By Rocky Lopes. The Maryland Transportation Authority (MdTA) governing board voted on January 29, 2009, to impose cost-recovery fees for the Maryland E-ZPass system and increased tolls for certain classes…
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Thursday Night Smackdown!
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Last night, business and labor squared off on the CARR bill in one of the more entertaining bouts of the state hearing season. But there is a lot more to…
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By Marc Korman. In some of the darkest days of the Great Depression, our legislators were not passing jobs programs or crafting fiscal stimulus packages, but were busy repealing the…
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Crisis in Transportation, Part Three
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In Part Two, we described Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski’s aggressive infrastructure bill to create jobs, stimulate the state’s economy and generate long-run returns for Oregon. So what about Maryland?No one…
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MPW Poll: Is MoCo Experiencing a Tax Revolt?
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Strange Conclusions From The Election
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By Marc Korman. Since Tuesday’s election, pundits and politicians have drawn some strange conclusions from the results.1. Franchot Lost, O’Malley WonA front page article in the Gazette of Business and…
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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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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…