Len Lazarick

William Donald Schaefer: Love him, hate him, and now we are without him

William Donald Schaefer – city councilman, mayor, governor, comptroller — was a man we journalists loved to hate, and he returned the grudging respect in kind.

He used us for his higher purposes, and reporters used him with all his strengths and flaws for some of the most flamboyant head-shaking stories we will ever remember.

State Roundup, April 15, 2011

Gazette recaps General Assembly finale, winners and losers; Miller won’t talk about retirement; O’Malley unveils 5-year economic plan; new report says state is hampered by complex taxes, reliance on government, Parrott wants to get in-state tuition for illegals on the ballot; O’Malley agenda failures not large setbacks.

Blog: It’s a wrap! Delegates, staff leave Lowe building during renovations

“We’ve created a bubble-wrap shortage on the East Coast,” said Barbara Oakes, administrator of the House of Delegates. Or at least that’s what the logistics chief for the 141 delegates and their staffs was told as they wrapped picture frames and other fragile items this week to prepare for the $9.9 million revamp of the Thomas Hunter Lowe House Office Building.

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