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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Political Maryland’s Democratic Cocoon by Barry Rascovar

Political Maryland’s Democratic Cocoon by Barry Rascovar

Barry Rascovar | November 14, 2016 at 4:27 pm | URL: http://politicalmaryland.com/?p=3262

Barry Rascovar’s blog is www.politicalmaryland.com  He can be reached at brascovar@hotmail.com

Nov. 14, 2016 – A Martian landing in Maryland on election night never would have guessed that Donald Trump was about to pull off the upset of the century.

That’s because Maryland is an outlier, an exception to what happens in presidential elections in the rest of the country. Political Maryland's Democratic Cocoon

Trump got slaughtered in Maryland, receiving just a little over a third of the vote. Only a few other heavily Democratic states, like Massachusetts and California, saw such lopsided Democratic victories in the presidential race won by Republican Trump.

The election map in Maryland looked surprisingly similar to the 2012 election map. Democrats have such overwhelming majorities in the densely populated Central Maryland subdivisions that this provides a protective cocoon for the party’s presidential candidate.


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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Barry Rascovar January 21, 2015 Future looks bright for short-term delegate Cavey

Barry Rascovar January 21, 2015 Future looks bright for short-term delegate Cavey


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Columnist Barry Rascovar discusses Chris Cavey who recently “Cavey served as a Baltimore County delegate for just 16 days. Clearly, some explanation is in order…”

I have worked with Del. Cavey for many years and I have appreciated every moment of it. Del. Cavey is thoughtful, very bright, insightful, a strategic thinker and always seems to easily understand the context in we serve and see the bigger picture. 

In an era when it is not good enough to be the best, Del. Cavey is nice.

And yes, many of us are looking forward to Cavey now “participating in the administrative side of things in Annapolis during Hogan's term as governor…”

At a time when reaching across the aisle and playing nice in order to move the ball forward; Del. Cavey is perfect for leadership in the Hogan administration in Annapolis.

Del. Cavey knows Maryland government and remembers when members of Maryland General Assembly may have disagreed upon various issues; but they always worked together harmoniously for the greater good of Maryland. Remember the name Cavey – it rhymes with civility.

WE are looking forward to many great things from Del. Cavey.

Please enjoy Mr. Rascovar’s column…

Kevin E. Dayhoff - January 27, 2015

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When the Maryland General Assembly kicked off its 90-day session a week ago, two members of the House of Delegates from Baltimore County were missing.

One of them is a familiar name to people living in rural parts of the county — Del. Wade Kach, a fixture in the Maryland State House for four decades. The retired teacher just kept getting reelected.

The other missing delegate is not nearly as familiar — Chris Cavey.

Cavey served as a Baltimore County delegate for just 16 days. Clearly, some explanation is in order.


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Kach did the smart thing and ran for Baltimore County Council instead.

His name recognition and reputation as a diligent, moderate conservative helped him defeat one-term incumbent GOP Councilman Todd Huff of Lutherville.

Kach then won easily in November with 68 percent of the vote.

He was sworn in as a councilman in early December, leaving a void in the county's legislative delegation. By law, the Republican Central Committee for the county gets to appoint a replacement, with the governor's consent.
Enter, Chris Cavey.

The former insurance agent has been a longtime field worker for Republican candidates. He served as chair of the Baltimore County Republican Party for seven years and as first vice-chair of the state Republican Party for 7 1/2 years.


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Hogan and Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford attended Cavey's swearing-in ceremony in the House chambers. The interim delegate's grandchildren held the Bible as he took the oath of office.


Now that Chris Cavey's name has been entered in the legislative record book, he can turn to his next assignment — participating in the administrative side of things in Annapolis during Hogan's term as governor…

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Monday, December 16, 2013

Barry Rascovar: Evaluating Ex-Corrections Chief Gary Maynard

Evaluating Ex-Corrections Chief Gary Maynard


NO GOOD DEED goes unpunished, they say. Retired Maryland Corrections Chief Gary Maynard can attest to that.
Had Maynard not turned to the FBI for help in investigating gang smuggling and complicity by prison guards at the Baltimore Detention Center, he’d be retiring with plaudits all around for his seven-year performance.
Instead, Maynard walks away with a mixed record.

