Straight from the Board of Elections, here are the votes for President, the slots referendum and the Ficker Amendment by legislative district. We also report how each state legislator voted…
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Ficker’s Lead Grows
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Just as we predicted, Robin Ficker’s anti-tax charter amendment is picking up votes as the absentee ballots are counted.When the precinct count was finished, 170,216 votes supported the Ficker Amendment…
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The Great Maryland Tax Revolt
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Free State conservatives may have experienced a miserable election night with the victory of Barack Obama and Democratic pickups in the House and Senate. But they should take comfort from…
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Advantage: Ficker
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Technically speaking, the fate of Robin Ficker’s latest anti-tax charter amendment has not been settled. But we fully expect it will soon become law.With all precincts counted, Montgomery County’s unofficial…
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MPW Election Predictions
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For the entertainment of our readers, MPW has assembled an all-star panel to make predictions in the Presidential and U.S. Senate races as well as several ballots in Maryland. Let’s…
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Robin Ficker Never Gives Up
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Imagine if you tried something in 1975 and it didn’t work out. So you tried it again in 1990 and it failed. And then you did it in 1992, 1994,…
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MCDCC’s Sample Ballot
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By Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC) member Marc Korman. A recent Maryland Moment post announced that the Prince George’s County Democratic Central Committee has taken no position on the…
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MCDCC to the Rescue
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Folks, this is why we need a strong Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee. In addition to mailing out a sample ballot for Don Praisner in the County Council District 4…
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Robin Ficker Joins the County Council Staff
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Of course this has not happened, but it might. Here’s how the Stella Werner building’s worst nightmare could come true.Let’s put aside the ideological differences between County District 4 special…
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Challenge to the Unions, Part One
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In a story first reported by the Washington Post’s Ann Marimow, Montgomery County Council Member and Management and Fiscal Policy Committee Chairwoman Duchy Trachtenberg has written to UFCW Local 1994…