A new tax in an election year?

State Senator Richard Madaleno wants to impose a new tax in an election year. The Gazette reports: Madaleno said last week that he will refile the bill, which would allow Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot to collect sales taxes from Maryland affiliates of Amazon and similar online retailers in the state. The move could generate $7.5 [...]

Facebook+MACO+Boozs = Fired Staffer

Maryland Politics Watch has a great post about partying and boozing at MACO involving numerous political staffers with PHOTOS Check it out We just wanted to pass it along. At a time when unemployment is rising and people are wondering what is being done by their government to help, these probably aren’t the best pictures [...]

When to declare?

The Associated Press reports Richard Hug says he believes Ehrlich will run and is “looking at the situation very hard.” Why does Richard “Dick” Hug’s opinion matter? Well, Dick is the single biggest Republican fundraiser in the state of Maryland. He was crucial to Ehrlich raising a record breaking amount in his 2006 campaign. If [...]

Legislator/Bloggers

We have stumbled across a legislator/blogger – Delegate Mike Smigiel. www.delegatemike.com It is good to see legislators who aren’t afraid of the internet and who realize blogging is a good way to engage their constituents. You should take some time to check out his posts. Do you know of any other legislators in the Maryland [...]

New Episode of “As Republicans Burn”

Over the last two days we have received 3 emails about a recent event so today’s post is a new episode in a series we have affectionately titled “As Republicans Burn.” In last week’s episode, we reported about legislative leaders rejecting Pelura’s fake olive branch. Two weeks ago, the conversation was on “Will the RNC [...]

Statewide and Federal Races Page

We here at MD Politics Blog will be keeping a close eye on the 2010 elections. We have begun creating a one stop shop for resources on all of the candidates and what they are running for in 2010. The first page we have created lists all candidates running for statewide and federal offices in [...]

Maryland worth fighting for – except when it’s not

If you were to visit former Governor Bob Ehrlich’s website www.bobehrlich.com you wouldn’t find many interesting items, but one thing stuck out. On the homepage it says next to a picture of the former gov, “Our Maryland, Always worth fighting for.” Question: If the former gov thinks Maryland is always worth fighting for then why [...]

Guest Post: Healthcare Hecklers: Grassroots or Harris & Ehrlich Proxy

Periodically we are going to have guest posts to this blog from all sides of the political spectrum. We give each guest the opportunity to write about anything they want and their posts are unedited by this blog. The first guest post is written by Steve Lebowitz also affectionately known as “justdafacts”. See his post [...]

Impact of Health Care Protests in MD

Today, the Baltimore Sun has an editorial titled “Cynical Manipulation” that says “those who are protesting loudest about the health reform proposals being considered care little about the facts.” The editorial is particularly critical of Ellen Sauerbrey saying “should definitely know better” and that “she’s certainly sophisticated enough to find out the truth.” Not a [...]

Cardin Town Hall

The news and blogosphere is being dominated by the town hall Senator Ben Cardin held last night at Towson University. Here are some of the best links for info on the event: Missed the town hall, no sweat (literally you would not have been sweating anywhere near as much as those present). You can watch [...]