The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) saved Baltimore’s Red Line project from possible federal disapproval with a last-minute cost-effectiveness improvement of 24%. Part of that improvement was due to a sudden…
Spies Debate MPW Reader Poll
Recently, we asked MPW’s readers to state their approval for Governor Martin O’Malley and County Executive Ike Leggett, as well as characterize their attitude towards Maryland’s political leadership. The results…
Slow Growth Leader Calls Out Leggett
Jim Humphrey, the Chair of the Montgomery County Civic Federation’s Land Use Committee and the intellectual leader of the county’s slow growth movement, wrote the following Sentinel column last week….
County Report: September 4
By Marc Korman. In Part One, we discussed CCAN founder Mike Tidwell’s concern with the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill and his advocacy for Chris Van Hollen’s alternative. Today we will take…
Earlier this morning, an incredible 83% of our site traffic consisted of direct entries to Montgomery College adjunct professor Victoria Baldassano’s guest post, “A Voice from the Other Half: Montgomery…
The Battle of I-270, Part Five
By the time the I-270 dispute is finally settled, dozens of politicians and thousands of residents will have their say. But we are particularly interested in the position of one…
Following is Robin Ficker’s first flyer of the 2010 election campaign. We do not yet know if he is running in a District race or At-Large, and we do not…
Saqib Strikes Again
I don’t know how Senatorial this is, but it’s pretty frickin funny!
