Is so-called sustainability more important than growth?
Last week before Irene burst onto the scene I read an interesting article by Ann Miller, a Baltimore Examiner. Apparently the folks in Carroll County have regained a dose of common sense and are trying...
View ArticleFresh maps, rancid gerrymandering
Or maybe it’s O’Malleymandering? This actually came out late Friday night, but I wasn’t made aware of it until last night. Annie Linskey and John Fritze of the Baltimore Sun posted two maps they...
View ArticleOdds and ends number 55
My e-mail box was flooded with interesting nuggets over the last few days, so on these topics I’ll devote somewhere between a few words and a few paragraphs. You’ve probably seen this enough that you...
View ArticleTen Question Tuesday: January 8, 2013
Welcome to the debut of my newest feature, Ten Question Tuesday. This interview segment may or may not feature exactly ten questions, but the intent is to learn a little more about those personalities...
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Constitutional defender speaks in Salisbury
It was a pretty packed house last night for the Wicomico Maryland Society of Patriots meeting, in part because it was a joint meeting with Worcester County’s TEA Party chapter and partly because we...
View ArticleNo opposition desired
It seems like I’ve heard this story before, but now an incident involving Congressman Chris Van Hollen and his recently-redistricted constituency in Carroll County has drawn the attention of law...
View ArticleThe power of one
The return of a Republican to Government House has been a boon to the state party, but it has created no shortage of chaos in the General Assembly and in counties where erstwhile members of that body...
View ArticleStacking the deck by rule?
If you’re not aware of this, the saga of appointing new legislative members in Carroll County came to an inglorious end when the state Court of Appeals ruled it was within the Carroll County Republican...
View ArticleContention from the floor
A couple weeks ago I noted a prospective resolution for tomorrow’s business session of the Maryland Republican Party’s Spring Convention, which begins tonight in Ocean City. While that Article V...
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A few convention thoughts
For those who don’t know, the Maryland Republican Party had its convention “downy ocean” on Friday and Saturday. They certainly can go upscale now that we occupy the governor’s office. Doesn’t seem...
View ArticleA MDGOP Fall Convention preview
It’s been awhile since I was entitled to go to the state convention, but what a few hundred Wicomico County voters tried to do was undone by a much smaller number last month, so I have returned like...
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