Have you ever had someone ransack your car? If so, did you say something like, “If I could ever get my hands on that punk, I’d…” Well, how about watching…
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I’ll bet you guys didn’t know that I once lived in Nevada. Yes, it’s true and I have the cheesy Las Vegas souvenirs to prove it. And as a former…
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A Note on Labor Endorsements in CD4
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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…
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House of Delegates Remembers Jane Lawton
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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…
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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…
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Former District 39 Delegate Slams Tax Hikes
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Reflecting on Wheaton
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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,…
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Power to the People
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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…