Category: Maryland

McCain Yard Sign Aflame

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 5, 2008
Categories In California, Maryland, Tennessee

The latest in yard sign vandalism: fire. Someone is lighting presidential campaign signs on fire. The Republican Central Committee of Washington County says just 12 hours after they put up a McCain/Palin sign on Maryland Route 68 this past Saturday, someone burned it. The party says this isn’t the first time signs have been vandalized. […]

Late Report: You’re Under Arrest

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 29, 2008
Categories In Maryland

I previously noted that a treasurer in Maryland was arrested for allegedly failing to file a campaign finance report. So what happened? Hard to tell, but the case seems to have been dropped, according to the court’s online record system. Charge No: 001 Description:FAIL TO FILE CAMPAIGN FINANCE Statute: EL.13.327 Description:FAIL TO FILE CAMPAIGN FINANCE […]

Two Maryland Stories

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 18, 2008
Categories In Maryland

1. Authorities “raided” Mayor Sheila Dixon’s office yesterday. The Baltimore Sun has the article. After spending more than seven hours inside, state prosecutors and police emerged from Dixon’s house — in Hunting Ridge, along the city’s western border with Baltimore County — carrying boxes, folders and a blue cooler they had brought in with them. […]