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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 [...] 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 [...] There’s been a lot of public hand-wringing and breast-beating over the small number of bids received to operate slot machines in Maryland – only a total of six bids were received for the five possible sites. Two of the bids came without the required deposit, suggesting that they might be less than serious [...] With just about a month until election day, there are a few things that seem clear. In the Presidential race, Obama/Biden will win in Maryland and win big. Of course, this was a foregone conclusion from the beginning and neither party has mounted a presidential campaign here because of that. Obama's lead seems to be growing, [...] The Maryland state budget is facing a shortfall and it's not just pennies, nickels and dimes, either. According to the latest estimates, revenue in this fiscal year will be $432 million below projections and next year could see a $1 billion shortfall. The shortfall reflects economic conditions in Maryland that are less rosy than originally [...] It’s been a soggy couple of days on the Shore and we’re looking at a few more before we finally break into our late spring and summer weather. While I’m waiting I want to catch up on a few items of interest that caught my eye over the past week. Energy prices continue to rise. [...] Progressive Maryland blogs, including those over at Free State Politics and over at Politicker MD are filled with posts about the evils of slot machines and how slots will be easily defeated in the upcoming referendum. I don’t agree. As I understand them, the arguments against slots are that: Slots are just the foot in the [...] I just want to follow up on some earlier posts and take another look at the upcoming General Assembly session. Some issues will be raised that will be difficult to deal with and might cause us to wonder who’s in charge up there. Chickens! First, as I posted earlier, large farm operations in Maryland should have [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] |
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