“The Gazette“, Maryland’s leading Business and Legal newspaper, published an article on July 26, 2010 which addressed the question “Should Maryland hold a Constitutional Convention?” This question will appear on a ballot in November so the paper assembled some of Maryland’s best constitutional scholars including Mr. Byron Warnken, professor of Law at University of Baltimore…
Maryland’s special interest groups are busy sending their questionnaires out to the various candidates running for public office. As a result, the candidates are busy deciding whether to respond and to which of the questionnaires they should respond . Just in the last few days, I have received questionnaires from Maryland Business for Responsive Government (MBRG), the National Rifle Association,…
Delegate Mike Smigiel Press Release Contact: Andi Morony July 17,2010 410-490-2734 For Immediate Release Smigiel Named Maryland Oystermen’s “Legislator of the Year”…
Delegate Smigiel has requested that the Administrative, Executive, Legislative Review committee (AELR) have a public hearing to discuss the State Board of Elections’ proposed emergency regulations. A hearing will be held in the Joint Hearing Room in Annapolis on July 20, 2010 at 10 a.m. If you have any questions or comments please come out…
In what amounts to a stealthy victory for Second Amendment advocates in Maryland, yesterday, the Governor signed into law a modified “Castle Doctrine” bill (SB-411). This new law will provide civil immunity for a person defending their dwelling or place of business. This immunity provides that the person is not liable for damages for a…
I was very disappointed to read the following statement by Stephanie PalKo in her “It’s All Business” article in the May 6, 2010 edition of the Cecil Guardian. Ms. Palko wrote “Everybody must have been a little tired at the Cecil County Chamber of Commerce’s Legislative wrap-up breakfast on Monday morning. They just listened to…
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Yesterday, the ban on hand held cell phone usage in cars passed the House of Delegates. However, I did everything I could do to fight against this FURTHER intrusion into our private lives by the government. The speaker even joked I offered the most amendments he had ever seen by a Delegate to a bill.…
At the voting session held on April 7, 2010 in the House of Delegates, the Speaker Pro Tem Adrienne Jones (D-District 10) who is also a Vice Chairwoman on the Appropriations Committee, was questioned by Delegate Susan Krebs (R-District 9) about certain expenditures appearing in the capital budget. Delegate Krebs wanted answers about why there…
