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Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. is a former Republican governor of Maryland and four-term congressman from Baltimore County. He defeated Democratic gubernatorial opponent Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, a member of the Kennedy family, 51 percent to 48 percent in the 2002 elections. Ehrlich represented Maryland's 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003. He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing parts of Baltimore County from 1989 to 1995. Ehrlich lost the governorship to Democrat Martin O'Malley in the November 2006 elections. Born in Arbutus, Md., he attended the private Gilman School in Baltimore's Roland Park neighborhood and earned degrees from Princeton...
Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. is a former Republican governor of Maryland and four-term congressman from Baltimore County. He defeated Democratic gubernatorial opponent Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, a member of the Kennedy family, 51 percent to 48 percent in the 2002 elections. Ehrlich represented Maryland's 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003. He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing parts of Baltimore County from 1989 to 1995. Ehrlich lost the governorship to Democrat Martin O'Malley in the November 2006 elections. Born in Arbutus, Md., he attended the private Gilman School in Baltimore's Roland Park neighborhood and earned degrees from Princeton University in 1979 and Wake Forest University Law School in 1982. Ehrlich married Kendel Sibiski in 1993. They have two sons. Ehrlich and his wife currently host their own radio show on WBAL-AM Radio every Saturday. A month after he left public office, Ehrlich and several aides from his administration opened a Baltimore-area office of North Carolina law firm Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice.
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AP and O'Malley both went fishing
After South Carolina's Mark Sanford pulled his disappearing act, the Associated Press rang up the nation's 49 other governors to see if any of them were AWOL. "Where in the world are your governors?" the headline read.
Martin O'Malley's story sounded...Tags: Government, Fishing, Rockville (Montgomery, Maryland), Trips and Vacations, Local Authority
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7 steps to heal Maryland GOP
Maryland Republicans are at a crossroads. They face a Democratic governor and legislature and a lopsided electoral map. Friction between libertarians and social conservatives continues to cause intraparty strife.
The good news: Maryland Republicans...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Presidential Election Early Voting (2008), Democratic Party, Government, Environmental Politics
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O'Malley lays 2010 groundwork
Gov. Martin O'Malley laid out a vision for the state last week when addressing hundreds of local officials at a convention. Even though his term ends next year, his plan extends for five years. The governor's rhetoric could be taken as a subliminal...Tags: Democratic Party, Government, Local Elections, Heads of State, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama)
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Md. school board mostly newcomers
More than half of the members of the Maryland State Board of Education will be new to the panel this summer, a result of an unusually high number of resignations combined with the staggered turnover of positions. Seven of the 12 board members have left...Tags: Government, Teaching and Learning, Curricula, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Kent County
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Everywhere cheap land, but not enough funds to buy
Three years ago, Howard County received $9.5 million from the state's Program Open Space fund for buying and developing parkland, the highest amount this decade. For the fiscal year starting July 1, the county is due $438,062 from the local share of...Tags: James Clark, Government, Frank S Turner, Elizabeth Bobo, Executive Branch
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O'Malley issues 6 pardons to former convicts
Gov. Martin O'Malley issued six pardons to former convicts on Thursday afternoon, the first time he has exercised the power after declining to use it during his first 2 1/2 years in office. Only one of those pardoned had served jail time, and that was...Tags: Government, Theft, Martin O'Malley, Prisons, Executive Branch
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BGE rate fight is all politics
Leading up to the 2006 gubernatorial election, Martin O'Malley bludgeoned then-Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. over the impending BGE rate hike, claiming that Ehrlich's cozy relationship with utility management and a compliant Public Service Commission were to...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Local Elections
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Focused on BGE
Gov. Martin O'Malley sent a video message to Marylanders this week explaining why he's pushing so hard to get a pro-consumer settlement from Constellation Energy Group as part of its deal with Electricité de France. Gazing into the camera, the governor...Tags: Government, Martin O'Malley, Volleyball, Electricity Production and Distribution, Local Elections
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Make the lawbreakers subsidize safe drivers
Baltimore Sun reporterOne of the most common arguments advanced by opponents of speed law enforcement is that traffic tickets - whether generated by a camera or a police officer - are just a "money grab" by the mean old government. If they are, to quote our former vice...Tags: William Donald Schaefer, Government, Public Finance, Executive Branch, Punishment
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Political insider found dead
Bruce Carlin, a convivial retired Baltimore City police officer who became a confidant of Gov. William Donald Schaefer and other leaders, died last week from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at his home in Bel Air. Carlin spent years on the...Tags: Suicide, William Donald Schaefer, Government, Michael E Busch, Theft
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Justice reform not an O'Malley priority
According to The Washington Post, Gov. Martin O'Malley is about to issue his first pardons since taking office in January 2007, and there are no convicted killers on the short list of those who will catch a break from the Democratic governor. In fact, Mr....Tags: Democratic Party, Government, Theft, National Government, Regional Authority
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Heat off of Lipscomb, onto his partners
Finally, somebody in Baltimore starts snitching. Ron Lipscomb seems to have flipped on girlfriend and bread man alike. In a plea bargain this week, Lipscomb admitted to violating campaign finance laws and agreed to help state prosecutors in their...Tags: Democratic Party, McDonald's, Government, Patapsco, Local Elections
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