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Friday, December 09, 2011

Gazette.Net - Sarah Breitenbach: Legislators look to move ethics disclosures online

Legislators look to move ethics disclosures online

Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online

Transparency, campaign finance issues will take more time, committee work

By Sarah Breitenbach, Staff Writer

Friday, December 09, 2011

http://www.gazette.net/article/20111209/NEWS/712099599/1034/legislators-look-to-move-ethics-disclosures-online&template=gazette

…Joseph M. Getty (R-Dist. 5) of Manchester, who sits on the ethics and transparency committee, said he doesn't think much will come from the committee before...

The 2012 legislative session could bring a change in public access to documents that detail the occupational and financial interests of lawmakers.
A proposal previously supported by Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D-Dist. 27) of Chesapeake Beach, and spurred by the corruption trial of Sen. Ulysses S. Currie, could lead lawmakers to consider putting their ethical disclosure forms online in the upcoming legislative session… http://www.gazette.net/article/20111209/NEWS/712099599/1034/legislators-look-to-move-ethics-disclosures-online&template=gazette

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Sunday, October 09, 2011

Sarah Breitenbach: Proposed congressional map targets rural Maryland, lawmakers say

The move, which observers say would pave the way for a Democrat to take control of a long-held western Maryland Republican seat, follows a legislative session early this year in which lawmakers complained a proposed gas tax, potential ban on new septic systems and toll hikes unfairly target the state’s outer reaches.
Sen. David R. Brinkley, who leads the Frederick County delegation, said in attempting to give Maryland Democrats a 7-1 advantage in congressional seats, the map, proposed by the governor’s Redistricting Advisory Committee, lumps dissimilar communities under one lawmaker.
The move, which observers say would pave the way for a Democrat to take control of a long-held western Maryland Republican seat, follows a legislative session early this year in which lawmakers complained a proposed gas tax, potential ban on new septic systems and toll hikes unfairly target the state’s outer reaches.
A proposed redistricting map that transfers part of the 6th Congressional District from Frederick County farther into more liberal Montgomery County is a continuation of what some lawmakers are calling a war on rural Maryland.
Sen. David R. Brinkley, who leads the Frederick County delegation, said in attempting to give Maryland Democrats a 7-1 advantage in congressional seats, the map, proposed by the governor’s Redistricting Advisory Committee, lumps dissimilar communities under one lawmaker...  
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