Today, we reveal the top statewide political stories picked by our panel of thirty-nine readers. Brace yourselves for their unfettered commentary!1 (tie). State Budget and Economic Crisis27 votes Reader: “Just…
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The Top Stories of 2008, Montgomery County
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A couple weeks ago, Rockville Central blogger Brad Rourke asked me to name the top political stories of 2008. I did not know the answer to that question, but I…
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MPW on the Radio
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I was on Rockville Central Radio today talking about the state school aid story, budget problems and the top stories of 2008. Listen in here at the 13:30 mark.
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Something Maryland Gets Right
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By Marc Korman. The Maryland political calendar in December and early January is filled with fundraisers, as lawmakers rush to raise money before the 2009 legislative session begins on January…
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MPW on Political Pulse
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Political Pulse from Crossing Georgia on Vimeo. The first 30 minutes of this video are my interview by Charles Duffy, host of Political Pulse, taped in November 2008. We discuss…
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In a shocking memo only now making the rounds of Montgomery County’s political and educational communities, Superintendent of Schools Jerry Weast reveals that a mistake in state budget formulas resulted…
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For those readers who missed it in the comments section, this exchange between myself and County Executive spokesman Patrick Lacefield about the county’s proposed stimulus package is worth reading.Lacefield: Don’t…
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Crisis at WSSC
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Last month, I wrote the following about the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC): …If this agency is not reformed one way or another, things are going to get a lot…
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Bad Boy Barve Gets a Lump of Coal
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After the last few weeks, we may as well just rename this blog Maryland Politics Watch with Kathleen Miller. With the Examiner’s trouble-making reporter grabbing scoops left and right, how…
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Death of an Institution
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By Marc Korman. Comptroller Peter Franchot recently held a fundraiser in the lobby of the Chevy Chase Bank building in Bethesda. Alex Boyle, Vice Chairman of Chevy Chase, kicked off…