Under intense pressure by the media, Prince George’s County Executive candidate Rushern Baker has finally revealed the contributors to his County 1 Now slate. Of its $209,000 in proceeds, $200,000…
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Baker Shifts Gears on Disclosure (Updated)
After his spokesman characterized early disclosure of campaign contributors as putting the campaign “at a strategic disadvantage,” Prince George’s County Executive candidate Rushern Baker is now promising to release his…
The Chairman of Prince George’s County Executive candidate Rushern Baker’s slate is the Assistant General Counsel of one of North America’s most notorious anti-worker companies: Sodexo, Inc.As the Washington Post…
Team Baker Responds to MPW
A representative of Rushern Baker’s County Executive campaign has responded to MPW’s series on his campaign finances.David E. Byrd, who says he is affiliated with Team Baker, left the following…
Transactions Worth Noting, Part Two
Here’s a few more tidbits for the politically obsessed!Here are the candidates to whom the giant MoCo county employees union MCGEO gave more than $1,000 over the last reporting period….
Baker Staffers Discuss Response to MPW
In an internal communication that was probably never intended for public scrutiny, staffers on Rushern Baker’s County Executive campaign discussed how to respond to MPW’s series on his campaign finances…
Buried in the new contribution reports are little nuggets. Some may be gold, some may be zirconium and some may be scrap metal. Read the following and you can decide.County…
Rushern Baker on the Spot, Part Six
Prince George’s County Executive candidate Rushern Baker has taken tens of thousands of dollars from a GOP candidate for U.S. Senate who is a birther, even more money from an…
Rushern Baker on the Spot, Part Five
Powerful people usually have powerful enemies. Southern Management Corporation (SMC) boss David Hillman and Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson proved that axiom true with a bitter feud that eventually…
Rushern Baker on the Spot, Part Four
Meet David H. Hillman. He’s a 67-year-old, self-made white billionaire. He once lived in Bethesda, but now lives in an 11,809-square-foot, $6.3 million mansion in McLean. He is one of…