Offender Hearings
February 25th, 2010 by Kenneth Burns
The House Judicial Proceedings Committee heard 30 bills on legislation dealing with sex offenders.
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Policy, not religion
February 2nd, 2010 by Kenneth Burns
Catching up on radio feeds from last week, which you can hear on WNAV (1430AM) and WTTR (1470AM), The House Judiciary hearing room was packed as the committee heard testimony on House Bill 90, which would ban the recognition of same-sex marriages from outside of the State of Maryland.
Preview of House Judiciary Hearing
January 28th, 2010 by Kenneth Burns
This afternoon, two bills you will probably hear about at some point will be heard by the judiciary committee this afternoon.
The first bill is HB 164 sponsored by Prince George’s Delegate Marvin Holmes (D-Dist. 29C) which will require people with three or more DUI violations to have distinct yellow tags on their vehicles for five years.
The second bill, which you will probably hear a lot about in the coming days as evidenced by yesterday’s edition of The Marc Steiner Show on WEAA (88.9FM), is HB 90 sponsored by Baltimore County Del. Emmett Burns Jr. (D-Dist. 10) which will keep Maryland from recognizing out of state same sex nuptials (domestic or abroad.)
‘Ready’ to go
January 5th, 2010 by Kenneth Burns
Justin Ready, the former executive director of the Maryland Republican Party announced that he is running for the House of Delegates representing District 5A in Carroll County, which includes Westminster, Hampstead, Manchester, and Finksburg. If Ready’s name sounds familiar, you may recall that he was asked by now former state GOP leader Jim Pelura for his resignation without explanation this past summer (more from The Gazette).
The Westminster native says in a release that “As a Reagan-style conservative, I’ve been saddened and disappointed by the lack of fiscal discipline I see in the Maryland General Assembly and from Martin O’Malley.” Ready also said that he would be out on the street if he ran his business of household like O’Malley and his allies in the General Assembly.
Ready cites being a small business owner and his work experience in Annapolis as preparing him for being a delegate.
Judge for yourself. His website is JustinReady.com and you can follow him on twitter @justinready.
‘Rights’ Remained
January 19th, 2009 by Kenneth Burns
Baltimore City Del. Jill Carter (D-Dist. 41) with help of the NAACP has kept her seat on the House Judiciary Committee.
The Baltimore Sun reporting that Carter along Upper Eastern Shore Del. Michael Smigiel Sr. (R-Dist. 36) were going to be moved by House Speaker Michael Busch (D-Dist. 30) to other committees. Carter while crediting Baltimore NAACP President Marvin “Doc” Cheathem for organizing a protest, said that her being on the committee was a civil rights issue.
Smiegel was also able to retain his seat, the only person to lose their seat on the committee was House Minority Whip Christopher Shank (R-Dist. 2B)
Weldon Breaks; Says Partisanship Is Up In Annapolis
September 30th, 2008 by Kenneth Burns
Frederick/Washington Del. Richard Weldon Jr. has decided to unaffiliate himself with the Republican Party…but he is not going to affiliate with the Democrats or any other political party for that matter. He has changed his affiliation to ‘unaffiliated’ following a year of soul-searching.
The Baltimore Sun also reporting that Weldon, who represents District 3B is not going to seek re-election in 2010. Weldon told The Sun “From slot machines to budget discussions, from public safety to agriculture, the energy in Annapolis, like the energy on Capitol Hill in D.C., is focused on creating partisan political division and setting up the party for the next election. That stops today” Weldon deserves a prize for pointing something that should be obvious, considering that is exactly what happened during the BGE rate mess in 2006.