This year was supposed to be a lean year in the statehouse. Cuts were everywhere. Furloughs and pink slips were being handed out left and right. State aid and teacher…
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The commissioners of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) have been told by their general counsel that the agency’s current minority contracting program is illegal. That doesn’t sit well with…
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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)
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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…
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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…
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Baker Staffers Discuss Response to MPW
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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…
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Rushern Baker on the Spot, Part Six
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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…
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Rushern Baker on the Spot, Part Five
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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…
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Rushern Baker on the Spot, Part Four
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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…
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Meet Bradford L. Seamon. He is the President, CEO and founder of B.L. Seamon Corporation, a minority business enterprise (MBE) government contractor based in Greenbelt with offices in Atlanta and…