Undone by the FBI

In 2011, Maynard’s department uncovered massive drug smuggling, sex and gang activity at the city jail that involved guards.
He could have arrested a few people at that time, called a press conference so the governor could gloat about the crackdown and ignored the deeper, more troubling problem — an out-of-control Detention Center filled with guards who were aiding inmate gang members.
But that’s not Maynard’s style.
Corrections Secretary Gary Maynard
Gary Maynard
A career prison  manager — and retired brigadier general – he insisted on getting to the bottom of this problem. So he reached out to the FBI for assistance.
He got help, all right. What he didn’t expect was grandstanding.
But it failed to stress that Maynard had requested the two-year investigation. Instead, Maynard became the fall guy.

Maynard’s Response... Read more here: http://politicalmaryland.com/2013/12/16/evaluating-ex-corrections-chief-gary-maynard/

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Saturday, March 19, 2011

Maryland Senate Republican Slate: Rascovar & Lee

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Rascovar & Lee
Dear Kevin,


Two astute observers of the Annapolis scene are Barry Rascovar and Blair Lee. They provide an "insider's baseball" perspective of the State House through their weekly columns in the Gazette newspapers.

The Gazette of Politics and Business is a Friday edition that is also available online (click here). This edition contains perceptive articles by the Gazette's team of State House reporters as well as the opinion columns of Rascovar and Lee.

This week's edition is especially insightful. Rascovar questions why legislators are not listening to their own fiscal advisors. The Board of Revenue Estimates last week predicted a slower-than-expected economic recovery, but the Democrat leadership continues to increase the budget as if full recovery will happen in the next quarter:

"Why aren't O'Malley and lawmakers paying attention? Based on the revenue board's bleak analysis, they should be reining in Maryland's out-of-control spending and preparing for a slower than expected recovery. Instead, delegates and the governor are pandering to the usual special interests. The revenue board's cautions preceded the alarming events in Japan, the world's third-largest economy. That nation's triple devastation will ripple economically through Maryland and the country. It also is now clear that Maryland's strong job growth over the past year - loudly touted by O'Malley - was a mirage. . . This is not a time to crank out another budget that protects vested interests and avoids the tough decisions. Yet once again, it looks like that proverbial can is about to get kicked down the road." (To read the full opinion column, click here

Lee offers an analysis of the unusual alliance that formed to defeat the assumed passage of the gay marriage bill in the House of Delegates. He highlights the role of the African-American churches in persuading legislators to stand fast against the bill:

"Insiders say that P.G. County's black churches turned seven delegates against the same-sex bill, enough to kill it. Many blacks also take offense to the gay lobby's pitch that homosexual marriage and biracial marriage are similar civil rights issues. Biracial marriage is much different from same-sex marriage, say blacks; no religion teaches that biracial marriage is a sin against God. This clash between the gay lobby and black churches is a white liberal's nightmare. Don't the black churches understand that their job is to endorse Democratic candidates, not religion?" (To read the full opinion column, click here

During the 90-day session, we recommend that you set your "flipboard" or "google reader" to the Gazette of Politics and Business to stay current on what is happening behind the scenes in Annapolis. You will not be disappointed! 

Saturday, March 27, 2010

"ObamaCare" Poses Uncertainty for Maryland's Medical Community


Maryland Senate Republican Slate: "ObamaCare" Poses Uncertainty for Maryland's Medical Community

While Governor Martin O'Malley and state Democrats were praising the passage of the federal health care bill this week, the implementation of the new federal requirements poses great uncertainty for Maryland's medical practitioners and hospitals.

Columnist Barry Rascovar of The Gazette analyzes the impact on Maryland's delicately-balanced health system and concludes that "the long-term implications of this law could create a major earthquake in Maryland."

