The Gazette is reporting that Comptroller Peter Franchot, Attorney General Doug Gansler and Congresswoman Donna Edwards are not endorsing District 19 Senator Mike Lenett in his race against challenger Roger…
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Primaries to Watch III, Part Five
By Marc Korman and Adam Pagnucco. Here are the Final Two!2. District 39 State Senate ChallengePrior Rank: #4 MarcThe second of the three delegate/senator challenges. Saqib Ali may have finally…
Twitter to Post: Bloggers Aren’t Your Slaves
Egged on by Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas and film critic Roger Ebert, thousands of Twitterers are pouring in to MPW to read our rejection of the Washington Post’s “offer”…
Primaries to Watch III, Part Four
By Marc Korman and Adam Pagnucco. Here are races Four and Three!4. Council At-LargePrior Rank: #3 MarcIn 2006 there were thirteen candidates for County Council at-large, three of them incumbents….
Primaries to Watch III, Part Three
By Marc Korman and Adam Pagnucco. Here are races Six and Five!6. District 19 Delegate Open SeatsPrior Rank: #5 as “District 19 Madness” MarcWith Hank Heller’s retirement, the first of…
In a letter to the County Council last week, MCGEO President Gino Renne sharply criticized County Executive Ike Leggett for failing to abide by language he negotiated with the union…
Primaries to Watch III, Part Two
By Marc Korman and Adam Pagnucco. Here are races Eight and Seven!8. District 14 Delegate Open SeatsPrior Rank: #6 MarcThe incumbents in District 14 do not lack for ambition as…
Primaries to Watch III, Part One
By Marc Korman and Adam Pagnucco. Now that the General Session is over, the politicians are getting into high gear for the election. And so is MPW! Once again, Marc…
In a blistering letter sent to the County Council, outgoing Planning Chair Royce Hanson is blasting a new proposal by County Executive Ike Leggett to consolidate the county’s Police Department…
Is the Energy Tax a Job Killer?
On March 15, the County Executive proposed increasing the energy tax by 39.6%. On March 25, he proposed increasing it by 63.7% because of threatened downgrades to the county’s bonds…
