A hall packed with progressives applauded the prospects of cutting back military spending, reinstating the millionaires’ tax, passing President Obama’s job creation legislation, and transforming Maryland’s health care system into a state-run single-payer operation.
Day: September 21, 2011
Board of Public Works approves up to $56 million to upgrade state e-mail
Maryland state government is going to be moving to cloud-based e-mail, after a divided Board of Public Works approved a contract for up to $56 million with California-based SADA Systems on Wednesday. The state currently has 57 different e-mail systems leading to duplication, inefficiency and extra costs.
Me and Walter Cronkite: ‘What Do You Know About… ?’
So I said to Walter Cronkite in the downstairs bar at the fabled Greenbrier resort in the mountains of West Virginia: “What do you know about community journalism?” My encounter with the famous newsman, and the interview that followed months later.
State Roundup, September 21, 2011
Housing Department move a boon for New Carrollton, a bust for Anne Arundel County; McDonough accuses O’Malley of “hate speech;” Exelon urged to freeze Maryland rate hikes as a sweetener to merger; two Western Maryland wind projects considered; Washington County fire association blasted for hoarding funds; Montgomery curbs take-home vehicle use; Conaway seeks prosecution of race winner; and future of Jewish Times in court’s hands.
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