Outside of the usual offensive T-shirts on the Ocean City Boardwalk, I haven’t seen or heard a lot of complaining about illegal immigration here on the Eastern Shore. I’m not sure why. It may be that people recognize that recent immigrants are critical to the functioning of the poultry industry here. It may be [...]
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The Republican primary in the first district is starting to look a bit like this poster. State Senator E.J. Pipken, who was soundly defeated by Barbara Mikulski in the 2004 Senate race, has announced he will enter the contest to unseat incumbent Republican congressman Wayne Gilchrest. Another State Senator, Andy Harris, is already running [...] Well, it didn’t take long after the Governor signed the special session tax legislation to start hearing from the localities about what it cost them. The Daily Times carries this article today about the estimated $6.4 million dollar hit Wicomico County will take as a result of the income tax adjustments and the budget reductions. [...] The decision to put the slot machine issue in Maryland to a referendum adds a lot of interest to next year’s general election. After all, there’s no real presidential contest in Maryland – our electoral votes will go to the Democratic candidate, almost certainly by a significant margin. There is no Senate race this [...] It’s sort of amusing to watch the heated battle between incumbent Wayne Gilchrest and challenger Andy Harris for the Republican nomination in Maryland’s first congressional district. Each are already distorting the other’s record and accusing the other of various misdeeds. Gilchrest is pointing to a vote by Harris in the Maryland Senate for a [...] Well, Governor O’Malley should be singing a happy song. The special legislative session, which could have turned out disastrously, gave him a good chunk of what he wanted. Let’s take a quick look at the results. Sales Tax The legislature approved the Governor’s proposal to increase the sales tax from 5% to 6%. His proposal [...] It’s the day after Thanksgiving and I’m happy to be here, as is this big fellow. I’m back from a very pleasant trip to the Pacific Northwest and the California wine country. It looks like a lot happened while I was away. I’ll be resuming my regular posts tomorrow. The photo is from Wikimedia Commons [...] I’ll just do a short post today. I’ll explain why at the end. The first Eastern Shore Poultry Summit was held this past week. It was organized by the Waterkeepers Alliance and was intended to bring together environmentalists, farmers and representatives of the poultry industry to discuss potential solutions to agricultural runoff problems that [...] It seems that everyone has something to say about slot machines in Maryland, and the debate doesn’t always bring out the best in people. Anne Arundel County Council Member Josh Cohen seemed to sum up the opposition to slots this way: …Slots will do nothing to improve our quality of life. Their social ills are [...] |
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