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Below Maryland Juice provides a mish-mosh of recent policy decisions from Montgomery County elected officials. Indeed, the political scene has been feisty in MoCo lately, as a number of proposed laws have generated controversy. The County's cable news show produced a segment outlining some of the changes. Watch the news segment and see our news round-up below: MOCO POLICY #1: LOCKHEED ...
Maryland Juice - 11:11 a.m. - 10 clicks 
Next year, the Montgomery County Police Department's Third District station will move to a new facility in White Oak , leaving their current building at Sligo Avenue and Grove Street in Fenton Village. While some neighbors worried that the site would be redeveloped as housing, resident Karen Roper saw a chance to bring local artists together. The Third District police station today. I...
Just Up The Pike - Tue 7:34 a.m. - 11 clicks
BACKGROUND : This morning, Maryland Juice had the opportunity to appear on News Channel 8's News Talk show. I appeared alongside former State Senator David Harrington (Prince George's Democrat) to talk about what outcomes to expect from Maryland's special legislative session. As you may have heard, Maryland lawmakers failed to pass a complete budget package when they adjourned last April....
Maryland Juice - Mon 3:54 p.m. - 17 clicks
PLUS : MoCo African American Dem Club with Rep. John Sarbanes this WED Below Maryland Juice provides two announcements for worthwhile Democratic Party events in Montgomery County. Tonight, many of the State's leading Democrats are rallying in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Then on Wednesday, the MoCo African American Democratic Club is gearing up for the November Elections. They invite you to thei...
Maryland Juice - Mon 5:25 a.m. - 11 clicks
MARRIAGE EQUALITY = CIVIL RIGHTS, DUH Maryland GOP Official's Sign 2011 Now that President Barack Obama has endorsed marriage equality, I hope it is dawning on folks that marriage equality and LGBT rights are obviously among our generation's current civil rights struggles. To help illustrate this point, Maryland Juice has juxtaposed a number of past and present ...
Maryland Juice - Sun 4:22 a.m. - 18 clicks
# occupy life Maryland Juice spent Saturday night checking out 21st century populist art in Baltimore's Charles Village neighborhood. My friend's brother is part of the Baltimore Rock Opera Society (aka BROS), and he invited me to check out their latest production Valhella ( dates: 5/13, 5/18, 5/19, 5/20 - Autograph Playhouse, Baltimore - tickets ). Maryland Juice brought a camera...
Maryland Juice - Sat 11:22 p.m. - 12 clicks
A Maryland Juice source has provided us with the proposed budget, revenue and bond items that the state legislature is taking up in a special session on Monday, May 14th. Below we provide copies of Senate & House versions of: 1) Budget Bill, 2) Revenue Bill, and 3) School Construction/Renovation Bond Bill. The schedule for the hearings on these bills is as follows: House Budget & Schoo...
Maryland Juice - Fri 2:10 p.m. - 14 clicks
Following President Obama, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) , and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer has made an endorsement of marriage equality. This is following his previous support for civil unions. From his statement : One of the first votes I cast as a member of the Maryland State Senate in 1967 was to repeal the anti-miscegenation statute that remained ...
DailyKos (Maryland) - Fri 12:08 p.m. - 13 clicks
A few days ago, Maryland Juice wrote about the remarkable story of a 15-year-old Montgomery County student who was recently elected to the leadership of the countywide PTA (aka the MCCPTA). The Gazette reported : GAZETTE : When Richie Yarrow stood up as a newly-elected officer of the Montgomery County Council of Parent Teacher Associations at its meeting last week, some members were shoc...
Maryland Juice - Thu 4:07 p.m. - 13 clicks
UPDATE : Rep. Steny Hoyer has released an official statement explaining his marriage equality endorsement: Hoyer Statement on Marriage Equality WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after President Obama’s comments yesterday in support of marriage equality: “One of the first votes I cast as a member of the Maryland State ...
Maryland Juice - Thu 4:07 p.m. - 13 clicks
UPDATE : Maryland Juice has received further details on President Obama's upcoming visit to Baltimore on June 12th. El Presidente will be appearing at 1:15 pm at the Hyatt on Light St in Baltimore. RSVP: https://my.barackobama.com/June12BaltimoreReception?custom1= HISTORY IS COMING QUICKER THAN YA'LL THOUGHT, EH? - Yesterday the nation's political consciousness received a kic...
