Maryland Senate President “Mike” Miller will introduce campaign finance reform legislation, including a public funding program. The bill that will be unveiled tomorrow relies on revenue from a voluntary checkoff on income tax forms. The legislation would allow fewer than a quarter of candidates seeking election to the General Assembly to participate in the 2014 […]
Category: Maryland
Montgomery County Ethics
A Montgomery County official is being questioned about a $25,000 grant to his son’s company, according to this Post report. Montgomery’s ethics law prohibits government employees from participating in “any matter that affects . . . property or business in which a relative has an economic interest, if the public employee knows about the relative’s […]
MD: State of Lobbying
How much is being spent on lobbying in Maryland? The Maryland State Ethics Commission has a report collecting the data and this article summarizes the information. Pepco Holdings Inc., the utility provider that serves the Washington, D.C. area, topped the list, having spent about $723,000 between Nov. 1 2007 and Oct. 31, 2008. The Maryland […]