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In my last post I looked at the individual contributions that each of the candidates in Maryland’s First Congressional District had reported and contrasted the source of contributions for Frank Kratovil, which were almost 95 percent from Maryland residents vs. the source of contributions for Andy Harris, which were only 54 percent from Marylanders. This, [...]
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has reported the results of fundraising by Congressional Candidates in the First District for the quarter ending June 30. Not surprisingly, Andy Harris continues to lead. The Republican raised avout $432,000 during the quarter and lent his campaign $100,000 of his personal funds. He reported about $609,000 in cash [...]
The Baltimore Sun, Washington Post and a host of other newspapers report today that the Maryland State Police have repeatedly spied on groups opposed to the death penalty or opposed to the war. Despite the fact that the police spies reported no plans for illegal activity or any illegal activity itself, the State Police [...] It seems that the project proposed by Bluewater Wind to place wind turbines off the Delaware coast is heading toward approval and may well be expanded and extended to the Maryland coast off of Ocean City. Governor Martin O’Malley expressed his support for the Delaware project yesterday and indicated he would not be opposed to [...] I thought, with all the progress being made, it would be a good idea to post an update of the energy/electricity situation in Maryland. So what’s happened? Actually, not much. While there has been some slight progress, we are mostly standing still as demand continues to grow. Let’s take a quick look at some of the [...] Several newspapers and TV stations, including the Daily Times here on the Shore, recently carried an article discussing the increased use of ‘performance pay’ in Maryland schools. According to the article, Prince George’s County schools are instituting a series of ‘performance bonuses’ for teachers while Harford and Anne Arundel schools offer modest performance bonuses to [...] As I write this the price of crude oil is somewhere near $145 a barrel – a sum that would be unimaginable a couple of years ago. As I wrote earlier, it is a classic supply and demand situation – the demand continues to rise, driven by sustained and robust economic growth in China, India [...] |
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