Gazette columnist Blair Lee, one of MoCo’s most ardent defenders, is crying foul on House Majority Leader Kumar Barve’s call for an examination of disproportionate power outages in MoCo during…
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Stud of the Statehouse
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We have never seen their like before. They are legion, the faceless fans who swarm into this blog looking for information on the object of their desire. And what is…
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Sharon Dooley Announces Campaign Kickoff
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Council District 2 candidate Sharon Dooley has announced a campaign kickoff event on Facebook. We reprint the notice below. Also, the Gazette profiled Dooley on Wednesday.Sharon Dooley for County Council…
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Rushern Baker on the Spot, Part Five
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Powerful people usually have powerful enemies. Southern Management Corporation (SMC) boss David Hillman and Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson proved that axiom true with a bitter feud that eventually…
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Berliner Hiring Campaign Staff
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One of our spies intercepted the following message from a Google group. ———- Forwarded message ———-From: HMILLS3 [email withheld]Date: Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 12:12 AMSubject: [jobsthatareLEFT] Campaign Staff &…
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Lenett Weighs in on the Post’s War vs. MCEA
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Senator Mike Lenett (D-19) sent the following email to his constituents regarding the Washington Post’s war on MCEA Monday.Dear Friends: Over the past four years, the partnership between the Maryland…
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By Marc Korman. Montgomery County Planning Board Chair Royce Hanson is not seeking reappointment and the Council has begun advertising the vacancy. Before looking forward, it might be helpful to…
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House Majority Leader Kumar Barve (D-17) has called on the Public Service Commission (PSC) to examine why Montgomery County suffered disproportionate power outages during the recent blizzards. Barve cited the…
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At least three Montgomery County janitorial contractors are asking the county to waive its living wage law so that they can reduce employee wages. Otherwise, they are predicting that county…
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Rushern Baker on the Spot, Part Four
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Meet David H. Hillman. He’s a 67-year-old, self-made white billionaire. He once lived in Bethesda, but now lives in an 11,809-square-foot, $6.3 million mansion in McLean. He is one of…