I listened to Martin O’Malley’s State of the State speech. It was cute. Crafted more and more each year to sound like a presidential State of the Union rather than an actual assessment on where the State stands and where it is going. Of course, that is the point. State of the State speeches, because […]
Maryland Watch: You Spin Me Right Round Baby Round Round
Have you heard the one about the Democratic Governor who is elected based on a promise to fight electric rate increases and after the election did everything in his power to INCREASE the cost of electricity for the average Maryland family? The punch line is “he was re-elected.” I think it’s quite impossible to argue […]
Maryland Watch: And They’re Off
There is a whole lot of fun going on in Annapolis and Maryland politics this week. The General Assembly session started last Wednesday so everybody has been busy. Governor Martin O’Malley is in a competition with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on who can institute the strongest gun control in the nation. Both men plan […]
Maryland Watch: The Taxes Are Coming, The Taxes Are Coming
When Governor Martin O’Malley first ran for Governor, he said he wouldn’t balance the State’s budget on the “backs of local government.” He called it a “shell game.” He said, “It does not make us stronger if we balance the budget at the state level and leave a hole at the municipal government.” One of […]
Maryland Watch: Résumé Padding
In his quest to bolster his résumé for a run to be the Democratic nominee for President in 2016, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley will go after the death penalty in the upcoming legislative session. How crass is the politics in this issue? The current prisoners on Maryland’s death row cannot be executed because Martin O’Malley’s […]
Maryland Watch: Pay No Attention to the Holes in My Argument
Speed cameras are a hot topic right now because it’s been discovered that Baltimore City has been issuing faulty tickets, but Governor Martin O’Malley wants you to pay no attention to that, because you have the right to go to court and prove your innocence and therefore are not being robbed your due process and […]
Maryland Watch: Why Doug Gansler Will Beat the Snot Out of Anthony Brown
Do you know the last time a Lt. Governor of Maryland was elected Governor? If you said never, you can get a gold star. To be fair, we’ve only had 7 Lt. Governor’s as it is a fairly new addition in Maryland, but out of those 7, the only one that actually won the Democratic […]
Maryland Watch: Meet Candidate Blaine Young – One Part Pat McDonough, Two Parts Jim Harkins
Imagine you wanted to create the ultimate politician. Many in Harford County wouldn’t consider mixing one part Pat McDonough and two parts Jim Harkins, but I promise you, the combination isn’t as bad as it sounds. Delegate Pat McDonough is known for a bombastic style that either leaves people loving him, or hating him. It […]
