By Jud Ashman. MPW is most assuredly not an “event calendar,” but Adam has a secret motive in indulging this off-topic post on the upcoming Gaithersburg Book Festival: he is…
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Top Blog Posts, December 2009
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Here are the most-viewed blog posts on MPW in December 2009.1. MPW Senate Challenger Poll2. District 19 Race Snowballs Early3. Council President Poll4. Can Ehrlich Defeat O’Malley? Part One5. Primaries…
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By Aaron Kaufman. As the General Assembly is soon set to reconvene, lawmakers face a clear choice: either following the desires of the liquor lobby or the needs of those…
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You gotta love it when Michael Steele returns fire against his critics. Isn’t the job of the GOP National Chairman to go after Democrats rather than Republicans? Here’s Steele’s anti-GOP…
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In an email to his constituents entitled, “Looking Forward to 2010,” Delegate Roger Manno (D-19) heaps praise on fellow District 19 Delegates Ben Kramer and Henry Heller, but mentions Senator…
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The most recent county government survey of MoCo residents found that 60% say they have been hurt by the recession but 88% still say the county is a good place…
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What to Watch for in 2010, Part Two
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By Marc Korman. Last time we looked at three of the five items on my list of things to watch for in 2010. Here are the last two.4. How are…
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Republicans Implode in Western Maryland
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For the moment at least, Republican Central Committees in Frederick and Washington Counties have deadlocked on which nominee will replace Delegate Rick Weldon (I-3B), who is stepping down to become…
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Buried in a Washington Post article about the budget is this momentous passage: One way to lighten the state’s burden is to shift the rising cost of teacher pensions to…
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East Bethesda resident Ilaya Rome Hopkins, a civic activist and former Planning Board candidate, has announced an exploratory committee for the District 1 County Council seat. The incumbent is freshman…