Political Pulse from Crossing Georgia on Vimeo. The first 30 minutes of this video are my interview by Charles Duffy, host of Political Pulse, taped in November 2008. We discuss…
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In a shocking memo only now making the rounds of Montgomery County’s political and educational communities, Superintendent of Schools Jerry Weast reveals that a mistake in state budget formulas resulted…
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For those readers who missed it in the comments section, this exchange between myself and County Executive spokesman Patrick Lacefield about the county’s proposed stimulus package is worth reading.Lacefield: Don’t…
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Crisis at WSSC
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Last month, I wrote the following about the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC): …If this agency is not reformed one way or another, things are going to get a lot…
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Bad Boy Barve Gets a Lump of Coal
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After the last few weeks, we may as well just rename this blog Maryland Politics Watch with Kathleen Miller. With the Examiner’s trouble-making reporter grabbing scoops left and right, how…
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Horse Breeders or Kids?
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A recent Examiner article on a proposal by Delegate Luiz Simmons (D-17) to strip a $100 million subsidy from slots to the horse-racing industry raises an interesting question: should slots…
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How Not to Deal with Labor
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Kathleen Miller’s account of the budget argument between County Executive Ike Leggett, County Council Member Duchy Trachtenberg and MCGEO President Gino Renne reveals just how bad the county’s financial situation…
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MPW Interview (Updated)
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I am the subject of the Examiner’s three-minute interview today. Update: My friend Hans Riemer posted this comment on the interview: I read MPW all the time. It’s a great…
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Is This Really Stimulus?
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The Post wrote a short article on County Executive Ike Leggett’s stimulus proposal on Friday. But in scrutinizing the details, we have yet to find where the “stimulus” is!Here are…
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The Maryland Budget and Tax Policy Institute just issued a new report on the state budget. Its conclusions are as dark as can be imagined.The main points of the report…