Len Lazarick

Cardin farewell tour gives thanks all around

Cardin farewell tour gives thanks all around

The posters put up by the staff of U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin said, “Thank you Howard County,” but they might just as well have said “Thank you, Ben” from the elected officials who met with the retiring senator Friday.

The effusive praise and thanks for Cardin’s 58 years of elected service were mutual in the second leg of his “farewell tour” of the state. He’s represented Marylanders for 18 years in the Senate, 20 years in the U.S. House and 20 years in the state House of Delegates, including eight as speaker.

Ben Cardin hasn’t slowed down

Ben Cardin hasn’t slowed down

This column appears in the November issue of The Business Monthly serving Howard and Anne Arundel counties. Ben Cardin hasn’t slowed down. Maryland’s senior U.S. senator turned 81 Oct. 5. Come Jan. 3, Cardin is retiring and will be out of elected public office for the...

Ticket-splitting in Pennsylvania and Maryland

Ticket-splitting in Pennsylvania and Maryland

This is an updated version of a column that appears in the October issue of The Business Monthly, serving Howard and Anne Arundel counties. The presidential election this year may well be determined in places like the neighborhood where I grew up in Croydon,...

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