Here’s a quick observation from a labor guy on union endorsements in the Wynn-Edwards race.The labor movement has been unusually divided between the top two contenders in CD 4: Al…
House of Delegates Remembers Jane Lawton
The Washington Post carried a short story on the Maryland House of Delegates’ memorial for Delegate Jane Lawton. As usual, the best memories of Jane are the funny ones. The…
Last month, the Gazette reported that County Executive Ike Leggett told a meeting of 50 tenants in Silver Spring that he would sign a rent control bill if the County…
Former District 39 Delegate Slams Tax Hikes
Joan F. Stern of North Potomac, a Democrat who served in the House of Delegates from 1999 to 2007, attacked the state’s recently-passed tax package in a letter to the…
According to the Baltimore Sun, Governor O’Malley now suffers a 35% approval rating, the lowest since the end of the Glendening administration. Why? Two words: tax hikes. And another two…
Aaron Meisner, Chairman of Stop Slots Maryland, promised a group of MoCo activists today that his organization would wage an aggressive campaign to defeat the slots referendum. What is his…
Reflecting on Wheaton
Could Wheaton look like this someday?So why have we been talking about Wheaton? After all, this blog is called Maryland Politics Watch, not Wheaton Watch. There are two reasons. First,…
Power to the People
Part Three of a Three-Part Series by Holly Olson. (View Parts One and Two.) In Part Two of my post on Wheaton, I was perhaps a little hard on our…
Where is the Love for Wheaton?
Part Two of a Three-Part Series by Holly Olson. (View Part One here.) While serving on the Wheaton Redevelopment Advisory Committee for three years, I had the opportunity to talk…
George McGovern Calls for Impeachment
Former Senator and Democratic Presidential candidate George McGovern called for President Bush’s impeachment this morning. His column in the Washington Post is a must-read.There are many reasons for not impeaching…