We intercepted the following email sent out to an undisclosed number of people by Gazette Annapolis reporter Doug Tallman. From: Politics [mailto:Politics@gazette.net]Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 5:20 PMTo: PoliticsCc: Tallman,…
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Monday Session of General Assembly Cancelled
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We received the following announcement from Speaker Mike Busch’s office. The Presiding Officers have decided that the 8pm session of the Maryland General Assembly is cancelled for Monday, February 8,…
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Is There A Lawyer in the House (or Senate)?
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By Marc Korman. Every year before the legislative session, the Maryland State Bar Association Legislative Preview lists the lawyers in the General Assembly. Let’s have a look.Based on the Bar…
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The one lingering mystery from the now-cancelled free E-ZPass program for state legislators concerns the number of Senators and Delegates who had them. In August 2009, the Maryland Transportation Authority…
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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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E-ZAnswers, Part Two
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The Maryland Transportation Authority (MdTA) tried to protect the state legislators who carry the free E-ZPasses. They warned us of “privacy and security issues” when they refused to release the…
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State Legislators Get Free E-ZPasses
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Yesterday, the Post reported that 4,990 Maryland E-ZPass holders canceled their accounts due to the new fees levied by the Maryland Transportation Authority (MdTA). We’ll bet that none of the…
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Star Chambers of Annapolis
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Maryland’s Open Meetings Act, originally passed in 1977, is one of the state’s greatest laws. The act requires multi-member public bodies with a quorum to open their meetings to the…
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A Comment On Politicians and Slots
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We have devoted a great deal of attention to the slots referendum in recent weeks. And it is a compelling issue regardless of which side you take. But even more…
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On Senator Currie and the Ethics of Office
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The recent revelations of Senator Ulysses Currie’s relationship with Shoppers Food and Pharmacy may be the beginning of the fall of a man once widely thought to be an admirable…