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Marvin Mandel, the 56th governor of Maryland, was the state's first and only Jewish governor. Mandel was born in Baltimore and attended Baltimore City public schools. He attended Baltimore City College and received his law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law. Mandel was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1952, representing Baltimore City. He was chosen as Speaker in 1963 and served in that position until 1969, when he was elected governor by the Maryland General Assembly following the resignation of Spiro Agnew, who stepped down to serve as vice president under President Richard Nixon. Mandel was elected by the people in 1970 and again in 1974. The negative highlight of Mandel's...
Marvin Mandel, the 56th governor of Maryland, was the state's first and only Jewish governor. Mandel was born in Baltimore and attended Baltimore City public schools. He attended Baltimore City College and received his law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law. Mandel was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1952, representing Baltimore City. He was chosen as Speaker in 1963 and served in that position until 1969, when he was elected governor by the Maryland General Assembly following the resignation of Spiro Agnew, who stepped down to serve as vice president under President Richard Nixon. Mandel was elected by the people in 1970 and again in 1974. The negative highlight of Mandel's governorship was his 1977 fraud conviction. He was found guilty on 17 counts of mail fraud and two counts of racketeering for allegedly accepting gifts and bribes from racetrack investors in return for his influence. He eventually served 19 months of a three-year prison term until his sentence was commuted by President Ronald Reagan in 1981. His conviction was overturned in 1988 on procedural grounds, though none of the facts of the case against him was ever refuted. Under the administration of Republican Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Mandel served as chairman of the Governor's Commission on the Structure and Efficiency of State Government. Since 2003, he has been a member of the Board of Regents for the University System of Maryland. Mandel currently practices law and has a home in Annapolis, Md.
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No interest in Granddad's job
Hundreds of Maryland politicos gather on a parking lot every July to eat crabs, talk politics, sweat, sweat some more, and honor a long-gone governor. OK, nobody spends a whole lot of time paying tribute to Gov. J. Millard Tawes at his namesake...Tags: Defense, Political Candidates, Elections, Executive Branch, Regional Authority
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Weiner joins Dixon legal team
Arnold M. Weiner, a well-known attorney who helped overturn former Gov. Marvin Mandel's conviction on federal mail fraud and racketeering charges, has been added to Mayor Sheila Dixon's legal team. Weiner made a name for himself as a prominent defense...Tags: Regional Authority, Sheila Dixon, Corporate Crime, Lawyers, Fraud
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Lingering ethical cloud over Dixon gets harder to ignore
Is this the other shoe dropping? For the past couple of years, Sheila Dixon has lived, worked and even gotten elected Baltimore mayor while under a cloud of suspicion as the state prosecutor investigated some eyebrow-raising contract-awarding patterns at...Tags: Spiro Agnew, Elections, Regional Authority, Sheila Dixon, Local Elections
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Schaefer moves, reluctantly
Sun reporterA bunch of guys loaded the contents of William Donald Schaefer's Pasadena townhouse into a truck the other day while he lunched, unsuspecting, at Petit Louis in Roland Park. The former mayor, governor and comptroller was moving, only he didn't know it....Tags: Elections, Roland Park, Executive Branch, Employees, Regional Authority
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Whatever happened to... Tom Lattanzi?
Look for veteran radio and television newsman Tom Lattanzi to be in the crowd at this morning's Waverly Farmers' Market, where he's a fruit and vegetable shopper with his wife of 33 years, Karen. These days Lattanzi represents Screenvision Direct, a...Tags: Lobbying, John Grisham, Chris Thomas
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An advocate for teaching kids early
Sun reporterSandra "Sandy" Skolnik ardently believed the young children of working parents needed to learn something new and worthwhile every day. In the past three decades, she became a determined and articulate advocate for quality child care and education for...Tags: Barbara A Hoffman, Reisterstown, College Park, Colleges and Universities, Death and Dying
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David Nitkin on state politics issues
Richard, Arbutus: I am not really sure if Gov. [Robert L.] Ehrlich [Jr.] was elected four years ago or if Kathleen Kennedy Townsend was un-elected. Do you have any observations on what appears to be a very strong Democrat[ic] party loyalty in this state...Tags: Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Elections, Political Candidates, Executive Branch, Regional Authority
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Case to show Md. political life
sun reporterA trial of former state Sen. Thomas L. Bromwell could pull some of the most influential leaders in Annapolis into a courtroom, focusing attention on how relationships between politicians and business leaders - often built through money and favors - can...Tags: Barbara A Hoffman, Elections, Campaign Finance, Lobbying, Values
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David Nitkin on the O'Malley rumors
Kim MacLean, Ellicott City: I find it very hard to believe that someone without a college degree could apply for and get a job as head of communications for a state agency without someone exerting influence. Is there a job description with education...Tags: Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Elections, Washington Post Company, Executive Branch, Employees
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Today, apology drains regret of responsibility
Sun StaffGov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. insists he knew nothing about a staff member's spreading allegations online about Mayor Martin O'Malley's personal life. He immediately demanded the man's resignation and has publicly repudiated his actions. But when usually...Tags: Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Political Candidates, Elections, Washington Post Company, Executive Branch
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