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Maryland politicians' crime spree
For the past three years, Maryland has experienced an unprecedented crime wave of political corruption. The only comparable period in memory would be the 1970s, when a governor was jailed and a sitting U.S. vice president (who had served as governor and...
Tags: Lobbying, Democratic Governors Association, Regional Authority, Ethics, Anne Arundel County
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Citizens United II
"While American democracy is imperfect, few outside the majority of this Court would have thought its flaws included a dearth of corporate money in politics." That penultimate sentence in now-retired Justice John Paul Stevens' brilliant dissent in the...
Tags: John McCain, Republican Party, Federal Election Commission, John Paul Stevens, Sheldon Whitehouse
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Bullies don't just lurk in schools, online
School personnel bully a child. Classmates bully a teenager on Facebook. Pushed in a locker, beaten on the street, assaulted by strangers, clergy or schoolmates — these are horrible stories depicted in newspapers, novels and movies, or whispered...Tags: Autism, Facebook, Health and Safety at School, Bullying, Government
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Why do Annapolis leaders do these things? Because they can
This year, the most curious moment of the legislative session was not the budgetary train wreck on its fractious final day but at a most unusual rally a week before. A crowd of wind energy activists converged on the State House. Surreal chants of "All...
Tags: Lobbying, Republican Party, Renewable Energy, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Parties and Movements
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Seventh officer sentenced, to 2.5 years in towing case
A seventh Baltimore police officer was sentenced Tuesday for his involvement in a towing kickback scheme, prosecutors said. Jhonn Corona, 33, of Rosedale, was given 2.5 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for directing cars from...Tags: Bribery, Organized Crime, Prisons, Punishment, Rosedale (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Cummings seeks Wal-Mart investigation
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on Monday requested a meeting with Wal-Mart officials in response to allegations that the retailer covered up a bribery scheme to expand its business in...Tags: Bribery, Elijah E. Cummings, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, The New York Times, Corruption
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Good afternoon, Baltimore: Tuesday lunchtime lowdown
ON THE SITE... City Hall considers selling 15 historic landmarks: Baltimore's Board of Estimates is slated to approve a contract with a consultant reviewing the sale or lease of the Shot Tower, Upton Mansion, Clifton Park Valve House and Old Town...Tags: House of Cards (tv program), Hospitals and Clinics, Shootings, Mitt Romney, Anne Arundel County
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The crisis in public morality
Republicans have morality upside down. They're condemning gay marriage, abortion, access to contraception, and the wall separating church and state. But the moral crisis in America isn't a breakdown in private morality. It's a breakdown in public...
Tags: Republican Party, Ethics, Federal Election Commission, Abortion, Minority Groups
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Arundel council orders police chief to testify on Leopold
The Anne Arundel County Council on Tuesday subpoenaed Police Chief Col. James E. Teare Sr. to answer questions next week about the political corruption case of County Executive John R. Leopold.
Council Chairman Derek Fink said the council agreed...Tags: Ethics, Civil Rights, Anne Arundel County, NAACP, Brooklyn Park
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Anne Arundel County residents deserve more from their leaders
Here's some recent front-page news: County Executive John Leopold indicted on corruption charges alleging he used county employees to arrange sexual liaisons, pick up campaign checks, investigate political opponents and run personal errands. A county...Tags: Racism, Elections
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ACLU seeks files Leopold allegedly kept on political rivals
The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland has pressed Anne Arundel County officials to help determine whether County Executive John R. Leopold violated a state anti-spying law by allegedly directing his security detail to investigate political...Tags: Civil Rights, Anne Arundel County, American Civil Liberties Union, Local Government, FBI
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William N. Jackson, IRS supervisor
William N. Jackson, a decorated World War II veteran and retired Internal Revenue Service group supervisor who assisted in the criminal investigation of 1970s political corruption cases, died at Sinai Hospital on Sunday after falling at his home. He was...Tags: U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Hunt Valley, Richard Nixon, Christianity, Washington College (Maryland)
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