Incoming Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who is proposing broad changes in the city’s ethics laws to “strengthen public trust,” has picked an ultra-connected super-lobbyist to advise her transition team. Is…
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Campaign Finance Shorts, Part Three
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Here are quick breakdowns of Districts 18, 19 and 20.District 18 Adam: Forget about Senator Rich Madaleno’s fundraising total. He is popular in his district, is the premier LGBT politician…
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Pimping Castle Raided by Police
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Montgomery County Police raided Bethesda’s so-called “Pimping Castle” last night and MPW reporters were on the scene. The raid will quickly go down as one of the wildest ever in…
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How do MoCo and Fairfax compare on government spending?The overall FY 2010 budgets for MoCo and Fairfax are almost identical in size. Fairfax is much more reliant on property taxes…
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We acquired the following email from Maryland Democratic Party Political Director David Sloan describing the party’s media monitoring and outreach program this year. The program is modeled on Barack Obama’s…
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Campaign Finance Shorts, Part Two
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Here are quick breakdowns of Districts 15, 16 and 17.District 15 Adam: Senator Rob Garagiola is playing on a statewide field now. He had the largest net gain ($76,913) of…
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Snap Your Whip at Bethesda’s Pimping Castle!
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According to outraged neighbors, an individual calling himself “British Lucky Paul” is operating a “pimping castle” in Bethesda offering “bondage, discipline, sadism and masochism (BDSM).” Spank it harder, baby!Here’s Email…
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Council Member George Leventhal asked the Montgomery County Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) to produce a mammoth report comparing MoCo and Fairfax County on a very large number of measures….
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Dems Call GOP Bluff on Budget
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Maryland Republican legislators have been yapping up a storm about Governor O’Malley’s budget proposal, which relies almost as much on one-time transfers as it does on cuts to achieve balance…
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Campaign Finance Shorts, Part One
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Starting today, Adam and Marc will briefly review the fundraising totals in Montgomery County and elsewhere. We’ll dig in more on selected races in the future.County Offices Adam: Roger Berliner…