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…
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Brian Griffiths, leader of Red Maryland, believes that the tax package passed during last year’s special session is causing Maryland’s budget problems. He accuses me of covering for Governor O’Malley…
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On Vacation with Big Daddy and Uncle Ike
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Greetings from Cape Charles, Virginia! Yes, yes, I am supposed to be on vacation and the missus has forbidden blogging. But nothing can come between myself and my beloved readers!…
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Senator Madaleno Comments on the Budget
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Senator Rich Madaleno (D-18) sent the following message to his constituents on the budget. We reprint it here with his permission.On Tuesday, the Senate Budget & Taxation Committee was briefed…
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Dear readers, I promise that this is not one of my much-ridiculed spoof posts. Everything that you are about to read is 100% true.MPW friend and occasional spoof victim Dana…
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Preserved for eternity, here are the published comments and the votes by state legislators from Montgomery County (as well as remarks by the County Executive and County Council President) on…
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Transportation in a Crunch
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By Marc Korman. A recent Gazette comic, reproduced below, sums up the recent action by the General Assembly when it comes to transportation. A big loser in this year’s session,…