Wrongful Termination???

What’s this? Politics affecting the Public Defender’s job?
Fired?
This is very, very bad.
I hope Nancy Forster is being fair and accurate, if so – there is something very, very wrong going on concerning JUSTICE! Or, is there going to be any Justice??

Mini-Tort Reform

As a consequence of the recent healthcare controversy, where we argue most strongly for Tort Reform, each state can do its part as well right now.
In my view, the first part to consider can actually be done right here in the General Assembly right now. And that is to make a consistent “Loser Pays” condition [...]

UPDATED: One More Thing

Early Voting.
Yup. That starts next year.
Sept 3 (Fri, 10am to 8pm) through Sep 9 (Thu 10am to 8pm – Last Day of Early Voting)
Oh – excludes Sunday.
Yet, voting also is set for Sep 14 (Tue) at the regular timeframe of 7am to 8pm.
And, we go back to using paper ballots and the OCR machines. (connect [...]

Term Limits: Just My Opinion

Do they work? Can they work? How best should they be determined?
The one that I figure most are familiar with is the two-term limit on the President’s Office.
So if that has been a good idea since FDR, how is it this is only for one major office??
Some would argue term limits aren’t needed, as voting [...]

Early Ballot?

It sounds like there is going to be an interesting Primary next year.

UPDATED: Speed Cameras

Governor O’Malley is claimed to have said, “The law isn’t designed to catch speeders or be a cash grab, it’s meant to get drivers to slow down.”
Then why, according to Delegate Bill Frank, is Baltimore City writing into its next fiscal year budget – revenues from such cameras?????
Update: News video from the Baltimore City Council [...]