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Special Session On Gambling in Maryland
Here it is the dawg days of August, and the General Assembly is back in Special Session in Annapolis. It’s the second Special Session this year. Makes you wonder if Maryland legislators can accomplish anything at all without a Special Session. Gov. Martin O’Malley called this August session to consider the urgent issue of gambling. Specifically, […]
Snow in Ocean City; Budget Angst in State Capitals and City Halls
January 27, 2009
It’s snowing in Ocean City, Maryland, this morning, steady but not too hard. The temperature is shivering right around freezing. In Washington and New York, this is the winter of economic uncertainty. Nationwide, unemployment is spreading week by week. Unemployment may hit 10 percent by spring, which seems far away right now but really isn’t. […]
No One Is King For Life
December 11, 2007
The State Board of Education ignored the wishes of Gov. Martin O’Malley and General Assembly leaders on Tuesday, appointing Nancy Grasmick to a new four-year term as state superintendent of schools. Grasmick has been superintendent for 16 years, spanning four governors. She is said to be the longest-serving appointed state school chief in the nation. The new […]
Maryland Special Session – Leadership
November 20, 2007
The Special Session of the Maryland General Assembly put Democratic leaders to the test of breaking government gridlock in Maryland, and most of them passed. Gov. Martin O’Malley justified the decision of Maryland voters who selected him over Republican Bob Ehrlich in the 2006 election. O’Malley was still seen as the brash young upstart with a mixed […]
Maryland Special Session – Questions and Accomplishments
November 18, 2007
The three-week Special Session of the Maryland General Assembly has ended. It accomplished much, most notably raising the revenue needed to close the state’s structural budget deficit and avert drastic spending cuts. As the legislators go home for Thanksgiving, questions remain. The two big questions: Is this tax package fair and progressive? The income tax brackets […]
Maryland Special Session – The House Votes
November 11, 2007
Maryland General Assembly Special Session, Breaking News The Maryland House of Delegates passed a somewhat progressive income tax bill, 82-55, early Sunday morning. The House of Delegates also passed, 80-56, a bill to increase the sales tax, vehicle titling tax and cigarette tax. The two votes were an endorsement of the leadership of Gov. Martin O’Malley […]
Slots in Maryland: Location, Location, Location
October 27, 2007
Many in Maryland think slot machine gambling is a good idea. As long as slots are far away from where they live. The appeal of slots is easy to understand. For people who despise taxes, gambling is the easy way out. For people who understand the need for government spending on schools, infrastructure, and public health and […]
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