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In a word: plebiscite
The Baltimore SunEach week The Sun's John McIntyre presents a relatively obscure but evocative word with which you may not be familiar, another brick to add to the wall of your working vocabulary. This week's word: PLEBISCITE Last year in Maryland, petition drives...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Referenda
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Maryland petition to repeal gun control law fails; NRA lawsuit looms
Maryland's new gun control law will not head to voters now that organizers of a petition drive to halt the law failed to turn in any signatures before Friday night's deadline. "This means there were no successful petitions this year," Stephen Ackerman...
Tags: Radio, Douglas F. Gansler, Lawyers, Personal Weapon Control, National Rifle Association of America
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Gansler makes it explicit: No third term as AG
Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler removed any lingering doubts about whether he might seek re-election rather than run for governor as he released a statement Saturday vowing not to seek a third term. In a statement released to The Sun after...
Tags: Douglas F. Gansler, Lawyers, Justice System, Montgomery County (Maryland), Prince George's County
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Cummings endorses Brown-Ulman ticket
U.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings will announce today that he is endorsing the 2014 Democratic gubernatorial ticket of Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown and his running mate, Howard County Executive Ken Ulman. Cummings is expected to be on hand this morning in...
Tags: Donna F. Edwards, Douglas F. Gansler, Lawyers, Elijah E. Cummings, Anthony G. Brown
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Hold elected officials accountable for violence
Seeing the article with the folks in Cherry Hill who prayed for the baby is heartbreaking ("Cherry Hill community asks for peace," May 30). Your paper refuses to address the real issues however. Violence is out of control in America. The Los Angeles...
Tags: Executive Branch, Chestertown, Public Officials, Cherry Hill, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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Harford Republicans condemn Maryland's Septic Bill [letter]
The Harford County Republican Central Committee earlier this year approved a resolution relating to Senate Bill 236 and recently provided a copy for publication. The resolution affirms citizens private property rights, condemns the Sustainable Growth and...Tags: Republican Party, International Organizations, National Government, Agriculture, U.S. Senate
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The Sun wakes up about Obama and jobs
Every election has its consequences. In the 2008 presidential election, the country got the Obamacare health plan that is still not supported by a clear majority of Americans. In the presidential election of 2012, with an unemployment rate at 7.9 percent,...
Tags: U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Immigration, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Havre de Grace, Barack Obama
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In Takoma Park, starting the voting habit early
Last week, the Takoma Park City Council voted 6-1 to change its charter to become the first city in America to lower the voting age to 16. While we are the first city to adopt this policy, we have little doubt that others will follow. Maryland already...
Tags: Local Elections, Voting
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Americans' happiness score
We're No. 6! That's according to new data from the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, which on Tuesday released results of a survey measuring quality of life in 36 industrialized nations. For the last three years, the Paris-based...
Tags: Australia, Meghan Daum, The Happiest News!
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Opponents of Aberdeen pay raises encouraged to stay active [Letter]
First of all, thank you to the many informed citizens who attended the May 20 Aberdeen Council Meeting to express your displeasure regarding ordinance 13-O-05 [regarding pay raises for the Aberdeen mayor and city councilmembers]. This ordinance (if it had...Tags: Local Government, Lobbying
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Craig's got as good a shot as anyone at governor's office [Editorial]
William Paca, of Abingdon, was the first, having held the office shortly after the American Revolution. Augustus Bradford, of Bel Air, who served during the Civil War, was another to have held the office. There may have been more Maryland governors, who...
Tags: Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Annapolis, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., U.S. Congress, Harford County
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Inevitability and the race for governor
The 2014 Maryland governor's race has been shaping up so far as a fight about inevitability. Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler long fostered the sense of his own lock on the job through a massive campaign war chest. Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown countered...
Tags: Annapolis, Frederick County (Maryland), Daniel Bongino, Howard County, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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