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…
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Horse Breeders or Kids?
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A recent Examiner article on a proposal by Delegate Luiz Simmons (D-17) to strip a $100 million subsidy from slots to the horse-racing industry raises an interesting question: should slots…
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How Not to Deal with Labor
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Kathleen Miller’s account of the budget argument between County Executive Ike Leggett, County Council Member Duchy Trachtenberg and MCGEO President Gino Renne reveals just how bad the county’s financial situation…
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MPW Interview (Updated)
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I am the subject of the Examiner’s three-minute interview today. Update: My friend Hans Riemer posted this comment on the interview: I read MPW all the time. It’s a great…
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Is This Really Stimulus?
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The Post wrote a short article on County Executive Ike Leggett’s stimulus proposal on Friday. But in scrutinizing the details, we have yet to find where the “stimulus” is!Here are…
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The Maryland Budget and Tax Policy Institute just issued a new report on the state budget. Its conclusions are as dark as can be imagined.The main points of the report…
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Ike Leggett’s Letter to County Employees
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County Executive Ike Leggett sent the following letter to county employees last night.Dear Fellow County Employee: On behalf of nearly one million Montgomery County residents, I want to thank you…
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By Marc Korman. At December’s Maryland Democratic Party meeting, the Party’s 2008 Election Report was distributed. The Governor affectionately referred to the numbers within as PartyStat, in line with his…
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Maryland State Santa
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From AFSCME Maryland.