Charles Lollar invited bloggers in for pizza to tell them why he wasn’t actually running for governor, but very well might be in a month. The reason: the Pentagon made him do it. Lollar was attempting to explain why there was still a Draft Charles Lollar for Governor campaign committee, raising money and arranging for speaking engagements. For the past two and half years, Lollar has been a full-time active duty intelligence officer as a Marine Corps major working at the National Military Command Center in the Pentagon. “I cannot campaign,” Lollar said, forbidden by Defense Department rules from being a partisan candidate.
Day: June 24, 2013
State Roundup, June 24, 2013
South Carolina lures Connecticut gunmaker and may be eyeing Maryland’s as well; state school board could put more emphasis on sciences for workforce development; despite Maryland’s stable No. 10 ranking in child well-being, growing number lives in poverty; jobs grow in May, but so does unemployment rate; state GOP developing election platform; Ron George, candidate for governor, promises not to raise taxes; Bongino may have challenge in GOP primary for Delaney’s congressional seat; Howard Exec Ulman revises county stormwater fees; Arundel officials urge that county to delay fee implementation; and Frederick County residents protest proposed sale of public nursing facilities.
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