Maryland: University Of Maryland

Barack Obama spoke about college affordability at the White House today, where he was introduced by a University of Maryland student. Here's a description from the White House pool report, prepared by salon.com: "Stephanie Stevenson, an African American Junior at...

As I did recently for Josh Cohen, I shall now do for Sam Shropshire. The below is simply a republication of his news release:

Using the occasion of Earth Day, Alderman Sam Shropshire will present his mayoral platform statement on the environment to a gathering at Ward 7’s Back Creek Nature Park at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, April 22nd.
According to Shropshire, “My campaign for mayor symbolizes our concern for the community of Annapolis. For us it’s about preserving three important resources: our people, our water and our history.

This is slightly off Maryland topic, but relevant also in Maryland

The passage of the stimlus train wreck is loaded with opportunities to take Congress to task for being hypocritical. This Chicago Tribune piece doesn't disclose a hypocrisy per se, but you can bet one will be forthcoming when it comes time for the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill.
Washington, which has run up a $10.7 trillion national debt, wants to punish Wall Street execs for running their companies into the ground. How ironic.

President Barack Obama proposed that the salaries of top executives whose companies seek federal assistance be capped at $500,000 a year.

[img_assist|nid=3864|title=|desc=Ron Paul: Politicker.com Photo|link=none|align=right|width=200|height=222]COLLEGE PARK -- U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) dropped into Maryland Thursday to show his support for five of Maryland's Republican Congressional candidates. The event -- designed to raise cash for the candidates' campaigns -- was held at the Comcast Center at the University of Maryland in College Park.

Paul, who made an unsuccessful bid for president in 2008, says a lot of enthusiasm resulted from the campaign.