Maryland Juice - Thu 2:49 p.m. - 13 clicks
UPDATE : Marylanders for Marriage Equality Campaign Director Josh Levin released the following statement in response to the President’s remarks: “We’re delighted -- as millions of Americans undoubtedly are -- with the news that our President supports civil marriage rights for all committed couples. He’s made history today, and he’s given same-sex couples and their children hope that they d...
Maryland Juice - May 9 - 18 clicks
Below Maryland Juice prints a press statement from the office of Senate President Mike Miller. Ther release includes commentary on the forthcoming May 14th special session from Senators Ed Kasemeyer, Nathaniel McFadden, Rich Madaleno, Ed DeGrange, Jim Robey, and Verna Jones-Rodwell: PRESS RELEASE Senate Budget Leadership Announces Support for Special Session Annapolis, Maryland – This ...
Maryland Juice - May 9 - 16 clicks
This Friday at 2:00 pm, catch Maryland Juice for a LIVE CHAT with the political editors and reporters from Patch.com: [ Patch.com Live Chat Link - FRI 5/11 @ 2:00 PM ] The Germantown Patch has a preview post today , and it notes a few likely discussion topics: The special session. Ike Leggett's future. Doug Duncan's future. Presidential politics. Gubernatorial politics. Readers can ...
Maryland Juice - May 9 - 20 clicks
Here's a random blend of political tidbits from recent news, starting with news of the weird regarding Maryland Congressman Steny Hoyer: JUICE #1: DEAD BODY FOUND AT REP. STENY HOYER FUNDRAISER - Politico this morning reported that a dead body was found at a fundraiser for U.S. House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer. The event took place in Puerto Rico: POLITICO : Campaign dono...
Maryland Juice - May 8 - 5 clicks
Marylanders are typically ignored during General Elections for the Presidency. The Free State is by most measures a solidly blue, liberal state, and so the Democrats don't really spend many resources shoring up Presidential candidates here. Unfortunately for local politicos, that means we often miss the back and forth television advertising that candidates spend millions of dollars airing. Ma...
Maryland Juice - May 7 - 2 clicks
PLUS: Del. Ana Sol Gutierrez & Kensington Residents Sound Off [ WATCH THE COUNTY COUNCIL SESSION LIVE ONLINE ] CORPORATE WELFARE ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA : Tomorrow, the Montgomery County Council is taking up a package of budget items requested by County Executive Ike Leggett. Two readers flagged that at 10:20 am TOMORROW, the Councilmembers will be taking up items #62-63, labe...
Maryland Juice - May 7 - 3 clicks
SEARCH FOR A NEW LABOR SECRETARY : Maryland Juice has just learned that Maryland's Secretary of Labor Alex Sanchez has resigned. We discovered the breaking news when a source contacted us to suggest a replacement for Mr. Sanchez. The Baltimore Sun reports that Sanchez, who leads the Department of Labor, Licensing Regulation (DLLR), will be taking over as Chief of Staff for Baltimore Mayor ...
Maryland Juice - May 7 - 3 clicks
I can think of a few reasons why Maryland is one of our favorite states to redistrict: - It’s very Democratic, so there are lots of different ways to make a redistricting plan that is good for the Democrats. - It’s an odd-shaped state, so it's more fun to cut up into odd-shaped districts. - It’s a good VRA case study, because it has 2 separate centers of black population that each have to anc...
DailyKos (Maryland) - May 6 - 3 clicks
Maryland Juice is excited to report that I am moving back to Montgomery County this summer! Indeed, I was born in Takoma Park and grew up in Bethesda -- but these days I've only been working in Montgomery County. Thanks to the recession, however, we've now accomplished something we previously thought was impossible: finding a reasonable house in MoCo that is within a mile of the Metro. ...
Maryland Juice - May 4 - 2 clicks
QUESTION : ARE YOU OR A LOVED ONE UNINSURED DUE TO A PRE-EXISTING HEALTH CONDITION? SEE A NEW COVERAGE OPTION BELOW . Help Marylanders get the healthcare they deserve. If you or a friend is uninsured, see if you qualify: www.getmdhealthcare.com/eligibility-requirements . REMEMBER: ObamaCare was never sold as a deficit-reduction measure. It is about saving live...
