Tag: POLITICAL NEWS
Human Relations Commission Seeks Members
The Anne Arundel County Human Relations Commission is seeking applicants to fill a vacancy. The 11-member Commission is a volunteer body established by Executive Order to promote fairness, eliminate discrimination and harassment in both public and private sectors, and advance understanding and effective communication among people of different backgrounds and cultures. Applicants must be at [...]
Let’s Talk Politics
The Severna Park Republican Women’s Club is holding its first in a series of forums called Let’s Talk Politics. This is a “meet and greet” featuring Republican candidates running for the U. S. Senate and Congress in District 4 (the newly-formed Severna Park, parts of Pasadena and Arnold congressional district). The event is free and [...]
Jones Takes Legal Steps To Retain His Council Seat
The Baltimore Sun is reporting that Anne Arundel County Councilman Daryl Jones has filed a restraining order to prevent the Anne Arundel County Council from going forward with their plans to remove him from office. According to Jones, “scores” of constituents are encouraging him to fight to retain his seat. Jones was convicted of failing [...]
A Night Of Politics
What do you get when you put a bunch of veteran politicians, wannabee politicians, an unsure electorate, and a cantankerous civic activist together with some wine at Crush Winehouse? We’re not sure either, but it might make for a fun night–and the police station is right around the corner if needed! Paul Foer, the publisher [...]
Politics Get Dirty In Maryland
O’Malley And Ehrlich Slug It Out He’s soliciting state employees one whined. He’s using a SSA computer the other whined. Welcome to Maryland’s 2010 Gubernatorial Election. Politics is not pretty. It never has been. Here we are, very early in the primary season and the two (realistically unchallenged in a primary) gubernatorial candidates are tossing [...]
Ehrlich To Challenge O’Malley
Rematch In Works Not that it was a surprise to anyone, but former Governor Robert Ehrlich has announced his bid for Governor of Maryland in 2010. He will be taking on Martin O’Malley who defeated Ehrlich after his first term. In other news, former County Executive Janet Owens has also voiced her intention to run [...]
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
A Few hundred Or A Few Thousand? On Tuesday, a “Tea Party” rally was organized at Lawyer’s Mall in Annapolis. Our local paper led off the story with “Hundreds of conservative Tea Party activists swooped into Annapolis last night on the first day of the 2010 legislative session.” During the “Tea Party” in April 2009, [...]
Slots Petition Heats Up
Help Wanted CORRECTION: Rob Annicelli, of Stop Slots At Arundel Mills, sent an email advising that despite the vague wording in The Capital, his organization has had nothing to do with the hiring of Fieldworks, Inc. Stop Slots At Arundel Mills has been offered space here to voice their positions and we hope they will [...]
Tea Party In Annapolis
Americans For Prosperity To Protest At State House The Americans For Prosperity are bringing their fiscal protests to Annapolis on January 13, 2010. According to their website, the organization’s mission is committed to educating citizens about economic policy and mobilizing those citizens as advocates in the public policy process. AFP is an organization of grassroots [...]
2009′s Most Popular Stories
Top Ten Of The Top Tens Every week we publish a top ten posts column on Sunday evening. Several people have emailed asking about the top columns of the year. Since we have not been publishing for a full year, we can;t answer that, so here is the list of the top ten articles at [...]
How Long?
The Annapolis Countdown Clock Have you ever wondered when Annapolis might be free of the rampant cronie appointments? Or absolved of ridiculous legislation like extending the terms of office and issuing golden parachutes for slackers? Are you wondering when things will be changing? We all know that January 20, 2009 was when change came to [...]
