The Municipal and County Government Employees Organization (MCGEO) has launched a vigorous counter-attack against labor’s nemesis, the Washington Post. Its weapon of choice: Maryland Politics Watch.Back in January, a Post…
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Save Local First Wheaton
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It was August 2007, and there we sat at a table in Downtown Wheaton: a Venezuelan baker, a Salvadoran restaurant manager, a Scottish tavern owner, a Cuban-American non-profit director, an…
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Fire Fighters and Leggett Strike Deal
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County Executive Ike Leggett and the Montgomery County Career Fire Fighters Association have reached a Memorandum of Agreement amending the union’s contract. Here are the key provisions.1. The union’s 4…
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Board of Education Member Nancy Navarro is about to take her seat on the County Council after winning the tightest of victories in the primary. What will become of her?Navarro…
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Jim Kennedy of Teach the Facts has a great post exposing the Citizens for a Responsible Government’s taking credit for the defeat of the state transgender anti-discrimination bill. Among other…
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Politicians React to Boy King
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Last week, we revealed that the Washington Post had hired an intern from Los Angeles and Emory University who knew nothing about our metro area to write local editorials. That…
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The ramifications of the District 4 special election go far beyond one County Council seat. The entire layout of Montgomery County’s government will be affected, as well as several races…
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Navarro Lead Holds Up on Final Count
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The last count of absentee ballots shows that Nancy Navarro has won the District 4 special election.The Board of Elections counted 98 more Democratic absentee ballots this morning, of which…
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According to Pew Center’s Election Line, the U.S. Postal Service failed to deliver 314 special election absentee ballot applications in its custody by the county Board of Elections deadline.The article…
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Two Maryland politicians have recently denounced bloggers as malicious and inherently damaging to political discussion in the state. Their statements raise a question: should politicians care at all what they…