Entries for the 'Maryland Politics' Category

Over at Red Maryland, Brian Griffiths points to news coming out of Annapolis today that the State Insurance Commissioner has come to the perfectly logical conclusion that the law allows insurance companies to stop writing policies for homeowner's insurance when the calculated risk exceeds the cost of insurance.

What is that?  Insanity in homeowner's insurance making a comeback in Maryland?  Say it ain't so!

The General Assembly is set to begin debating House Bill 107, which would create a state database of DNA samples collected from individuals up on their arrest for felonies and certain types of burglaries.  Currently, Maryland is one of 45 states that collects DNA evidence upon conviction.

This morning I was treated to a most pleasant email from Mark Newgent over at RED MARYLAND.  Mark and the crew at RED MARYLAND have invited me to be a contributor to their blog.  Red Maryland is arguably the largest and most influential conservative blog in Maryland.  I am extremely pleased by this invitation, and extremely humbled by it.

I look forward to continuing to post here AND contribute to  RED MARYLAND on issues relating to Maryland Politics.

I don't really have any endorsements to make.  I am NOT voting for ANYONE in the Republican presidential primary.  I will probably vote for anyone running AGAINST Roscoe "A Prius in Every Pot" Bartlett. 

As for the 1st Congressional District (which I do not live in), I am in a quandry here.

Can't they all lose?

If Andy Harris wasn't such big buddy-buddies with Jihad Joe, the Delaware State Official Cyberterrorist, I would nod that way only because Lew Riley endorsed him.  But even Lew's endorsement cannot undo the stench of filth that comes with partnering with the Great Jihadist himself.

E.J. Pipkin seems like a great guy-- but he is at times a little too Don Quixote for my tastes.

And Wayne Gilchrest... well, if it looks like a RINO, and votes like a RINO, it must be a RINO.

Again, can't they all lose?

The Calvert Street Communist Party Newsletter is featuring a story on its website about 25 who were arrested protesting in Soddom on the Servern over "historic underfunding" of Maryland Public Schools.  Among the 25 were students were Baltimore City High School Students.

Three questions arise from my ultraconservative PUBLIC SCHOOL IN MARYLAND education:

1)  Is getting arrested part of the standard Baltimore City High School curriculum?

2)  Historic compared to what?

3)  Are you frakking kidding me?

Remember the year 2006?  The Republicans nationally took a serious ass whipping (largely deserved) for their complete and utter failure to rein in spending, halt immigration, and actually fight the war in Iraq.  And Governor Bob Ehrlich took the brunt of that defeat here in Maryland.

It was a dark day for the state.

But Governor Ehrlich was unbowed, and even though a lame duck, still worked hard for the citizens of Maryland.

The City of Salisbury, Maryland is a quiet, enjoyable little town on Maryland's Lower Eastern Shore. I had the privilege of living there for four years -- from January 1985 until September of 1989, when I left for college.

Although I didn't realize it at the time, it was a great place to live and grow-up.  I went to one of the best high schools in the country (Parkside High School -- Class of '89 -- Go RAMS!  "White Wall Stand Tall, No Ticks Tonight!") and had some of the finest teachers you could ever hope for in any school, much less a public school.

But times have certainly changed.  The City of Salisbury is slowly descending into an abyss. The simple fact is that the city suffers from a fundamental lack of real leadership, and instead is controlled by a motley crue of self-indulgent, under-achieving, and grossly incompetent pseudo-politicians.

It's being reported by a number of sources that Salisbury City Council Grupenfuhrer adjourned the Council's work session last night in contravention to the rules of the Council (including state law, city charter, and good old Roberts Rules of Order), mainly because she could not stand the fact that the assembled crowd of taxpayers and lookers-on weren't buying the barge load of chicken manure being hauled in the room, and were vocal about it.

Louise Smith (said Council Grupenfuhrer) has thus handed the taxpayers of Salisbury an invaluable tool to oppose the Council:  obstructive destruction.

I come from a political philosophy that argues that gridlock is good.  Gridlock keeps government under control, by limiting its ability to do anything super-damaging.  That such gridlock does NOT exist in Salisbury is the reason that there is such Willful Indifference to the Law on the part of Mayor Barrie Tilghman, Council Grupenfuhrer Smith, Council Undergrupenfuhrer Comegys, and Councilwoman Step-N-Fetch It Shields.

So from now, the taxpayers of Salisbury would be wise to heed the lessons of last night's meeting:  obstructive destruction. If Grupenfuhrer Smith gets so rattled by a little heckling, some laughter, and a challenge on council rules:  KEEP IT UP.

The more that the Grupenfuhrer has to adjourn, or recess, the less the council can do. 

The first thing I would do:  start handing out copies of Robert's Rules of Order.

And keep some bail money handy, in case Grupenfuhrer Smith calls in Reichsprotector Webster.

Wow!  Who got to O'Guvnah and reminded him that Nancy Grasmick is more powerful than he will ever be?  Especially since she has served under four governors, and he can only serve once?

Today, Nancy pantsed O'Guvnah in the Statehouse, as the Emerald Interloper requested the General Assembly not proceed with the legislation he asked for in December to cut her off at the knees.

Did someone put a decapitated horse's head in his bed?

I got a mention on Red Maryland today!

In the words of George Jefferson, we're moving on up!

For mentioning me, Red Maryland, I've added you to the Blog Roll.

Stay Classy, Red Maryland.