Maryland: William Donald Schaefer

Peripatetic former resident and Wacky Wiekel sidekick Craig Purcell has a thing (as does Weikel) against Trudy McFall. They recently started their own blog where they...well nevermind. I've given them enough attention about that already. In their quixotic cyber-quest which they label "the Elusive Search for Truth in Annapolis Politics" Purcell sends me an email that reads:

"As a fellow blogger and close follower of the Annapolis political scene & current races I thought you might be interested in the attached document making the rounds of cyberspace - I am not going to publish it because my interest is not so much in the machinations & internecine warfare among the pols but rather on the issues such as .

Here's some video of former mayor, governor, etc. William Donald Schaefer with his new cat, Willie IV, shot by The Sun's Ken Lam. Note that he's a calico, which is the official state cat. (Yes, we have an official state...

Maryland State Comptroller Peter Franchot leaves no political marketing opportunity unturned. He tours Baltimore schools and argues against slots, poking Gov. Martin O'Malley in the process. And like Louis Goldstein and William Donald Schaefer before him, he has learned that...

Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) issued a statement today in remembrance of former state Agriculture Secretary Wayne A. Cawley, Jr., who passed away Monday at the age of 84.

"The death of Wayne Cawley, Jr., represents a great loss to the agriculture community of our state," O'Malley said. "Dedicating more than ten years of loyal service to the people of Maryland, former Secretary Cawley demonstrated his love of farming not only through his career, but also with his craft as a grain farmer."