Rest in Peace, Governor Schaefer
on April 18, 2011 at 7:29 pm
Former Governor William Donald Schaefer has died , and Red Maryland joins with the rest of Maryland in mourning his passing.
People may not have always agreed with Governor Schaefer, certainly as our site and he were on opposite sides of the aisle. He may not have always been seen in a positive light, and he may have not exited the political scene as gracefully as some may have liked.
But you can’t argue that he cared. And you will be hard pressed to find somebody who loved the city of Baltimore as much as he did.
In this era of politicians on both sides of the aisle who are programmed and try not to offend, William Donald Schaefer was somebody who was unique, and real, and who really cared.
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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.
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