Maryland Juice - May 4
UPDATE : We've added two invitations to the event round-up below. The first is the Maryland Democratic Party's Gala next Monday. The second is Montgomery County's annual peace luncheon . Details below. Here's a random blend of invitations to upcoming events that may be of interest to Democratic or politically agnostic Maryland Juice readers. With six months to go until the November General...
Maryland Juice - May 3 - 2 clicks
Maryland Juice recently checked out a few events around the region and bumped into a number of politicos. Below you can view some photos and videos from our explorations. EVENT #1: JUBILEE ROAST OF HON. JEFFREY SLAVIN This year Maryland Juice discovered that the annual Jubilee Roast is apparently the place to be. Indeed, we bumped into numerous politicos at this year's roast of Some...
Maryland Juice - May 3
PLUS: A WARNING TO DEMOCRATS ABOUT INTERNET POLICY Now that Annapolis legislators are currently pausing from legislative activity, Maryland Juice is paying closer attention to policy proposals floating through Montgomery County. We've provided extensive commentary on County Executive Ike Leggett's corporate welfare plan for Lockheed Martin , but there is much more to discuss. Below we ...
Maryland Juice - May 2 - 2 clicks
PLUS: SEE VIDEO COMMENTARY FROM VARIOUS COUNCILMEMBERS ON LEGGETT'S PLAN BACKGROUND : Maryland Juice has been tracking the strange saga of Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett's repeated efforts to give Lockheed Martin nearly $1 million from the government treasury -- in exchange for nothing at all . He previously sought County Council approval for his corporate welfare plan...
Maryland Juice - May 1 - 2 clicks
UPDATE: Don't forget to attend this Saturday's Young Democrats of Maryland annual Blue State Bash . The event is in HoCo and features Senate President Mike Miller, Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown and Comptroller Peter Franchot. Many interesting dynamics are currently at play in Montgomery County, Maryland as students and youths continue seeking direct representation on all manner of policy . The re...
Maryland Juice - May 1 - 3 clicks
Below Maryland Juice presents a random blend of tidbits from recent political news. We begin with an early peek at Maryland's 2014 Attorney General's race: JUICE #1: EARLY PEEK AT 2014 ATTORNEY GENERAL PRIMARY - Last week, Maryland Juice previewed lists of potential 2014 candidate fields. We did not, however, discuss the 2014 Attorney General's race -- and now Center Maryland's Josh Kurtz h...
Maryland Juice - May 1
Last Saturday I volunteered to cheer on the veterans who participated in the Soldier Ride that was put on by the Wounded Warrior Project and was held in Rose Haven, Maryland. I thought it would be a good way to give back to the community and I have relatives who were or are currently serving in the military. (One uncle and one cousin served in the Army. One nephew and another cousin are curren...
DailyKos (Maryland) - Apr 26
County Executive Ike Leggett calls the new garage at the Glenmont Metro a "boon to transit and a boon to the environment." A truly "green" garage at a transit station would make room for people, not just cars. The new Glenmont parking garage. Photo by Ben Schumin . Last week, Montgomery County officials cut the ribbon on the new parking facility, located on the west side of Geo...
Just Up The Pike - Apr 26
UPDATE: The Post reports that Stanley will be heading to Calgary to run their planning department. Yesterday, Maryland Juice reported that Montgomery County planning director Rollin Stanley has resigned and will take a "much bigger job" in another city. While he was an outspoken and controversial public figure, he had great ideas for the county. And despite claims to the contrary, he ...
Just Up The Pike - Apr 20
On Tuesday, the Montgomery County Council unanimously turned down a plan by County Executive Ike Leggett to rebuild a portion of downtown Wheaton , favoring an alternate plan instead. Residents who supported Leggett's plan are frustrated at the defeat, but this wasn't the best path for redevelopment in Wheaton. The County Council voted to turn Lot 13 into a new town square and count...
Just Up The Pike - Apr 13
Next Tuesday, the Montgomery County Council will choose a development proposal that it hopes will jump-start revitalization in downtown Wheaton. Two competing proposals have emerged from County Executive Ike Leggett and the council for several publicly-owned properties in the area, both of which include significant office space. Leggett's proposal is larger and enjoys community support, but it...
