Marylanders United to Stop Slots recently released a list of 102 state leaders serving on its steering committee. Of the 15 State Senators and 52 Delegates who voted against last…
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Montgomery County Council Member Nancy Floreen challenged all county agencies to present a plan to cut their budgets by 2% below the County Executive’s proposal on her blog today.Floreen contends…
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Gays vs. the Governor
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The Sun reported yesterday on growing dissatisfaction among gays against Governor O’Malley. But in fact, resentment towards the Governor has been building inside the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community…
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Wanted: Democrat for Board of Elections
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MCDCC Vice Chairman Alan Banov sent us this announcement. Time is of the essence on this one!Vacancy on the County Board of Elections The Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee requests…
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Maryland AFL-CIO Backs Slots
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In a development that surprised no one, both the Maryland/District of Columbia AFL-CIO and the Metropolitan Baltimore AFL-CIO announced their backing of slots today.The Sun carried this classic quote: “The…
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Challenge to the Unions, Part Two
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In Part One, we reported on County Council Member and Management and Fiscal Policy Chairwoman Duchy Trachtenberg’s letter to public employee union MCGEO offering a choice between layoffs and COLA…
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Challenge to the Unions, Part One
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In a story first reported by the Washington Post’s Ann Marimow, Montgomery County Council Member and Management and Fiscal Policy Committee Chairwoman Duchy Trachtenberg has written to UFCW Local 1994…
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Put Your Finger in the Wind
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A couple weeks ago, Governor O’Malley declared that wind turbines could not be constructed on state-owned land. While the Governor’s desire to protect forest land in Western Maryland is understandable,…
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Washington Adventist Hospital’s impending move out of Takoma Park is the biggest development in Montgomery County’s health care system in decades. So why is the Montgomery County government’s reaction one…
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Dear readers, I promise that this is not one of my much-ridiculed spoof posts. Everything that you are about to read is 100% true.MPW friend and occasional spoof victim Dana…