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
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…
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…
Maryland State Santa
From AFSCME Maryland.
Long Knives for Franchot, Part Four
The Knives of Annapolis are getting longer every day for Peter Franchot. But L’enfant Terrible of Takoma Park may just stick it to his enemies before they stick it to…
Fall of the Blogs
Two of Maryland’s most prominent blogs stopped publishing last week. We remember both of them today.Free State Politics was a member of the first wave of left-wing political blogs in…
Long Knives for Franchot, Part Three
Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith is a logical choice for Governor O’Malley and Senate President Mike Miller to launch a challenge against hated Comptroller Peter Franchot. But what if Smith…
On Political Pulse
Michael Busch, the Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates will be on the “Political Pulse” TV Show on:–Thursday, December 18th at 9:00 p.m.;–Tuesday, December 23rd at 9:30 p.m.;–Thursday, December…
Edgerley Resigns at DBED
The Baltimore Business Journal is reporting that David Edgerley, Maryland’s Secretary of the Department of Business & Economic Development (DBED), is resigning.This story does not have as many political implications…
Maryland Moment is reporting that Comptroller Peter Franchot’s Chief of Staff David Weaver has been hired for the same position by Congressman Chris Van Hollen. This is big news but…
