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Thomas V. Mike Miller is the president of the Maryland Senate. The Democrat represents District 27, which comprises parts of Prince George¿s and Calvert counties. Miller joined the Maryland legislature in 1971 as a member of the House of Delegates, and he moved to the Senate in 1975. He has served as Senate president since January of 1987. Miller, the oldest of 10 children, was born on Dec. 3, 1942, in Clinton, Md. He holds a B.S. in business administration from the University of Maryland, College Park and graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1967. Miller and his wife Patti live in Chesapeake Beach in Southern Maryland. The couple has five children and 11 grandchildren...
Thomas V. Mike Miller is the president of the Maryland Senate. The Democrat represents District 27, which comprises parts of Prince George¿s and Calvert counties. Miller joined the Maryland legislature in 1971 as a member of the House of Delegates, and he moved to the Senate in 1975. He has served as Senate president since January of 1987. Miller, the oldest of 10 children, was born on Dec. 3, 1942, in Clinton, Md. He holds a B.S. in business administration from the University of Maryland, College Park and graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1967. Miller and his wife Patti live in Chesapeake Beach in Southern Maryland. The couple has five children and 11 grandchildren.
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The mother of all loopholes
Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith Jr. has been raising money for months for an all-but-declared campaign for state comptroller. But this week he announced he's not going to run. That surely must be an annoyance for the donors who pushed his...Tags: Ethics, Lawyers, Campaign Finance, Values, Paul Smith
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Baltimore County's Jim Smith: From executive to kingmaker
Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith Jr. might not be on the ballot in 2010, but he is set to leave office with one of the largest war chests of any departing Maryland elected official - meaning his next role could be as kingmaker. Smith, 67,...Tags: U.S. Senate, Executive Branch, Public Officials, Prosecution, National Government
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Luminary returns to Md. to lead state DNC
An admittedly nervous public speaker, Susan Turnbull addressed about 800 Democratic faithful at a swank annual gala last week. The new party chairwoman proceeded to confuse the two Mikes who lead the chambers of the Maryland General Assembly and flub...Tags: Facebook, Television Industry, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama)
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Laurel casino talk is premature
Gambling and horse racing interests are teaming up in an effort to revive the prospects of slot machine gambling at Laurel Park, despite the failure of the track's owner, Magna Entertainment Corp., to make a qualified bid there - and despite The Cordish...Tags: Cordish Cos., Casino and Gambling, Local Authority, Magna Entertainment Corp., Casino and Gambling Industry
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Maryland politics, economy just aren't Southern anymore
Isn't it time Maryland seceded from the South? Should we finally ratify the coup set in motion by Abraham Lincoln, John W. Garrett and Samuel Gompers? The state's legislative leaders seem to think we should. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller and...Tags: National Government, Government Health Care, Federal Hill, Chesapeake Bay, Abraham Lincoln
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Slots backers, foes turn out
Baltimore Sun reportersAn almost even mix of more than 200 advocates and opponents of a measure that would allow slots at Arundel Mills mall voiced their opinions Tuesday night before the Anne Arundel County Council at the last public hearing before the council votes on the...Tags: Casino and Gambling, Cordish Cos., Local Authority, John R Leopold, Casino and Gambling Industry
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Lawmaker testifies in Currie probe
Baltimore Sun reportersA top-ranking Maryland delegate testified Wednesday before a grand jury investigating state Sen. Ulysses Currie, a continuation of a federal probe into the senator's work as a consultant for the Shoppers Food and Pharmacy grocery store chain. Del. Dereck...Tags: Laws, Imperial and Royal Matters, Democratic Party, Values, Ulysses Currie
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Lower tax rate urged for Rocky Gap casino
Baltimore Sun reportersThe Maryland legislature should consider lowering the gambling tax in Western Maryland to lure a slots casino operation to a struggling state-owned resort hotel, a senior state official said Wednesday. Robert C. Brennan, executive director of the...Tags: Cordish Cos., Casino and Gambling, Local Authority, Economic Policy, Casino and Gambling Industry
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Septic system measure praised
Few saw it coming, but the General Assembly approved a sleeper environmental bill that will require thousands of homes in Maryland to install more costly nitrogen-removing septic systems to keep the polluting nutrient out of rivers and the Chesapeake Bay....Tags: Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Chesapeake Bay, Laws, Rivers, Pollution
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A wrap in Annapolis
This year's General Assembly session ended on a cool and dreary note. Perhaps it was befitting a dismal 90 days in Annapolis as the worst recession in a generation or three caused lawmakers to turn timid on numerous fronts.
Remember when then-Gov. Robert...Tags: Chesapeake Bay, Laws, Fraud, Executive Branch, Martin O'Malley
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Bonus letters
Everyone looks foolish in UM porn controversy The pirates did their thing, probably several times over, Monday night in College Park, and yet the world continues to turn despite the best efforts of some members of the General Assembly ("At UM, the...Tags: George Bush, Economic Policy, Mount Vernon, Assault, Teaching and Learning
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Under state's one-party rule, taxpayer beware
When we survey what lawmakers accomplish in their annual ransacking of the taxpayer, we see that they always succeed in two major things: increasing the reach of the government in question and paying back investments made in their political careers by...Tags: Laws, Executive Branch, Democratic Party, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Lobbying
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