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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...
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This evening, on Maryland Public Television, Governor Martin O’Malley will be appearing live on a program called “Ask the Governor”. If you would like to ask questions about any issue but, in particular, the closing of the Upper Shore Community Mental Health Facility, I would urge you to either email the show or call...
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A week ago I was at a campaigns and technology conference in Washington DC. We were learning about the importance of social networking technology in politics.  While we discussed the various uses that could and should be made of the facebook, blogs and twitter, we were discussing it in terms being successful in political...
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I noticed that there was a small error on my driver’s license that needed correcting.  So I went to the DMV and asked to correct the error. The  charge for correcting an error on the driver’s license is only $22.  Now my license needs to be renewed in three weeks because that is my...
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From Someone Noticed The town’s policital leadership has advised that it will hold a workshop on March 11 at 4:00 p.m. The announcement does not indicate the items that are going to discussed at the meeting. This practice of not listing the important items the board is going to examine, contrasts with the norms...
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From The Washington Post —— Media Need Not Reveal Web Posters’ Identities Ruling Applies 1st Amendment to Internet   By Aaron C. Davis Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, February 28, 2009; Page B08   Operators of newspaper Web sites, blogs and chat rooms that allow readers to post anonymous comments using pseudonyms do not...
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From WBAL Radio News —- Court Defends Anonymous Web Posters Court Defends Anonymous Web Posters Saturday, February 28, 2009 WBAL Radio as reported by Robert Lang Read the Maryland Court of Appeals decision in this case. View File The Maryland Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, has ruled that three people who posted...
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From Someone Noticed By Dan Meadows I had a magazine once, for a short time. Some of you may remember it, Pet Companions Magazine. We wrote about all sorts of pet-related issues, both serious and not so. Dog biscuit recipes, books on animal topics, articles about animal welfare issues, and most importantly, a big,...
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The blog has had over 61,000 views in just the month of January.  In addition, readers have posted over 1,000 comments.  About a month ago, it was recognized as one of the 100-fastest growing English language blogs in the world.
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WordPress monitors web traffic on the Internet and reports each day on the the 100-top blogs for a variety of categories.  These include the volume of unique hits, as well as the hottest topics on the World Wide Web (based on Internet traffic).  This serves as an important measure about which blogs are getting...
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