The weather was hot and humid, the crabs were warm and spicy, and the politicians and their supporters were sweating buckets. It was a typical annual Tawes Crab and Clam Bake. The big name politicos spend most of the time reaching out to voters and posing for photos, rarely touching a crab or clam.
Day: July 21, 2010
Committee approves new rules for campaigning with social media
By Megan Poinski Megan@MarylandReporter.com Is the person on the other side of that Facebook account really the candidate for senator or governor? Voters hooked into Web 2.0 social media technologies will be able to find out easily under new emergency rules passed...
Higher flush tax, state property taxes are seen as options
By Len Lazarick Len@MarylandReporter.com Raising the annual $30 per household “flush tax” by 80% to $54 is one of the options being considered to make up for a $660 million shortfall in the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund to clean up Maryland’s wastewater treatment...
State Roundup July 21, 2010
SLOTS REFERENDUM: Maryland's highest court has issued an order allowing a referendum on the state's largest planned slots casino to move forward in Anne Arundel County, writes John Wagner for the Post. Liz Farmer of the Daily Record writes that the referendum could...
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