SEIU Local 500, which won a campaign to represent Montgomery College’s adjunct professors in June 2008, has reached deadlock with the administration on a new contract. That does not bode…
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Ben Kramer is Raising Money
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Delegate Ben Kramer (D-19) is holding a fundraiser on November 8. So what’s unusual about that? Plenty.Kramer is a wealthy commercial property owner and developer whose family has long been…
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Too Rich for Furloughs
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As we wrote yesterday, we believe that state legislators are paid too little relative to their job duties. That threatens to shrink the pool of competent people willing to serve…
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SHA Answers Council’s Questions on I-270
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The County Council sent a list of questions to the State Highway Administration (SHA) about the I-270 project and SHA has responded. Here are the questions and answers that caught…
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The Real Scandal of Legislative Pay
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The recent talk about which state legislators are giving up part of their salaries to match state employee furlough days obscures a much, much larger issue with legislative pay. The…
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What I Will Teach My Kid About Politics
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As every reader knows, Baby Olson Pagnucco (now known as Andres) has arrived. Now we will have to teach the next generation the way of things. That means saying please…
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Cut County Cable Montgomery
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Many times, we have heard elected leaders complain that their constituents are quick to defend programs and slow to suggest cuts in times of deficit. Today, we have heard their…
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Currie Back on the Fundraising Circuit
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Embattled Senate Budget and Taxation (B&T) Chairman Ulysses Currie (D-25) is raising money again. Is that good or bad for Democrats?Senator Currie, who has headed the B&T Committee since 2002,…
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Marc Elrich’s Message for 2010
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At-large County Council Member Marc Elrich is holding his first fundraiser of the season on Sunday. There is nothing newsworthy in the mere act of a candidate seeking money. But…
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Maryland’s New Structural Deficit
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Remember when the state’s leaders fixed the “structural deficit” during the 2007 special session? Well, that deficit is baaa-aaack, and it’s bigger than ever.The original structural deficit dates back to…