20071029 Len Lazarick watch

Len Lazarick Baltimore Examiner

October 29, 2007

Voters say 'No new taxes'

6 hrs ago - Their cry was loud and unified: “No new taxes.” A series of demonstrations by taxpayer, conservative and Republican groups around the State House on Monday lead the way for Gov. Martin O'Malley's call for a special session of the General Assembly where he was to give a short pep talk before legislators are to act on a series of taxes hikes.

Spotlight’s on governor tonight

22 hrs ago - It’s showtime for Martin O’Malley. When the governor comes to the podium tonight to address the 188 members of the General Assembly, his soliloquy raises the curtain on the second act of the make-or-break performance of his first term.

O’Malley proposes more to be spent on uninsured

3 days ago - Gov. Martin O’Malley is proposing the state spend as much as $250 million more each year to offer health insurance to 100,000 uninsured people by adding them to the Medicaid rolls and subsidizing very small businesses that begin offering health insurance to workers.

County officials back tax package

3 days ago - Elected county officials from across Maryland came to the State House on Thursday to support the governor’s entire revenue-raising package, including slots machines, but none of them would say whether they would accept slots in their own jurisdictions.

Poll: Support up for slots, but down for O’Malley

4 days ago - Gov. Martin O’Malley’s approval rating has declined among Maryland voters, but those voters overwhelmingly support the governor’s plan to bring slot machines to the state, according to a new statewide poll released Wednesday.

O’Malley starts outreach program

4 days ago - “No Americano extra” is what Gov. Martin O’Malley told a group of Hispanic business people when they taught him the Spanish version of one of his signature lines — “There is no such thing as a spare American.”

O’Malley unveils big budget cuts

5 days ago - Big cuts in aid to counties, libraries, schools, universities, health care, state police and dozens of other programs will be needed if the legislature doesn’t pass tax increases next month, Gov. Martin O’Malley said Tuesday as he unveiled his own version of a “doomsday” budget.

Poll: Support for slots is up, down for O’Malley

6 days ago - Support for slots among Maryland voters is up, but it's down for Gov. Martin O’Malley, according to a new statewide poll. The poll also found overwhelming backing for a referendum on slot machine gambling.

The 3-minute interview: Warren Deschenaux

6 days ago - Warren Deschenaux is the director of the Office of Policy Analysis for the Department of Legislative Service in Annapolis. He and his staff will play a key role in analyzing the governor’s deficit-cutting tax changes.

Plucky O’Malley needs luck of the Irish

7 days ago - In Martin O’Malley’s visit to Dublin this weekend, he was perhaps able to pick up an extra portion of the luck of the Irish. That’s what many legislators think he needs to get what he wants out of the special session he’s ordered next week, a call seen as a risky roll of the dice.

Ehrlich dishes it out to Gilchrest

10 days ago - Karen and Art Oertel used to organize crab feasts for Republican U.S. Rep. Wayne Gilchrest from their family's Harris Crab House and seafood plant on the waterfront at Kent Narrows six miles east of the Bay Bridge. But no more.

State officials say children’s health improving

10 days ago - Maryland children are getting better immunized, suffering fewer suicides, deaths and injuries, and using drugs, alcohol and cigarettes less in the last five to 10 years, Cabinet secretaries told lawmakers this week.

Speaker: Senate must take initiative

10 days ago - When lawmakers return to Annapolis for a special session in 10 days, House Speaker Michael Busch said the onus would be on the Senate to take the initiative in passing Gov. Martin O’Malley’s deficit-busting tax plan.

Orioles Park hits big screen with high-definition replays

11 days ago - High-definition replays will be coming to Orioles Park at Camden Yards next season under a settlement between the baseball team and the Maryland Stadium Authority approved Wednesday by the state Board of Public Works in Annapolis.

Governor turns professor to explain his tax plan

11 days ago - “A C student can get this,” professor Martin O’Malley, freshman governor, assured a class of several dozen political science majors, faculty and university bigwigs as he rolled through a 50-minute lecture on his deficit-cutting tax package.

New version of Green Fund under attack as a hidden tax

12 days ago - It’s not easy trying to improve the Green Fund to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, especially when the governor is already pushing for eight or nine different tax hikes to plug a deficit hole.

Republicans fire back at O’Malley

12 days ago - Republican legislators came out swinging at Gov. Martin O’Malley’s tax plan and the “liberal leadership” of the Maryland Senate and House on Tuesday, throwing digs at O’Malley’s three-day trip to Ireland that begins tonight.

Banks joins race against Gilchrest

12 days ago - Robert Banks, a former Ehrlich administration aide and Baltimore County Orphans Court judge, on Monday became the fourth Republican to challenge U.S. Rep. Wayne Gilchrest in the 1st Congressional District.

O’Malley off to Ireland, again

13 days ago - Gov. Martin O’Malley heads to Ireland again on Wednesday night, on a trip paid for by the Dublin Chamber of Commerce.

O'Malley calls for Oct. 29 special session

14 days ago - The Maryland General Assembly will be back at the State House for Halloween, and it’s not certain if it will be a trick or treat for constituents.

Gilchrest, Harris are close in battle for fundraising

14 days ago - In the heated Republican primary for the 1st Congressional District seat, U.S. Rep. Wayne Gilchrest holds a narrow edge in his campaign chest over his challenger, State Sen. Andy Harris, R-Harford-Baltimore counties. But since entering the race in May, Harris has raised nearly twice as much as the nine-term incumbent, according to figures released by the campaigns.

Tax cuts or hike coming? It depends

14 days ago - Gov. Martin O’Malley continues to insist that the vast majority of Marylanders will see their taxes cut in the revenue “reforms” he will ask the legislature to embrace in the special session being announced today.

O’Malley promises word on special session soon

17 days ago - Gov. Martin O’Malley said Thursday that “early next week” he’ll have an announcement about calling a special session of the General Assembly to deal with his deficit-reducing package, and that “early next week you’ll see the legislation rolling out” with details on his slot machines proposal.

Disability activists demand officials shut down Rosewood

17 days ago - A dozen disability activists in motorized wheelchairs demanding to meet with Gov. Martin O’Malley and tell him to close the Rosewood Center were turned away from the front gate of the governor’s residence Wednesday night because they didn’t have a march permit from the city of Annapolis.

Harris raises $526,000 against Gilchrest

18 days ago - State Sen. Andy Harris, R-Baltimore-Harford, on Thursday said his campaign to defeat 1st District U.S. Rep. Wayne Gilchrest in the Republican primary has raised $526,000 since it began in May, $352,000 in the past three months.

The 3-minute interview: David Blumberg

‘Simpler’ Greenfund presented in order to stave runoff into Bay

O’Malley invokes ‘Star Trek’ to describe hurdles of tax plan

Official: Parole hearings denied; some blame bad communication

Judge orders O’Malley administration to reinstate fired services official

GOP senators fight ‘nonfactor’ label by standing firm against slots

Judge orders testimony from Ehrlich administration aides

Liberal group attacks chamber study linking tax increases to job losses

Republicans say no to slots

Catonsville hospital overhaul to slash energy costs, saving millions

Democrats raise big bucks to fund state party

GOP: O’Malley plan ‘deceitful’

Md. suing to halt SCHIP veto