Tag: Zina Pierre
Annapolis Alderman Running For Another Office
Finlayson To Run For County Council Eye On Annapolis has learned that Annapolis Alderman, Sheila Finlayson (D-Ward 4) is preparing to throw her hat into the ring for Anne Arundel County Council. This will put Finalyson and recently appointed Councilman Chuck Ferrar on the Democratic Ballot in the primary election in September. This will set [...]
Annapolis Mayor Under Fire
CAO Appointment Challenged When Josh Cohen took office in December, he realized that he had a tough road in front of him. As he began to dig a little deeper, he began to realize it was much more difficult than anticipated. He has faced three record breaking snow storms, making a decision to cut programs [...]
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 [...]
What Will Be The McFall Out?
A Political Flip Flop? While any support to the Cordle campaign is likely welcome, one has to wonder if there will be any residual fallout and damage done to the Democratic Party in Annapolis. Will it damage them? Will it invigorate them? Back in June,, Mayoral candidates Wayne Taylor, Trudy McFall, Sam Shropshire, Gilbert Renaut, [...]
Pierre Officially Sumbits Withdrawal
Zina Pierre Makes It Official: She’s Out! At 11:25am this morning, the embattled democratic candidate for Mayor, Zina Pierre submitted her withdrawal certificate. In a 11:46am email to the Election Board, the current Mayor, current Aldermen, and the respective party chairmen, Regina Eldridge stated: The Board of Supervisors of Elections Office has received a Certificate [...]
Pierre’s Withdrawal
Comprehensive Coverage Rather than re-hashing the press conference, below are some links to all the information you need to know. In a nutshell, she did not take any questions, she tried to explain much of the controversy–sometimes successfully. The ballroom at the Loews Annapolis Hotel was packed with media, supporters, politicos and clergy. Her supporters [...]
Fox Statement On Pierre’s Withdrawal
Fox Campaign Issues Statement The campaign of Independent, Chris Fox has isued the following statement regarding the withdrawal of Zina Pierre from the Annapolis Mayoral race. Chris Fox, Independent Candidate for Mayor of Annapolis, wishes Zina Pierre well as she bows out of the mayoral race in Annapolis. “It is unfortunate for Zina that she [...]
Cohen Statement On Pierre
Josh Cohen Calls For Transparency In New Selection Moments after Zina Pierre withdrew from the Annapolis Mayor’s race, Josh Cohen released the following statement: A message from Josh Cohen: September 23, 2009 I respect Zina Pierre’s decision to decline the Democratic nomination for Mayor of Annapolis. This must be an incredibly difficult time for her [...]
Zina Pierre Withdraws Again
Pierre Offers Explanation, Withdraws In a statement, Zina Pierre, the first African American elected to run for Mayor of Annapolis, withdrew from the race citing the distractions of the past week. Now, the Democratic Central Committee will select a candidate to run in her place. Zina will need to officially submit her withdrawal by Friday [...]
Political Magic 8 Ball
Outlook Not So Good With all the brouhaha surrounding the rise and fall of Zina Pierre over the last week, it is still anyone’s guess as to what will happen. Over the week, questions have surfaced about her financial capabilities, her residence, her voter registration, and just this morning–the legality of her advertising campaign. When [...]
More Intrigue To The Pierre Saga
Was Mike Busch Involved? Yesterday, when The Sun first reported that Annapolis mayoral hopeful Zina Pierre was again back in the race there was a quote attributed to Speaker of the House of Delegates, Mike Busch. Strangely, that quote has been pulled from the article but to paraphrase, he said that Zina would need to [...]
She’s Baaack
Zina Pierre Reverses Withdrawal Claims she never withdrew from race In yet another bizarre twist on the saga surrounding the election of Annapolis’ next mayor, Zina Pierre claims a miscommunication led to the erroneous statement that she had withdrawn. I am running for Mayor of Annapolis and will continue to fight for all residents, many [...]
Annapolis Fails Voters
What REALLY Happened When Zina Pierre Quit The Race? Politics is a dirty business. It has been said that Washington delights in ruining the lives of people and apparently some of that sentiment has run over the borders into Annapolis. Over the past 24 hours, we have had the first black mayoral candidate celebrating her [...]
Pierre Pulls Out
Cites Personal Reasons Zina Pierre, the Democratic candidate for Mayor who just won her party’s primary on Tuesday has withdrawn from the race. Earlier today, it was reported that she had a long list of legal issues including judgments, liens on file with the Maryland courts. Apparently this now gives the Annapolis Democratic Central Committee [...]
Problems For Pierre?
Local Blogger Discovers Some Dirt Annapolis Capital Punishment has come forward with information regarding Democratic Mayoral Candidate Zina Pierre. According to public records, Pierre has a long history with the Maryland court system. The details can be read at Annapolis Capital Punishment. It is anyone’s guess if this will impact her nomination and if so, [...]
Annapolis Mayor’s Race
Zina Pierre Looks To Have Won Democratic Nod And now the race begins. In yesterday’s primary election, Zina Pierre edged out Josh Cohen and Trudy McFall to win the Democratic nod for mayor heading in to Annapolis’ general election on November 3, 2009. Pierre, a relative newcomer to Annapolis politics clearly demonstrated that she was [...]
