Follow Delegate Smigiel on Twitter Kent Co. Queen Anne’s Co. Caroline Co.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...
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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...
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This 2nd Amendment Supporter is very Disappointed in the U.S. Supreme Court. It was one of those pivital events in politics when I heard the U.S. Supreme Court had just decided by a 5-4 decision that the 2nd Amendment applies to the individual. My first reaction was a sigh of relief. I did not...
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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...
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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...
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The Governor says he wants to hear from the public about ways to cut government cost. He put a web site up, (which I wrote about last week), to elicit feedback from the public. However, this website does not allow the public to see what suggestions are offered. I would like to offer a...
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Governor O’Malley is requesting that the citizens of Maryland go to his state web site and give the Governor suggestions on how to address Maryland’s current fiscal crises. When I first heard about this, I thought, What a great idea! Unfortunately, like most things in government, the devil is in the details. To my...
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Speed camera acceptance is sold under the guise of Public Safety, yet, this is a fiction. The argument is that if the cameras are placed in strategic areas such as school zones and construction sites then the issuing of tickets by a State machine to a privately owned machine will some how change driver...
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This is the fifth of the seven worst bills of the 2009 legislative session serious, it is not as timely as it could have been but what do you expect, I am working with legislative time, always a few years late and a billion dollars short. In 2002, House Speaker Michael Busch made the statement, “If...
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The internet can be a useful tool for communicating information, for political debate and for discussion of various topics of interest to the public. Yet, like any tool in the hands of the uninformed or those with an evil intent it can be a weapon of propaganda, slander and just used to smear those you disagree with. ...
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