OK everybody, with less than two weeks to go, here’s the latest.1. The Prince George’s County Council District 5 special election has MoCo campaign operatives’ tongues wagging. In that seven-candidate…
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The Politics of Paranoia
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One charge made with increasing ferocity against County Council District 4 candidate Nancy Navarro is that she is allegedly a “tool of the developers.”Stuart Rochester, a District 4 resident supporting…
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Computer Tax at Death’s Door
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Yesterday the Senate’s Budget and Taxation Committee voted to replace the computer tax with a package combining a surcharge on residents earning at least $1 million a year, transportation cuts…
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Mike Knapp, Just Say No to Bloggers
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Poor Mike Knapp. Montgomery County’s current Council President really stepped in it this time. He did the worst thing imaginable with another blogger: he acknowledged his existence and did what…
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General Assembly Announces Blogger Tax
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Following is the exclusive transcript of the press conference called by Senate President Mike Miller.Senate President Miller: Ladies and gentlemen of the press – the real press – I am…
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In Defense of Taxing Millionaires
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The current battle over whether to replace the hated computer services tax with an income tax surcharge on millionaires has become a defining ideological struggle among Maryland state legislators, especially…
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A Good Idea from Virginia on Housing
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According to the Post, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerry Connolly is proposing to use county funds to buy foreclosed homes and sell them at below-market prices to working…
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Maryland’s electric power industry has been in the news quite a bit lately. The Washington Post had a good wrap-up story a couple weeks ago on how Maryland consumers are…
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NoCo and the Computer Tax: BFF
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So you’ve never heard of NoCo and BFF and don’t understand how they relate to the computer tax? Read on!The Washington Post is reporting that Governor O’Malley is floating a…
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Illegal Robocalls in Council District 4?
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MCDCC Vice-Chairman Alan Banov reported receiving a negative robocall in connection with MoCo’s County Council District 4 race. This is quite curious considering that he is a District 5 resident.Mr….