Just Up The Pike - Apr 5
Protestations from Struthiomimus Santorum notwithstanding, last night's primary results from Wisconsin, Maryland, and the District of Cretaceousness suggest that, like it or not, the uber-tedious Brontosaurus Romneii may indeed be the de facto GOPasaur nominee. Low voter turnout suggests that GOPasaurs in general face long odds, as their roster of contender...
DailyKos (Maryland) - Apr 4 - 2 clicks
Four years ago, Maryland held its primary concurrently with the District of Columbia and Virginia in the so-called “Potomac primaries.” Then-Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., swept all three contests, extending his delegate lead over then-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and bringing a jolt of recognition to many watchers that the insurgent Midwesterner would, in fact, be the Democratic nominee. ...
DailyKos (Maryland) - Apr 3
Maryland state flag For those of you wishing to follow along with tonight's presidential primary results in Maryland and Washington, DC (where polls have just closed), as well as Wisconsin (where polls close in an hour), feel free to use this as an open thread. We'll also be liveblogging the Maryland congressional primaries over at Daily Kos Elections . Results : Maryland | DC | &nb...
DailyKos (Maryland) - Apr 3
Our next edition of the Primary Highways series visits Washington, DC and Maryland. We briefly explore the cities of Washington and Baltimore, and also extend to the eastern and western ends of Maryland. It is another installment that tends to be more urban, given the locations and my interests. As always, comments on the article and on additional places to visit in the states (or ...
DailyKos (Maryland) - Apr 2
The Father of Obamacare is likely to win three primaries tomorrow (Brian Synder/Reuters) PPP ( PDF ). Wisconsin and Maryland Republicans. 3/31-4/1. ±4.0% and ±4.4%. Wisconsin: Romney: 43 Santorum: 36 Paul: 11 Gingrich: 8 Maryland: Romney: 52 Santorum: 27 Gingrich: 10 Paul: 9 If Mitt Romney is able to win with these kinds of margins—big double-digits in Rom...
DailyKos (Maryland) - Apr 2
It's not the Wegmans he promised , but developer Chris Jones found the destination he was looking for to draw customers to his Burtonsville Town Square shopping center, located at the intersection of Route 198 and Old Columbia Pike. "Burtonsville has always been known for its history," says Jones, head of the Bethesda-based BMC Property Group . "Now that history includes artifacts from 2...
Just Up The Pike - Apr 1
I’ve always believed that as Democrats, we are strongest when we stand together with one voice and say: Yes, we are Democrats, and we are damn proud to be the party of working families and the middle class, and we’re not going to sell out the people who need us most for the people who have the most. As you know by now, I’m running in Maryland’s 6th Congressional District’s Democratic Primary E...
DailyKos (Maryland) - Mar 29
( People for the American Way ) One of these things is not like the others: A sample ballot reportedly being handed out by campaign volunteers for Maryland state Sen. Anthony Muse's Democratic primary challenge to Sen. Ben Cardin notes the percentages of the U.S. population and the U.S. Senate that are white, black, Hispanic, Asian, American Indian and Jewish. Muse is black, and the l...
DailyKos (Maryland) - Mar 28
Burying a parent is a difficult time in any person's life. Anybody who has had to do it knows the grief, stress, and general pain and suffering that goes along with parents' funerals. But this difficult process was made a whole lot more difficult for a woman in Maryland identified only as Barbara. Imagine going to your mother's funeral, only to be turned away from communion by th...
DailyKos (Maryland) - Mar 26 - 2 clicks
SB 212, Maryland's Gender Identity NonDiscrimination Act is stalled in the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee. Monday is the deadline for approval of all bills which need consideration by both houses of the legislature…and there are no plans for a vote. For the sixth year in a row the measure will die a slow, miserable death. The bill was aimed at banning discrimination agai...
DailyKos (Maryland) - Mar 24
Maryland’s medical licensing authority is still spending taxpayer’s money trying to revoke Dr. Riley’s Maryland medical license which was suspended with original charges of violation of “The Maryland Medical Practice Act" and working for an unauthorized physician who owned the company she worked for, for less than 2 weeks. These charges are all public record. Doctor Riley is being made to wear...
DailyKos (Maryland) - Mar 19
well hello Daily Kos, somewhere in the more recent past i must have signed an online petition of some sort supporting marriage equality in my state (Maryland). i did so not thinking it would ever get any kind of response, but i was as i am often, wrong. so my delegate sends my form letter with his official letterhead and cool-ass Maryland House of Delegates logo. and i quote: ...
