By Marc Korman. In some of the darkest days of the Great Depression, our legislators were not passing jobs programs or crafting fiscal stimulus packages, but were busy repealing the…
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Maryland GOP is its Own Worst Enemy
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Normally, one of the few advantages to being a minority party is greater unity. Party leaders in those circumstances can sometimes put aside their differences to rally behind the common…
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On Political Pulse
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Fomer U.S. Senator Joseph Tydings (D. Maryland) will on the Political Pulse TV Show on: Thursday, December 11th at 9 p.m. and Tuesday, December 16th at 9:30 p.m.Senator Tydings served…
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Recent events indicate that former Rockville Mayor Larry Giammo is considering a run for County Council against District 3 Council Member Phil Andrews. Giammo is denying it, but there are…
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The unstoppable cultural phenomenon goes on, this time on the Kojo Nnamdi show!Last Friday, Delegate Saqib Ali appeared on Kojo Nnamdi’s Politics Hour. His interview, starting at the 4:45 mark,…
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Uncle Ike Thumps Big Daddy (Updated)
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Looking Senate President Mike Miller directly in the eye, County Executive Ike Leggett issued a challenge to him and the county’s statehouse delegation this morning: do not cut county aid…
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Is Now the Time for the CARR Bill?
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Last February, I wrote in favor of a property tax bill proposed by Delegate Al Carr (D-18), commonly known as the Commercial Assessment Rate Review (CARR) bill. The CARR bill…
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Maryland conservative bloggers are engaged in frenzied combat even as I write this. Are they battling over why the GOP lost the recent elections? No. Are they differing over how…
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Purple Line Now Takes on Al Carr
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Just when you thought it was hot enough, the politics of the Purple Line are boiling over. What will everyone argue about once it is built?One of the biggest disputes…
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Anthony Brown is Staying Put (Updated)
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President-elect Barack Obama is picking Eric Shinseki, the Iraq War prophet, as his Secretary of Veterans Affairs. That means Maryland Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown is not going anywhere and none…