Clips
(Updated 3/11/10 – TL)
Unions may play pivotal role in November elections – “ANNAPOLIS, MD (wypr) – When Republican Scott Brown won the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by Ted Kennedy, many observers noted that labor’s blue collar rank and file broke from leadership and voted red. Maryland’s political leaders are now questioning whether labor will be the Democratic stalwart it has been in the past.” (Air Date: 3/5/10)
Former PG County Exec Eyes Possible Gubernatorial Bid – “UPPER MARLBORO, MD (wypr) – Well over a thousand businessmen and women, politicos and state lawmakers pack the Martin’s Camelot banquet hall in Prince George’s County. Wayne Curry, their onetime, and possible future leader is turning 59. His friends and colleagues insist this is nothing more than celebration for a prominent figure. But talk of Curry’s possible run for governor has bubbled in Maryland political circles for years now. And he sounds an awful lot like a candidate, as he rails against Maryland’s political leaders.” (Air Date: 1/29/10)
State, Counties Try To Divide Budget Pain – “ANNAPOLIS, MD (wypr) – When the budget ax comes down, spending on education and health care are largely spared in Maryland. This year, that ax blade is hitting asphalt.” (Air Date: 1/25/10)
The ‘Two Mikes’ Make Peace in Annapolis – “ANNAPOLIS, MD (wypr) – In Maryland’s General Assembly, the “Two Mikes” call the shots. And when they’re on the same page the legislation sails and the budget priorities glide.” (Air Date: 1/15/10)
Developers, environmentalists, lawmakers reach compromise on stormwater rules – “Homebuilders would have more time to complete projects before they have to meet stricter stormwater environmental rules under a compromise reached between developers, environmentalists and lawmakers.” (Published: 3/9/10)
As lawmakers call for juvenile reforms, oversight commission they created in 2006 never met – “Maryland lawmakers and governors have wrestled with seemingly intractable problems in the state’s juvenile services system for more than a decade, reaping both political benefits and despair.” (Published: 3/3/10)
Why isn’t the Fiscal Leaders Committee meeting? Partisanship seems to be getting in the way – “The Fiscal Leaders Committee, a secretive grouping of the Maryland General Assembly’s most powerful members, has met routinely through good budget times and bad. But as the state struggles through its worst budget storm in generations, the group has met on only a handful of occasions.” (Published: 2/25/10)
Budget Woes hit state economic development agency hard – “Gov. Martin O’Malley’s election-year mantra is “jobs, jobs, jobs,” but budget troubles have whittled away at the agency tasked with drawing business to Maryland, and other priorities – education in particular – have trumped business development initiatives.” (Published: 1/22/10)
Favoritism fears halt military health upgrade – “Work on a high-priority project to integrate the Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs health care systems has been delayed by up to two years because of a “potentially unethical” relationship between a government staffer and a contractor, according to an internal Pentagon report obtained by The Washington Times.” (Published: 12/16/09)
Exclusive: White House sought to weaken whistleblower laws – “Despite its pledge to better protect federal employees who expose wrongdoing, the Obama administration privately sought to weaken protections for national security whistleblowers under legislation making its way through Congress, according to correspondence obtained by The Washington Times.” (Published: 8/7/09)
No red faces over orange pumpkin signs - “ANNAPOLIS | Maryland officials, who say child molestation is no laughing matter, have backed off a plan requiring convicted sex offenders to hang pumpkin signs on their doors on Halloween after the program became the butt of late-night television jokes.” (Published: 10/30/08)
Pumpkin symbols mark sex offenders’ homes – “ANNAPOLIS | The Scarlet Letter for Maryland sex offenders this Halloween will be a bright orange pumpkin. That is the symbol on a sign they are required to post on their doors with a warning, in capital letters, to trick-or-treaters: “No candy at this residence.” (Published: 10/15/08)
