County Council candidate and anti-tax activist Robin Ficker was threatened with arrest by Park Police for campaigning in a Montgomery County park on July 4. The Maryland ACLU has risen…
Alexander Manuel Sanchez, Governor Martin O’Malley’s new Secretary of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, once worked for a law firm that defends employers from employee discrimination claims, worker class actions, OSHA…
Jane De Winter is the first at-large challenger to formally enter the race. Her announcement press conference will be followed by a fundraiser at the home of Wynn and Steve…
County Report: October 9
O’Malley Raising Money – in Miami Beach
The Governor has been raising so much money recently that perhaps his Maryland donors are tapped out. So when in doubt, just go to South Beach! We reprint the Governor’s…
Business and Labor Agree on I-270
In an unusual statement of agreement between business and labor, Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce President Gigi Godwin and MCGEO President Gino Renne submitted a joint statement of support for…
Last week, we offered our readers a snapshot of current unemployment in each of Maryland’s twenty-four jurisdictions, as well as some of its biggest cities. Today, we burrow deeper into…
MPW Hits 300,000 Site Visits
MPW crossed the 300,000 site visit threshold today, a landmark achieved by only a handful of other Maryland blogs. Our page view count now exceeds 580,000. This achievement belongs to…
Let’s Make this BRAC Work
By Ilaya Rome Hopkins. The challenging and complex issues associated with an expansion of a military installation in the heart of an urban residential and commercial district will not be…