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MD Public Defender’s Trump email called “inflammatory”

Over the weekend, MD Public Defender Paul DeWolfe sent an email to all Office of Public Defender (OPD) staff members across the state using state government email servers. DeWolfe insists the email wasn’t “anti-Trump” but one Republican state senator calls it “inflammatory rhetoric.”

In his email, DeWolfe mentioned that, “Many of us are still in shock and despair over the [election] results.”

He…

Flashback: Kathy Szeliga in 2013

In 2013, I blogged about reports that Delegate Kathy Szeliga called for a “legislative investigation into the failures of the state health insurance exchange” to Governor Martin O’Malley, Lt. Governor Anthony Brown, Speaker Mike Busch, and Leader Mike Miller.

She also told Bryan Sears of The Daily Record that she wanted a “forensic audit” to “look at the costs, the contracts and how they were…

Union mailer calls Chris Van Hollen “savior”

Last night, I wrote about an Easter Sunday email from Sheila Dixon’s campaign that compared her to Jesus. The latest biblical allusion in campaign propaganda is brought to you by a union group supporting Chris Van Hollen.

Today, I have an excerpt from a mailer by the Committee for Maryland’s Progress that’s a fake newsletter full of progaganda in favor of Chris Van Hollen in the Democratic…

Sheila Dixon compared herself to Jesus

Sheila Dixon is running for Mayor of Baltimore this  year. The former mayor is trying to mount a comeback attempt similar to Marion Barry’s in DC. She has been reported near the top of polls for the Democratic Primary next Tuesday, with Sen. Catherine Pugh running neck and neck with her in some polls. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced she would not run for re-election in the wake of the…

Martin O’Malley falls asleep during meeting

(The Daily Record/Bryan P. Sears)

The above photograph is included with a story in The Daily Record by Bryan Sears.

From the story:

The timing of O’Malley’s struggles with the sandman — those early afternoon, right-after- lunch hours — came during a more than two-hour portion of the meeting set aside for discussion of wetlands permits for the controversial Cove Point liquid natural gas export…

Charles Lollar earns a D+ from the NRA

The National Rife Association rated candidates for governor and Charles Lollar received a grade of D+. That means the NRA did receive his questionnaire and evaluated it. Other candidate grades included an A grade for both David Craig and Ron George with Larry Hogan getting an A-. All the Democrats got a grade of F. There was no NRA endorsement in the GOP primary for governor.

Here’s the rating:

Baltimore mayor shows her ignorance of farms

I noticed these remarks Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake made when I was watching the local news and figured my friends who are farmers would have a problem with them. I found the comments idiotic, but not really surprising considering the source.

WBFF via Reason:

“If you want to have your kid run amok 24 hours a day, go live out on a farm somewhere. This is a city and we are going to…

Maryland tied for “most-gerrymandered state”

From a Washington Post story on “America’s most gerrymandered congressional districts”:

4. Maryland and North Carolina are essentially tied for the honor of most-gerrymandered state.

With average gerrymander scores of about 88 out of a possible 100, Maryland and North Carolina are home to some of the ugliest districts in the nation among states with at least three Congressional districts. In…