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Scroby Sands Wind Farm Last year, Governor O’Malley pushed hard for the General Assembly to require electric utilities in Maryland to subsidize the construction and operation of a wind farm off Ocean City. The measure failed, largely because the cost of the subsidy – some $5 to $8 per month per homeowner for an indefinite period - [...] Trying to cut the budget Many Republicans ran last year on a platform of slashing Federal spending. Now that they have taken over the House of Representatives, they are having to come up with actual proposals to accomplish that. it’s harder than it looks. One of the reason that it’s so hard to significantly trim [...]
A Hot Time Begins The 2011 session of the Maryland General Assembly begins today. It will continue until April 11th. There will be a lot going on and, as with the young women in the image above, they will make it seem your are seeing more than you actually are. Here’s a brief synopsis of [...]
Maryland House of Delegates Chamber The image is of the Chamber of the Maryland House of Delegates in Annapolis. It’s empty now, but on January 12th, 2011, the 428th session of the Maryland General Assembly will begin with the swearing in of members. The composition of the General Assembly is little changed by the election. There [...]
Well, the election is over, the victors are celebrating and I have some time to blog again. There are about 40,000,000 other bloggers out there analyzing what the election means and dissecting the voting, so I’ll skip that and go directly to discussing the problems facing those who are newly elected. I’ll start right here in Worcester [...] Pulling for Victory There are some good signs about the economy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that employers in Maryland added 35,000 jobs in March – the most of any state. To be sure, some of the increase simply reflects people going back to work after the devastating snowstorms of February which reduced employment that [...] Salon at the Rue de Moulins Maryland’s struggle with gambling is at once funny and painful to watch – sort of like a bad Three Stooges movie. After years of arguing and posturing, Maryland voters finally approved slot machines in the state. The mechanism, a constitutional amendment which specified not only the location but also [...] One of the Great American Thieves For many Americans these have been tough economic times. Millions have lost their homes and millions have lost their jobs and are likely to stay unemployed for some time. This sharp economic downturn is attributable largely to uncontrolled greed by many in the banking and financial industry and the [...] I'm keeping your plans a secret from you. The Worcester County Government, and the Commissioners in particular, apparently don’t want the citizens and taxpayers of Worcester County to know what’s going on down there in Snow Hill. A bill has been introduced that would allow the County Commissioners to “create, change, discontinue or abolish county [...] I did something right!? This traditional expression means that even people who are ineffective or misguided occasionally do something right. I am speaking, of course, about the Republicans in the Maryland General Assembly who, after continuous complaining about the budget proposed by the Governor have finally come up with some proposals of their own. Now most [...] |
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