ehrlich. Game on!Dear Former Governor Ehrlich, Running for governor is an intensely…
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Top Blog Posts, October 2009
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Here are the most-viewed blog posts on MPW in October 2009.1. Gazette Makes More Cuts2. Compassion Trumps Pocketbook: Maryland Voters Support Increase in Alcohol Tax3. Smoking Out Saqib Ali4. Hunk…
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I-270 Issue Far From Over
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The Montgomery County Council has signaled a consensus in favor of Council President Phil Andrews’ proposal to add two reversible lanes on I-270. But this issue is nowhere close to…
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Siemens Buys the Washington Post
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OK, just kidding. But maybe not. Check out their home page today, which had almost half of its screen area covered by two Siemens ads. It looks like they had…
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In a message to members of the O’Malley/Brown campaign’s Finance Committee, campaign manager Tom Russell is claiming that GOP victories in New Jersey and Virginia are not relevant to his…
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Rollin Stanley, Montgomery County’s star planning director, favors channeling growth to walkable downtowns, encouraging mixed-use development with significant density and even using congestion to force people onto transit. Furthermore, he…
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Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 689, which represents WMATA employees, has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to enforce an arbitrator’s decision granting pay increases to its members. WMATA is crying…
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Guled Kassim, a former candidate for District 19 Delegate, a current candidate for a County Council at-large seat and an eight-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, sent us these…