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Month: May 2013
Rascovar returns; Katie’s cover and other media notes
Columnist Barry Rascovar, who’s been covering Maryland politics longer than anyone still in the game — 42 years — is continuing the tradition with his own website, politicalmaryland.com. Rascovar’s column was one of the casualties of the downsizing of the Gazette of Politics and Business, which dropped the politics, along with some staff and columns.
State Roundup, May 21, 2013
In wake of Maryland’s new gun law, Beretta has no immediate plans to leave, Carroll Commissioner wants to stand up for gun-owner rights and new ads will tout gun law; Arundel County Council changes its stormwater fee for commercial property owners; New Carrollton to become home to Housing and Community Development; longtime O’Malley aide Raquel Guillory moves from governor’s office; Doug Duncan seeks to become Montgomery County exec, again and picks up U.S. Rep. Delaney’s endorsement; and Towson U. athletic director departs.
Freshman congressman Delaney tackles big needs with innovative financing
Freshman Congressman John Delaney on Wednesday plans to roll out his signature legislative initiative for his first term — a plan for a national infrastructure bank that requires no federal appropriations. But as an effort to fund U.S. needs for roads, bridges, airports, communications and school buildings, he says he’s rounded up support from the GOP and his own party, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and unions.
State Roundup, May 20, 2013
Maryland loses 6,200 jobs in April; 13,000 former D.C. residents now living in Prince George’s remain on D.C. voter rolls; wineries will soon be able to sell at farmers markets; new law requires long-life batteries, hush buttons in smoke alarms; false liens target of recently signed bill; wedding market expands with same-sex marriage; Rocky Gap casino opens this week; agencies target one river for bay restoration through oyster planting; Dutch Ruppersberger interviewed on run for governor; Arundel stormwater project seen as a prototype for bay cleanup efforts; state officials using technology to block prison cell phone use; gang leader in jail scandal moved to federal facility; compare and contrast possible Dem presidential candidates Gov. O’Malley and Gov. Cuomo; and Baltimore County councilman fails to disclose outside work.
Tax court still lags behind in property tax appeals, audit finds
Real estate property owners unhappy with their assessments are still often waiting too long on their appeals to the Maryland Tax Court, auditors found, a problem that has persisted since an audit three years ago. But taxpayers can look forward to shorter waiting times to hear their appeals, despite a 25% reduction in staff and a 25% increase in the court’s work load, the court’s chief judge promised.
Judge Katie O’Malley turns cover girl in fashion shoot
District Court Judge Catherine Curran O’Malley, the governor’s wife, is often found wearing basic black, especially in her Baltimore courtroom. But Katie O’Malley, usually associated with serious issues like eliminating bullying, graces the cover of the June issue of Baltimore Style magazine in high fashion dresses, coiffure and makeup that make her almost unrecognizable.
List: Maryland state employees making $100,000 per year or more
$100,000+ Maryland Salaries 2012 (PDF) $100,000+ Maryland Salaries 2012 (Text)
List: 212 state workers made $100,000 with overtime pay
Overtime Pay $100K or More (PDF) Overtime Pay $100K or More (Text)
State Roundup, May 17, 2013
With barn dance music playing in the background, Gov. O’Malley, in the last bill signing of 2013, puts his John Hancock on 250-plus bills, including gun control legislation and the gas tax hike, which is expected to fund at least 10 road projects; gun rights advocates meet over efforts to overturn law; Maryland lawmakers push up their hearing on the Baltimore City Detention Center scandal; despite scandal, which involves sex between inmates and corrections officers, the jail doesn’t have the most illegal sexual contact in the nation – it’s No. 2; Maryland Tax Court fails to meet 90-day window for hearing and deciding tax appeals; in stormwater tax news: Baltimore County officials are cleared of claim that they didn’t give proper notice of a hearing and Howard County creates a nifty tool for its residents to calculate its tax; Del. Kach to run for Baltimore County Council; Del. Schuh to head Arundel County House delegation; Montgomery County Council tentatively approves $4.8 billion budget; and Montgomery Dems apparently weren’t hurt financially by union boycott.
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