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Mail Call - May 22
“For all of you stadium supporters, here’s a novel idea. Raise the price of a ticket an extra $10 and use the money to help offset the cost of the stadium. Sort of the same idea as the hotel/motel tax that is charged on your hotel bill....Tags: Baseball, Executive Branch, Medicaid, Barack Obama, Medicare
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On the Campaign Trail - May 21
GOP chair dines with Dems The pro-Democratic talk was no surprise to the audience at last week’s Washington County Democratic Central Committee Jefferson-Jackson dinner — even the Republicans. Washington County’s political-party...
Tags: Politics, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Elections
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George Michael: Hardball in Annapolis
Politics, some say, is the art of compromise, with all of its “give and take.” We are told that you can’t always get the whole loaf but must learn how to get at least half a loaf. Local pundits often criticize our county legislators...Tags: Family, Social Issues, Executive Branch, Voting, Justice and Rights
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Independent critters are no organized party on moving day
Beth says that all animals are Republicans because they hate change. They are wonderful, charming and warm until you try to alter the way things have always been done, at which point they become frightened, snarling monsters who likely as not will get...Tags: Democratic Party
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Cardin says 'uncertainty' is the biggest problem facing the country
dona@herald-mail.comUncertainty is holding back the economy and Washington is largely in gridlock, situations that U.S. Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin said are unlikely to be resolved before the presidential election in November. “The No. 1 problem facing the country is...Tags: Labor Markets, Barack Obama, Politics, Democratic Party, Petroleum Industry
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Obama recovers from stiff competition in West Virginia with a message of love and marriage
Supposedly unopposed, President Obama lost 40 percent — 40 percent! — of the Democratic vote in the West Virginia primary last week. He lost it to a white Texas prison inmate who wormed his way onto the ballot somehow. Obviously, that can&...Tags: Family, Social Issues, Executive Branch, Earl Ray Tomblin, Barack Obama
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Mail Call - May 14
“A positive call: I would just like to commend the bookmobile program of the Washington County Free Library. It is a great program for us seniors and limited citizens. The ladies associated with it are great.” — Halfway “I read...Tags: Baseball, Sport of Kings Incorporated, Barack Obama, Politics, Social Security
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Special session ends as Md. House approves tax hikes, pension shift
Associated PressThe Maryland House of Delegates on Wednesday gave final approval to a budget package that raises income taxes for some and splits teacher pension costs with local governments. The House voted 77-60 on the measure raising taxes on single filers who make...Tags: Safety of Citizens, Voting, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Democratic Party
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Art Callaham: Race for the White House should be a doozy
Well, it looks like we have ourselves a race — the 2012 presidential campaign flag is up, and with about six months until the finish line this race looks like a doozy. Now there’s a word we don’t hear too often — “doozy.&...Tags: Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Muhammad Ali, Politics, White House
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Mail Call - May 18
“Local teen title holder says pageants focus more on brains, less on being pretty. She’s Miss Washington County Teen. I will believe that when I see a very plain or a handicapped teen chosen as Miss Anything.” — Washington County...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Health and Medical Professionals, Barack Obama, Edgewood, Politics
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State primary races few in state, Panhandle
West Virginia’s legislative candidates spent $1.2 million ahead of Tuesday’s primary, underscoring the relative lack of contested seats on the ballot, their final round of pre-primary campaign finance reports show. Senate candidates alone...Tags: Primaries, Earl Ray Tomblin, Politics, 2010 Census, Democratic Party
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N.C. votes on constitutional ban on gay marriage
Associated PressThe national debate over gay marriage focused Tuesday on North Carolina, as voters decided whether to make it the 30th state to pass a constitutional amendment defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman. In the final days before the vote,...Tags: Primaries, Family, Bill Clinton, Social Issues, Voting
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