To read the full Rascovar article, click here. Some highlights are posted below:

"As a result of this law, the growing scarcity of physicians in parts of the state could spread. Financially pinched hospitals could see their predicaments worsen. The state's unique rate-setting system for hospitals, established 40 years ago, might have to be junked or modernized."

"Maryland's medical system could find itself ill-equipped to absorb an additional 600,000 patients who previously lacked coverage."

"So far, the governor and legislators have managed to avoid confronting that issue. But pressures are building on hospitals in Maryland, thanks in no small measure to the willingness of state regulators in recent years to favor insurers over medical centers."

"Hospital reserve accounts aren't yielding any interest to help support health programs. Philanthropic gifts are way down. Yet, the demand for costly emergency room services and inpatient admissions are surging, particularly among the recently unemployed who lack insurance. This situation might deteriorate under the new health reform law, which mandates $500 billion in Medicare cuts to doctors and hospitals over the next decade."

"Sharp reimbursement reductions might persuade more practicing physicians to retire early, switch careers or refuse to take Medicare and Medicaid patients - just what we don't need with a tidal wave of newly insured patients about to flood waiting rooms."

"As for Maryland hospitals, they could face a double-whammy: State regulators not only will implement painful Medicare rate reductions, they will go further and cut hospital charges even more dramatically to maintain the state's status."


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Sunday, April 22, 2007

20070422 Baltimore Premiere of “Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater” at the Charles



Cinema Sundays Spring 2007 Series 39 at the Charles Theatre

Baltimore Premiere ofMr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater

Sunday, April 22, 2007

The other day I called Jonathan Palevsky at the Charles Theatre ever so slightly too late…

He had called and left a message asking me to be the presenter this Sunday for the “Baltimore Premiere of Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater. Directed by Julie Anderson. Starring Barry Goldwater, James Carville, Walter Cronkite, John Dean, John McCain, the Goldwater Family, and almost every other figure who was ever involved in American politics.”

I would have loved to do it as I have done a great deal of research on the incredible career of Barry Goldwater.

Nevertheless, the person who called Mr. Palevsky back before I did is probably much more eminently qualified to speak on the topic of Senator Goldwater – Barry Rascovar, the pre-eminent Gazette columnist.

Mr. Rascovar, retired from the Baltimore Sun in August 2001 in one the many awkward decisions made by the paper since it was purchased by Tribune a number of years ago. Moves which many of us feel has caused the paper to shift precipitously to the left as nowadays, the paper is often considered to be the unofficial web site for the liberal point of view and the Maryland Democratic Party…

But I guess that matter is well beyond the scope of this post. And, after-all, it all worked out as Mr. Rascovar was quickly picked up by Gazette

Meanwhile, Mr. Palevsky e-mailed me the following information…

Cinema Sundays at the Charles Continues its 39th series on April 22nd with the Baltimore Premiere of Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater. Directed by Julie Anderson. Starring Barry Goldwater, James Carville, Walter Cronkite, John Dean, John McCain, the Goldwater Family, and almost every other figure who was ever involved in American politics.

2007 USA Rated R for Republican. 90 minutes.

Synopsis

Barry M. Goldwater, rose from being a local businessman in Arizona (which was not yet a state when he was born) to become a hugely influential U.S. Senator whose 30-year career reached a crescendo with his ill-fated run for President in 1964.

The film follows that tumultuous year, as well as others in a career that encompassed numerous political and ideological triumphs. Though he never achieved the ultimate prize, the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980 vindicated the conservative agenda Goldwater had long championed.

Ironically, in later years, Goldwater's support of issues like abortion and gay rights were diametrically opposed to those of the "new conservative" leadership, underscoring both the distance the country has traveled in the last 40 years, as well as the dogged independence Goldwater embodied up to his death in 1998.

At the height of his power, Goldwater was the symbol of conservatism, denouncing Liberals and Communists while advocating limited government, free enterprise, separation of church and state, and a strong defense.

