The Attempted Resurrection of John Leopold

on December 13, 2015 at 8:00 am

Disgraced former Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold is trying to resurrect his political career in the strangest way possible.

Leopold has taken to writing a column in the Voice Newspapers in Anne Arundel County. His column is a bizarre Q & A session with a “mystery guest” that the reader of the paper is supposed to decipher from the content he includes. The result isn’t published until the very end of the column in the next month’s paper.

The strange thing about the column is depicted in the picture above. It is literally a paid advertisement from the John Leopold Campaign committee. The Voice newspapers (who seem to print almost anything that’s sent to them) run this as a paid advertisement from Leopold.

It’s not the only paper that Leopold has gotten himself into recently. Leopold and his supporters have engaged in a letter writing feud with State Senator Bryan Simonaire and his supporters. It’s been an odd scene where Simonaire (allegedly) misstated Leopold’s position on the school board, Leopold then responded to Simonaire’s piece, Simonaire responded to Leopold’s response, Leopold supporters attacked Simonaire for ethics violations on more than one occasion, and then Simonaire supporters attacked Leopold for his legal issues,

Some people (myself included) see this as Leopold’s first salvo in his comeback attempt, a preview of a potential Simonaire vs. Leopold primary for State Senate in District 31 in 2018.

Whatever John Leopold decides to do, people are not going to forgot the actions that got him into the position he is currently in. And while he refuses to take the hint and go away, there are many people in District 31 who will not forgive him for his corruption and his disgraceful behavior that led him to wind up behind bars. If he chooses to challenge Simonaire in the primary (who will have his own issues to contend with) we could wind up seeing one of the most brutal and hard-fought 2018 Republican primaries in the state.

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Brian Griffiths

Brian Griffiths is the Editor-in-Chief of RedMaryland.com, Maryland’s leading news conservative news source. He is also a host of Red Maryland Radio and The Air Raid on The Red Maryland Network, Maryland’s only podcast network of political content. In 2004, Brian became Maryland’s first political blogger, earning him the nickname “The Dean of Maryland Bloggers.” Brian has been involved in Maryland conservative politics since 1998 when he became involved in his College Republicans chapter. Since then he has been involved in numerous local, state, and federal-level campaigns. He was twice elected Chairman of the Maryland Young Republicans, the only person to be twice elected to that position unanimously. He also served as the Assistant Secretary and the Northeast Regional Vice-Chairman of the Young Republican National Federation. Additionally, he served four years as a member of the Maryland Republican Party Executive Committee from 2011-2015. In addition to his duties with Red Maryland, Brian is also a columnist for The Capital in Annapolis, where he writes about state and local issues. His writing has also been featured in the Baltimore Sun, Maryland Reporter, the Pasadena Voice, and Camden Chat. Brian is also a frequent commentator on local politics for WBAL Radio in Baltimore and WMAL Radio in Washington. Follow Brian on Twitter @BrianGriffiths or on Facebook at facebook.com/briangriffithsMD

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