Maryland: Maryland Democratic Party

Laura Smitherman reports that Gov. Martin O'Malley has tapped a new head for the state Democratic Party. She writes: Gov. Martin O’Malley has nominated Susan Turnbull to chair the Maryland Democratic Party. Turnbull, of Montgomery County, has been on the...

Last month I wrote about how Governor O’Malley and his green allies are working hard to raise our energy costs. Well the Green House Gas Reduction Act of 2009 has been filed SB 278/HB 315. It aims to reduce the state’s GHG emissions 25% from 2006 levels by 2020. The Department of Environment would be tasked with producing a plan cough—cap and trade—cough. The bill exempts the state’s manufacturing base. Obviously they caved and joined the greens in passing the costs on to…us.

Section 2-102 states:

“MANUFACTURING” DOES NOT INCLUDE:
(I) ACTIVITIES THAT ARE PRIMARILY A SERVICE;

(II) ACTIVITIES THAT ARE INTELLECTUAL, ARTISTIC, OR
CLERICAL IN NATURE;

(III) PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICES, INCLUDING GAS, ELECTRIC,

So energy production, in particular electricity, is not excluded.

Laura Smitherman reports that David Paulson, the spokesman and happy warrior of the Maryland Democratic Party for the last two election cycles, is taking a job starting tomorrow as communicaions director at the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. "I...

BALTIMORE -- If November's slots referendum doesn't pass, the remaining option is more cuts, according to Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-Baltimore).
 
"I don't think there is any political will for going back to revenues, because we've already looked at that," O'Malley told PolitickerMD.com at the state Democratic Party's One Week to Victory 2008 Gala on Monday.