Free State conservatives may have experienced a miserable election night with the victory of Barack Obama and Democratic pickups in the House and Senate. But they should take comfort from…
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Maryland’s Budget Apocalypse
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In a disaster movie that never seems to end, the state’s budget is getting even worse. We use the latest documents from the state’s Department of Legislative Services (DLS) to…
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A Footnote on Ambulance Fees
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The Washington Post reports that the County Council’s Public Safety Committee voted unanimously to block County Executive Ike Leggett’s proposal to impose ambulance fees. Marc Korman explained the proposal in…
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Death By A Thousand Cuts
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By Marc Korman. In July, I posted two entries about Governor O’Malley’s MARC train expansion plans. Those plans seem farther away than ever now that the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA)…
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MoCo’s Great Crash, Part Two
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In Part One, we made the case that Montgomery County’s real estate and construction industries together might account for one-fifth or more of the county’s private sector economic activity. And…
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MoCo’s Great Crash, Part One
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There is a lot of talk about a Great Crash: that of America’s stock market. And there is a lot of talk about another Great Crash: that of America’s economy….
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By Marc Korman. After I complained about blue-ribbon commissions, a few people asked me what I would do to address Maryland’s budget challenges. Regardless of whether slots passes, Maryland will…
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Ike, We Need You at Home
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Ike Leggett is a good man and I have written favorably about him in the past. But someone is seriously leading him astray in advising him that now is a…
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One of the options under consideration in Annapolis for closing the state’s potential billion-dollar budget gap is passing down funding obligations for teacher pensions (currently paid by the state) to…
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On Ike Leggett and Slots
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And so it has finally come to pass: County Executive Ike Leggett has announced his intention to vote in favor of the slots referendum. This may not have a huge…