WBAL is reporting that the whole slots deal is on the verge of the China Syndrome. Key grafs: Senate President..
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One of most instructive concepts in organizational behavior is Jerry Harvey’s Abilene Paradox in which an organization takes a course..
One of the conceits of blogging is that every once in a while you get the feeling that you’ve made..
And I’m not just talking about the abdication of responsibility from our elected officials. I’m talking about the general bickering..
The District 31 delegation (well, most of the District 31 delegation) held a Town Hall meeting at the North County..
What neither the hard copy Sun nor the Sun’s website are telling you is that HB2 and HB5 passed third..
The Baltimore Sun: The Maryland Senate approved last night a referendum on slot machine gambling, moving the legislature one step..
We’ve posted approvingly on Peter Franchot’s rather principled stands in the face of the O’Malley Steam Roller. He doesn’t have..
Yesterday we reported on the brief kefuffle that occurred when Senator Lowell Stoltzfus asked one of Governor O’Malley’s minions if..
via the WaPo’s Maryland Moment pseudoblog: Comptroller Peter Franchot (D) rallied on the steps of the state Treasury Building with..
Imagine. Your hard earned tax dollars being used by the governor to pay off friends and supporters. I know this..
This appears to be the motto of the O’Malley financial brain trust. We’ve seen them promise that the governor’s plan..
Governor O’Malley’s “three legged stool” strategy to solve the state’s “structural deficit”, i.e., tax increases, spending cuts, and slots, is..
The O’Malley administration can’t even propose slots without messing things up: Maryland slot machine operators will pay one of the..
My colleague Streiff as noted went and contacted the offices of the sponsors of HB47 and HB48 that I wrote..
My colleague Brian Griffiths took a few members of the Republican caucus to task on some of the legislation they..
Why are ostensibly conservative Republicans sponsoring HB47 and HB48? HB47 would require that a special gaming card be obtained in..
Gov. O’Malley’s taxes and slots proposals have ruled out locating slot machines at Rosecroft Raceway in Oxon Hill, reportedly because..
As the start of his campaign to convince Marylanders that the only way to balance the state’s miserable budget was..
From yesterday’s festivities in Annapolis: Gov. Martin O’Malley has tied voter approval of legalizing slot machine gambling to funding of..
When does a lack of courage finally manifest itself in wishful thinking? We have the answer. Gov. Martin O’Malley has..
For instance, my colleagues P. Kenneth Burns and Brian Griffiths take the view that the Republican caucus in the state..
Senate Republicans today said no to the O’Malley slots plan: Senate Republican leaders said that they do not support a..
[UPDATE: the announcement is scheduled for 1 pm.] According to sources in Annapolis Senate Minority Leaders David Brinkley will announce,..