But because of his unequivocal opinions, Goldwater was vulnerable to attacks that labeled him pro-war and anti-Civil Rights. Those perceptions, coupled with JFK's death a year before the election, undermined Goldwater's presidential hopes, though he remained a strong and influential Senate voice for 23 more years.

In addition to detailing Goldwater's rise in politics, Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater includes a myriad of anecdotes and insights about Goldwater's private and public life. Identified as much with his home state of Arizona as JFK was with Massachusetts, Goldwater was, according to George Will, "not just from Arizona .... he looked like Arizona."

In an era when JFK became the first Catholic ever to be elected President, Goldwater was in fact half Jewish. Remembers Robert MacNeil, "He often told the story about being born of a Jewish father and an Episcopalian mother. He would say things like, 'I went to a golf club where they wouldn't let Jews play, and I said, "I'm only half Jewish. Can I play nine holes?'"

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater includes interviews with Senators Edward Kennedy, Hillary Rodham Clinton (a onetime "Goldwater Girl") and John McCain (who succeeded Goldwater in Arizona); former TV anchorman Walter Cronkite; humorist Al Franken; TV correspondent Robert MacNeil; former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee; author George Will; 60 Minutes' And y Rooney; CBS News' Bob Schieffer; White House reporter Helen Thomas; political consultant James Carville; former White House Counsel John Dean; Goldwater's brother, Bob; sons Barry, Jr. (a onetime House Representative from California) and Michael; daughters Joanne and Peggy; and others.

Click here for official site and trailer!

http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/mrconservative/index.html

Ladies and gentlemen. I promised you a documentary and by gosh we have one. I was hoping to book The Romance of the 7 Tractor Drivers…a seven hour epic about life on the collective farm but sadly the 14mm print wasn’t available from Belarus films. Instead we have what should be a fascinating look at one of the most interesting and enduring figures of American political life.

Our speaker for this week is Barry Rascovar who writes for The Gazette, is featured on WYPR’s Inside Maryland Politics and is also a political commentator for WBAL TV. His own persona l take on Barry Goldwater should prove most interesting.

I want to thank our speaker from last week Joseph Schaub for his work on Fracture, I know we all appreciated his insights.

I am so looking forward to seeing you on Sunday.

Jonathan Palevsky Jpalevsky AT aol.com

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Doors open at 9:45 There’s hot coffee, fresh bagels, (including my favorite the crunchy sunflower) and a discreetly hidden penguin in the post modernist ecologically vegan friendly industrial lobby of the Charles. Moderate bagel consumption takes place until 10:30 (after which we adjourn to the Dada era screening room for some introductory remarks by the host and the guest speaker. After the movie is screened (completely devoid of rude people talking during th e film or using their cell phones) the post screening discussion, will be moderated by the guest speaker, with Jonathan and Jerry on the mics fielding questions from YOU, the audience.

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Saturday, August 25, 2001

20010824 Columnist Barry Rascovar is leaving the Baltimore Sun

Sun's Rascovar to retire next Friday

Aug. 24, 2001 by Josh Kurtz, Staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS -- It's official: Barry Rascovar, the influential political columnist and deputy editorial page editor of The (Baltimore) Sun, will end his 30-year career on the newspaper next Friday.

Maryland politics may never be the same.

"The Sun paper's losing really one of the premiere columnists," said state Comptroller William Donald Schaefer, a former governor and Baltimore mayor. "He was never very good to me. ... But I think he had some of the best insights into politics."

Rascovar, 55, accepted an early retirement package offered this summer by the Tribune Co., the Sun's Chicago parent.

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For 10 years as a reporter and 20 years as an opinion writer, Rascovar has been one of the most visible and powerful observers of Maryland politics.

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Some friends of Rascovar's privately grumble that he was the victim of a power struggle with Jacqueline Thomas, the editorial page editor who was brought in to replace Rascovar's friend and mentor, Joseph Sterne, who retired in 1998.

Read the rest here: “Sun's Rascovar to retire next Friday.”