DailyKos (Maryland) - Mar 16
A heated primary battle is shaping up in a the newly drawn MD-06, intended to squeeze out the incumbent Roscoe Bartlett (R) by taking his western Maryland district and stretching it all the way down into solidly Democratic Montgomery County. The intent in Annapolis was to create a seat for state Sen. Rob Garagiola. Garagiola's racked up endorsements from labor, MoveOn.org, and many...
DailyKos (Maryland) - Mar 15
Arlington is like fly paper for twenty-somethings, but Montgomery isn't far behind. Over the past few months, I've written a lot about Montgomery County's need to attract and retain Millennials , who could contribute a lot to the county but often cannot afford local housing prices. That's what Arlington's figured out, and that's why they recently held an event with the unfortunate name "...
Just Up The Pike - Mar 15
Kids at Rockville’s Albert Einstein High School, Maryland, on February 1 took home their report cards, but some parents were shocked to find that alongside their kids’ grades there was also a leaflet telling their kids how being gay is a choice and that it is possible to change. So reads (in part) a flyer from FPOX (Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays). ...
DailyKos (Maryland) - Mar 8
Time for another installment of how effective of a Democratic map can I draw. This one involves Maryland, which I had been holding off on because there have been so many excellent and actually realistic 7-1 and 8-0 maps that were better than the real thing. Still, I figured I'd try my hand at both. The goal was first and foremost to maximize Democratic performance in the distri...
DailyKos (Maryland) - Mar 7
Per my recent diary requesting help and support for Dr. Nicola Riley , I have received an e-mail from Doctor Riley to express her thanks to all: Thanks for all your support everyone! You know who you are! Murder Charges Dropped Against Abortion Docs ELKTON, Md. (CBSDC/AP) — Maryland prosecutors have dismissed murder charges against two out-of-state doctors in the death of a fetus during a...
DailyKos (Maryland) - Mar 7
Today's post comes from Scott Goldberg, Bethesda resident and former candidate for state delegate , on why Maryland needs a gas tax to pay for the state's pressing transportation needs. For more of Goldberg's thoughts on transportation from the Purple Line to energy independence, check out his 2010 interview with Greater Greater Washington . And as always, JUTP is looking for guest posts. ...
Just Up The Pike - Mar 5
In 1860, Charles Mitchell, an African-American who was only 14, escaped to Victoria, Canada on board the inland steamship Eliza Anderson . Mitchell had been held as a slave by a prominent local U.S. citizen, James Tilton, who had brought him from Maryland, where his mother had been held as a slave for Tilton's aunt. According to an article published in 1907 by the Washington Hi...
DailyKos (Maryland) - Mar 4
Both the House and Senate passed marriage equality in Maryland and the governor signed it into law. So what's next? For some people, what's next is getting ready to fight a possible referendum in the fall. But wait! What about that other very important piece of legislation . We hope it is not going to be forgotten in all the hubbub. And we certainly hope that ...
DailyKos (Maryland) - Mar 2 - 4 clicks
Hey Kossacks, It's been a while since we posted here, but with the victory in Maryland today and the near-victory in New Jersey, all eyes are on the Mid-Atlantic again, and it's time to get moving here in Delaware. This afternoon, as I'm sure most of you have been, I’ve been watching Gov. Martin O’Malley sign the legislation to end marriage discrimination in the “Old Line State.” Here in th...
DailyKos (Maryland) - Mar 1
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley In a ceremony capping years of efforts by gay advocates, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley will sign the Civil Marriage Protection Act in a few minutes. ( Livestream here .) The new law will make marriage equality a reality in the state come January, making Maryland the eighth state to give the green-light to same-sex marriage in the past 12 months. If, that is, ...
DailyKos (Maryland) - Mar 1
This is pretty much follow up on Doctor Nicola Riley in Utah who has been charged with murder in Maryland for practicing abortion in that state from my previous article Doctor Nicola Riley of Utah – Victim of the American Politics of Vagina and Christian Sharia , which is a mouthful. I do have a tendency to perhaps over verbalize in my self-taught communication skills. Nicola is the dau...
DailyKos (Maryland) - Feb 27 - 5 clicks
