by Wayne Goldstein, Montgomery County Civic Federation Immediate Past President. People are starting to pay close attention to the slots referendum on the November ballot. It is one of the…
Who Really Opposes Slots? (Revisited)
Back in May, we commented on the fact that very few “anti-slots” politicians were stepping up to support the campaign against the referendum. After seeing the financial contributions reported by…
MoCo’s Great Crash, Part Two
In Part One, we made the case that Montgomery County’s real estate and construction industries together might account for one-fifth or more of the county’s private sector economic activity. And…
MoCo’s Great Crash, Part One
There is a lot of talk about a Great Crash: that of America’s stock market. And there is a lot of talk about another Great Crash: that of America’s economy….
Campaign Debate UMBC at Shady Grove, Political Science and History Programs andMontgomery College History & Political Science Department Brian Feldman (D), Maryland State Delegate, MoCo D15 (Representing Obama)Jim Shalleck (R),…
Mr. Cool vs. the Prowler
By Sharon Dooley. Tuesday’s debate featured Senators Barack Obama and John McCain in a so-called Town Hall Meeting. This event was far more structured than the ones in previous years,…
Shameless Plug
Once Delegate Saqib Ali introduced us to the joys of Facebook, it was only a matter of time before I set up a Facebook page for this blog. For those…
Reaction to MoCo’s Most Influential People
If we can take a break from Saqib-Mania for a moment, let’s return to the biggest story from last week: our series on Montgomery County’s most influential people. We have…
When you’ve made Olbermann’s Worst Person list, you really have nothing left in life to achieve! Now when is Keith going to find out about conservative blogger Mark Newgent, who…
By Marc Korman. After I complained about blue-ribbon commissions, a few people asked me what I would do to address Maryland’s budget challenges. Regardless of whether slots passes, Maryland will…