DeMarco Apologist Omits Key Fact

on August 28, 2014 at 5:22 pm

Lobbyist/DeMarco Apologist
Len Lucchi

Earlier this week, Vinny DeMarco published a banal anti-gun screed on MarylandReporter.com. Len Lazarick was generous enough with his bandwidth to print a factually-based response from our very own Mark Newgent.

Len posted a lengthy comment that he got from a gentleman named Len Lucchi. Lucchi identifies himself as “a longtime Maryland attorney and lobbyist.” This is in fact based in reality based on his law firm biography.

However, that’s not the entire story. You see, what Lucchi conveniently neglected to note on his biographic cred in his thoughts that were sent to Lazarick was his serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the The Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative, Inc:

The Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative, Inc. is a sister organization of our Education Fund. It is a 501(c)(4) organization and takes action on important issues relating to our shared goal of expanding access to quality, affordable health care. This board also includes representatives of our key constituencies and meets quarterly.

Of course the President of both Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative, Inc and the Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative Education Fund is one Vincent DeMarco.

This probably helps explain Lucchi’s sycophantic piece in the Gazette in 2011 heaping religious-like praise upon DeMarco for his support of the alcohol tax.

I don’t begrudge the fact the Lucchi wants to protect his precious in trying to defend the indefensible. However, Lucchi should have been smart enough to realize that he was tied to DeMarco at the hip and that he would be exposed as nothing more than a DeMarco pawn. It would make one question Lucchi’s skills and strategy in trying to keep that information quiet, but given the fact that the DeMarco crew doesn’t like to talk about Vinny DeMarco being in the pocket of big tobacco that shouldn’t come as a great surprise either.

And just for fun, here is DeMarco getting demolished by Dan Bongino on the issue of gun control just last year.

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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

DeMarco Apologist Omits Key Fact

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