Buried in a Washington Post article about the budget is this momentous passage: One way to lighten the state’s burden is to shift the rising cost of teacher pensions to…
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The Great Country Club Tax Break
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Country clubs all over Maryland benefit from a special property tax break that saves them millions of dollars every year. Here’s how it works.Decades ago, the General Assembly passed legislation…
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This chart from the last fiscal update says it all. The state is scheduled to run annual structural budget deficits of more than $2 billion into the term of the…
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The Top Stories of 2009, Maryland
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Today, our panel of thirty-seven readers picks the top stories in Maryland outside Montgomery County. Let ‘er rip!1. Budget Crisis, State25 votes Reader: No mon, no fun. Reader: What else…
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The Next Big Maryland Scandal?
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State prosecutors are currently running wild in Pennsylvania in pursuit of one of the biggest political scandals in that state’s recent history. Their counterparts just across their southern border have…
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The Top Stories of 2009, Montgomery County
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Just as we did last year, it’s time to review the top stories of 2009 in both Montgomery County and the rest of Maryland. Everyone who reads this blog knows…
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List-mania is alive and well in Maryland and everywhere else, as everyone and their Aunt Ethel are issuing lists left and right. But no one else is offering a list…
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MoCo General Election 2008: Ficker Amendment
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Click on the image below for a closer view of the 2008 general election Ficker Amendment vote in Montgomery County by Congressional District, state legislative district, council district and local…
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MoCo General Election 2008: Slots Amendment
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Click on the image below for a closer view of the 2008 general election slots amendment vote in Montgomery County by Congressional District, state legislative district, council district and local…
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Delegate Saqib Ali (D-39) has initiated phone banking operations. And because he is Saqib Ali, he wants everybody to know about it!Here’s a few photos of Ali volunteers working out…