Maryland Moment (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
The ACLU of Maryland today asked Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) to reverse a decision by the state police not to allow 53 nonviolent political activists wrongly classified as terrorists to get copies of their files and to review them with their attorneys. The Washington Post's Lisa Rein reported on the decision today. In a letter to O'Malley today, ACLU staff attorney David Rocah wrote,...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland is asking Gov. Martin O'Malley to require the state police to allow 53 people wrongly described as terrorists in a state police database to bring lawyers with them and to make copies of the files.
Maryland Moment (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot (D) said today that he was the victim of a "Swift-boat style" attack carried about by pro-slots forces and called on Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) to "call off the attack dogs, stop the negative campaigning and return the foreign gambling money." Franchot's comments came during an anti-slots rally in Baltimore, in which he appeared with ministers opposed...
Governing.com: 13th Floor (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley's "intensely statistics-based approach to governance" was the subject of the latest article in Jonathan Walters's ongoing Citizens and Performance series. It also was the subject of much discussion Governing's Management Performance conference last week in Austin....
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
In an effort to spread the word about benefits made possible through Governor Martin O'Malley's Working Families and Small Business Coverage Act, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) Secretary John M. Colmers today met with local government officials and members of the community. "Maryland is making progress in its health care expansion efforts," Secretary Colmers said.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Frederick W. Puddester is chairman of For Maryland For Our Future, a pro-slots ballot committee. Puddester was state budget secretary under former Gov. Parris N. Glendening, and is an associate dean for finance and administration at the Johns Hopkins University. Gov. Martin O'Malley, a slots supporter, named Puddester chairman of the Maryland Stadium Authority last year. How is the campaign...
Concurring Opinions (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Maryland State Police responded to a public records request pursued by the ACLU. Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley commissioned former AG Steven Sachs to investigate the matter. Sachs's report explains that the Maryland State Police commanders never bothered to ask if the groups posed a reasonable threat to public safety before commencing covert surveillance of them. On the contrary,...
Fox News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... week, former Maryland Attorney General Stephen H. Sachs presented an independent review to Gov. Martin O'Malley concluding that the Maryland State Police conducted unwarranted surveillance of anti-death penalty and anti-war groups between 2005 and 2006. O'Malley was not governor at the time.O'Malley appointed Sachs to conduct the review in August after the American Civil...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
... week, former Maryland Attorney General Stephen H. Sachs presented an independent review to Gov. Martin O'Malley concluding that the Maryland State Police conducted unwarranted surveillance of anti-death penalty and anti-war groups in 2005-06. O'Malley was not governor at the time.O'Malley appointed Sachs to conduct the review in August after the American Civil Liberties...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
... week, former Maryland Attorney General Stephen H. Sachs presented an independent review to Gov. Martin O'Malley concluding that the Maryland State Police conducted unwarranted surveillance of anti-death penalty and anti-war groups in 2005-06. O'Malley was not governor at the time.
O'Malley appointed Sachs to conduct the review in August after the American Civil...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
O'Malley may target schools, health care; furloughs possible Amid a gloomy economy that has severely eroded tax collections, Gov. Martin O'Malley is considering steep cuts to public education and health care programs and might ask state employees to take a six-day unpaid leave.
The Washington Business Journal (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
But Boyd said those increases are mostly the result of the economy as it was in 2007. Sales taxes, corporate income taxes and fuel taxes all dropped in the second quarter of this year, the report found. Indeed, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has been warning of steep cuts to plug a $432 million budget hole.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Franchot, O'Malley camps grow more combative as vote nears The animus between Comptroller Peter Franchot and Gov. Martin O'Malley is taking center stage in the Maryland slots contest, providing a lively sideshow to a years-old debate to be decided by voters next month.
The Baltimore Business Journal (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
But Boyd said those increases are mostly the result of the economy as it was in 2007. Sales taxes, corporate income taxes and fuel taxes all dropped in the second quarter of this year, the report found. Indeed, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has been warning of steep cuts to plug a $432 million budget hole.
who's your nanny? (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
David Weigel on a unique post-9/11 civil liberties victory. (Hint: No thanks to your ever-supportive and -protective federal government.) Here's some related writing on the REAL ID:REAL IDiocyReal IDiocy RevisitedGet Real? No ThanksDear Gov. Martin O'Malley"Go to Hell"Arizona Is Freer...
