Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Congressional redistricting, curbing police union powers and gambling expansion prove divisive as the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee offers its stand on 11 ballot questions.
Yes to same-sex marriage, in-state tuition for undocumented students and curbing the county police union’s negotiating power. That’s Montgomery County Democratic party's message to voters as Marylanders headed to the polls for an Election Day some see as among the most momentous in state history. But on two of the crucial questions set for the Nov. 6 ballot—congressional redistricting and whether to up the ante for Maryland’s gambling industry—party dissent torpedoed any guidance. Party leaders, elected officials and roughly one-third of the party’s 330 representatives of Montgomery voting precincts hashed out the official party vision in a four-hour summit in Rockville in September that brought impassioned debate and at times exposed …
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Patch asked the GOP hopeful for U.S. Senate where he stands on health care, the achievement gap, congressional redistricting and more.
Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino is hoping to defeat incumbent Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) this November. The Severna Park Republican has an uphill battle in front of him with Cardin's seat marked safely Democratic by Real Clear Politics and Roll Call. Bongino, who was a virtual unknown until he won his party's primary in April, took a few moments to answer Patch's questions about where he stands on the issues. Health Care Bongino said he is firmly against President Barack Obama's health care legislation and will work with Republicans to repeal it. "Anyone who tells you that Republicans don't have a plan for health care reform is patently, flat out lying to you," Bongino said. "On our plan, you could cancel your insurance company and …
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