Maryland getting ready for broadband connections; McDonough announces plan to freeze proposed tolls; Feldman still interested in running for comptroller even as Barve eyes spot; and Harford County joins regional drug task force.
Month: June 2011
Deadline looms for emergency mortgage loans for state homeowners
In a use-it-or-lose-it arrangement, the Maryland Housing and Community Development Department has until September 30 to give out $36 million in federal emergency mortgage loans to state homeowners facing foreclosure.
Refunding bonds may save nearly $7 million of total state debt
As the state prepares to issue $512 million in new bonds next month, it is also making preparations to reduce the state’s debt nearly $7 million by refunding as much as $550 million in existing bonds.
State Roundup, June 20, 2011
Reporters begin to ask what the potential fallout for Republicans and Democrats from the robocall indictments; Maryland comes in dead last in the nation in job creation; O’Malley’s Asia trip garners kudos for bringing home the bacon; a sober and sobering look at the potential for Rocky Gap Resort to ever make money; Barve considers run for comptroller; former 7-term Del. Ruth Kirk dies; in-state tuition hike passed; many mayors gather in Baltimore city; taxi medallions curbed in Prince George’s; and Howard County population booms, so should the council also grow?
Ehrlich fundraiser calls Henson hire ‘terrible mistake’; gov goes fishing and other briefs
Dick Hug, top fundraiser for ex-Gov. Bob Ehrlich for his last three campaigns, said hiring campaign consultant Julius Henson was “a terrible mistake” and he and Elaine Pevenstein, executive director of Ehrlich campaign office, argued against the hire. Henson and campaign chief Paul Schurick were indicted Thursday for deceptive Election Day robocalls telling black voters to stay home. Hug said Henson’s reputation for dirty tricks was well known, particularly his role in depicting Republican nominee Ellen Sauerbrey as a racist in her 1998 race for governor.
State Roundup, June 17, 2011
Two Ehrlich campaign aides indicted in election night robocalls; more than 1,000 come out against toll hikes in Perryville, Kent Island; Clagett may run for comptroller; national mayors in Baltimore; more political diversity needed at universities; county execs endorse Rawlings-Blake; Napata throws his hat in the ring for mayor.
Analysis: Citizen O’Keefe is really an anti-journalist
James O’Keefe and his surreptitious videos have helped bring down the ACORN community organization and the top executives at NPR, and he’s caused immense grief for the New Jersey teachers union and Planned Parenthood. He spoke in Timonium Wednesday night. Is he a “citizen journalist,” an “investigative reporter,” or really an “anti-journalist”?
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Airport taxi contract rejected; current contract extended 12 months for rebid
Editor’s note: We are late posting this story because of technical difficulties.
Citing serious problems, the Board of Public Works took the advice of hundreds of protesting taxi drivers and rejected a controversial five-year $7.2 million contract for a Virginia company to operate the taxi franchise at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport.
State Roundup, June 16, 2011
Businesses find success in Asia trade mission; hundreds protest toll hike for the Bay Bridge; Board of Public Works extends BWI taxi contract, approves lease for a Catholic hospital; Harris could be wealthiest in Maryland’s congressional delegation; McDonough says he isn’t an extremist; and report suggests outsourcing of hundreds of Frederick County government jobs.
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