Alexander Manuel Sanchez, Governor Martin O’Malley’s new Secretary of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, once worked for a law firm that defends employers from employee discrimination claims, worker class actions, OSHA…
Adam Pagnucco
Last week, we offered our readers a snapshot of current unemployment in each of Maryland’s twenty-four jurisdictions, as well as some of its biggest cities. Today, we burrow deeper into…
If the County Council operates by long-standing precedent, Vice-President Roger Berliner will be elected President in December. But one Council Member may be willing to challenge that precedent and make…
Smoking Out Saqib Ali
Is Saqib Ali running for the House or Senate? That’s the big question in District 39 these days. Well, we’ve got a number of juicy tidbits for you. Let’s see…
Gazette Makes More Cuts
Following is the text of an internal memo sent to Gazette staff last week by CEO Chuck Lyons discussing more cuts. To: All EmployeesFrom: Chuck LyonsRe: Gazette Changes In an…
Roger Berliner, the current County Council Vice-President, may be on the verge of becoming President. Why is he in line for the job?The planned line of succession dates back to…
Sun Suckers the Blogs
The Baltimore Sun is running an online poll to determine Maryland’s best blogs. Their goal? To sign up new subscribers and build ad revenues. Their suckers? Free State bloggers. And…
The Gaithersburg West Master Plan continues to make its way through the County Council and we have allowed supporters and opponents to make their case on this blog. We have…
Every year in the beginning of December, a solemn ritual takes place at the Montgomery County Council. The council hails the departing President for all of the work accomplished in…
E-ZTip-Off?
One of the lingering questions from the free E-ZPass investigation is why the number of legislators who had them mysteriously dropped in a month. Consider that MdTA told us in…