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Blog: When Steele is “special guest” at fundraisers, reporters aren’t

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 | 1 comments

Steele

For the second time in two weeks I got “dis-invited” to a fundraiser for a local candidate that featured Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele. Boo hoo.

Open mike: Live from Annapolis, it’s the Board of Public Works

Wednesday, July 28, 2010 | 1 comments

State government really has reached a new level of transparency with the live webcasting of video from the Board of Public Works. The participants will clearly take some getting used to the presence of robotic cameras and microphones which follow the sound of speech. They picked up a number of personal conversations on today’s webcast.

Crabs and candidates get steamed in Crisfield

Wednesday, July 21, 2010 | 0 comments

The weather was hot and humid, the crabs were warm and spicy, and the politicians and their supporters were sweating buckets. It was a typical annual Tawes Crab and Clam Bake. The big name politicos spend most of the time reaching out to voters and posing for photos, rarely touching a crab or clam.

Bipartisan signs cause double take at Double-T

Sunday, July 11, 2010 | 1 comments

Passing the Double-T Diner on Route 40 at Rolling Road in Catonsville, this reporter did a double take Saturday. There was a sign for Republican Bob Ehrlich and a little distance away, a sign for Democrat Martin O'Malley, both hoping to go head-to-head for governor. On the same strip of right-of-way, there were large signs for Kevin Kamenetz and Joe Bartenfelder, two Democratic Baltimore County Council members running against each other for county executive. The diner manager was off duty, but a hostess and a waiter said the eatery had nothing to do with the signs in the right-of-way.

--Len Lazarick

Kendel Ehrlich predicts ‘ugly’ campaign

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 | 0 comments

Former Maryland first lady Kendel Ehrlich told a group of Republican women Wednesday that the campaign pitting her husband, ex-Gov. Bob Ehrlich, against Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley “is going to be ugly.”

Mitt and mitts: Romney plays ball with Ehrlich

Friday, June 11, 2010 | 0 comments

Before keynoting Thursday night’s GOP fundraiser, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a once and possibly future candidate for president, stopped at an Arnold ball park where ex-Gov. Bob Ehrlich was watching son Drew’s baseball game. “I’m just a scout for the Red Sox,” Romney joked, before endorsing Ehrlich's re-election bid.

Health planners say Md. needs better info on reform

Thursday, June 10, 2010 | 0 comments

Marylanders need better access to primary care doctors and more information about their medical choices, according to a group of doctors and nurses, insurance companies, and business groups advising the state about how to implement federal health care reform legislation.

Basu predicts taxes will go up, local aid will go down

Monday, June 07, 2010 | 2 comments

Economist Anirban Basu told members of the Maryland Economic Development Association that he foresees what some Maryland Republicans have been predicting for months. Taxes will go up next year, he said, and state aid to local governments will go down.