Len Lazarick, Author at MarylandReporter.com

Brown says he’s ‘open’ to independents voting in party primaries; calls Gansler finance charges ‘desperate deception’

Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown said Monday he was “certainly open” to the idea of independent voters being allowed to vote in Maryland’s party primaries. In a radio interview, Brown also called charges of campaign finance violations by his campaign a “desperate deception technique, unfortunately by the attorney general.”

State Roundup, June 16, 2014

People with developmental disabilities have access to on-the-job training. But does the sub-minimum wage that they are paid mean that they are actually being exploited?; the Common Core standards continue to cause confusion as to their actual worth; phosphorus levels continue to rise in rivers that feed the Bay; early voting turnout is better than expected; news outlets begin to wrap up their primary candidate coverage. Today, Districts 1C, 2A, 4, 5, 31, 35B and 41; Brian Frosh outraises, outspends his attorney general primary race opponents; Doug Gansler plans to file a campaign finance violation complaint against both the Brown-Ulman campaign; Gov. O’Malley in New Hampshire; final debate between Arundel exec candidates Neuman and Schuh more cordial than before; and as primary nears, Schuh and Neuman open their wallets.

Rascovar: Eric Cantor meet Bev Byron

The upset that happened to Rep. Eric Cantor last week has also happened in Maryland 22 years ago when Democrat Rep. Beverly Byron lost to a more liberal delegate.

Gansler campaign to file complaint against Brown-Ulman after primary

The gubernatorial campaign for Attorney General Douglas Gansler plans to file a campaign finance violation complaint against both the Brown-Ulman campaign and a political action committee that has spent money attacking Gansler.

The complaint will be filed June 25 — the day after the primary election — and is based on recently filed campaign finance reports that show chief fundraisers for gubernatorial frontrunners Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown and running mate Ken Ulman have been consulting for a PAC that is running attack ads against Brown’s biggest rival, Gansler.

State Roundup, June 13, 2014

State seeks dismissal of lawsuit filed by family of Ethan Saylor; unaffiliated voters numbers on the rise but all shut out of June 24 primary; Democrat drops out of District 16 Delegates race; in District 45, Henson fires back at McFadden; Prince George’s County Exec Baker manages to remain neutral in face of home-county candidates; Lollar reaches across party lines to attract Democrats; while GOP gubernatorial candidates want reversal of O’Malley tax hikes, they split over the income tax; Gansler jumps into tax-cut fray, seeking cuts for middle class families; Leggett opponent blasts developer donations; in Neuman-Schuh race, bikers drive an issue; Baltimore County superintendent cited for ethics violations; and Daily Record owner emerges from Chapter 11.

In AG’s race, key message is ‘Jon is not Ben’

Michael Morrell, former communications guru for Gov. Parris Glendening and Sen. Barbara Mikulski, told a Democratic audience in Columbia Wednesday night that the most important words in this week’s mailer attacking attorney general candidate Jon Cardin were not the headlines highlighting his faults as a delegate. The key words were in smaller type at the top of the back page: “Jon Cardin is not Ben Cardin.”

Campaign for Harford County Senate seat turns nasty

A face-off between two Democrats for the District 34 Senate seat has turned sour, with both candidates devising websites dedicated to smearing each other.

Art Helton, a former senator who represented the 34th, a Harford County district, in the ’70s and ’80s, and Del. Mary-Dulany James, are at war over the seat vacated by Republican Sen. Nancy Jacobs, who is retiring this year.

State Roundup, June 12, 2014

Early voting starts today; with two vacating seats, Montgomery’s District 20 House race becomes hugely competitive; anti-smoking group backs incumbent McFadden in Senate race against Henson; polls tighten between Cardin and Frosh in attorney general race; Republican candidate for governor to hold one more televised forum before June 24 primary; former Rep. Bartlett backs Craig for governor; for candidate Ron George, it’s all about Main Street; Gansler attacks Mizeur over lack of college degree; and Arundel council chair Grasso backs Neuman for county exec.

Independent voters shut out of Md. primaries

Early voting for Maryland’s primary begins t0day (Thursday), and Republicans and Democrats across the state will be able to select their candidates for the general election. Over 600,000 independent or ‘unaffiliated’ voters in the state, however, will be left out of this process.

Society of Professional Journalists honors MarylandReporter.com again

MarylandReporter.com has been named the top news blog in the region for the second year in a row by the D.C. chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Maryland Reporter stories were also honored with a top prize for Online News by the Maryland SPJ chapter and other stories were finalists in the online news and feature categories of the D.C. chapter’s annual Dateline Awards contest.

Len Lazarick

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