Day: October 4, 2013

State Roundup, October 4, 2013

Transportation secretary hopeful on roads projects; number of people signing up for health exchange unknown; saving the bay and the controversial rain tax – what is it and how did it get set; during the federal shutdown, who are essential employees and who are not?; thanks to shutdown, Montgomery County could be losing $760,000 in income taxes a day; GOP candidates for governor say they’ll focus on the economy; gubernatorial candidate Craig challenges rival Brown to attend manufacturing conference; Gansler backs away from supporter’s controversial comments; Frederick County panels can, but don’t have to, say Pledge and audience can participate, but doesn’t have to; and Baltimore City touts micro-loan program.

Sun readers call new gun control law ‘unconstitutional’ Really? Hardly

An overwhelming majority of people responding to a Baltimore Sun poll this week — a whopping 94% — called “Maryland’s ban on assault weapons and large capacity magazines” “unconstitutional.” What’s more, 18,109 people responded to the “poll” published Tuesday, meaning about 17,000 responders objected to the new ban. This was not a real public opinion survey seeking a random sample of the population that would show what a representative group of Maryland citizens think of the new law. It was one of those pop quizzes made possible by the wonderfully interactive nature of the Internet.

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