Delegate Roger Manno (D-19) has proposed an ambitious plan to fix the state’s troubled teacher pension program as well as to prevent pension liabilities from getting passed down to the…
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Top Blog Posts, December 2009
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Here are the most-viewed blog posts on MPW in December 2009.1. MPW Senate Challenger Poll2. District 19 Race Snowballs Early3. Council President Poll4. Can Ehrlich Defeat O’Malley? Part One5. Primaries…
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Republicans Implode in Western Maryland
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For the moment at least, Republican Central Committees in Frederick and Washington Counties have deadlocked on which nominee will replace Delegate Rick Weldon (I-3B), who is stepping down to become…
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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…