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• Sheila Dixon elected Mayor of Baltimore

  Published: September 11, 2007, 11:45 pm

  Tags: Black Voters, Black Politics, Black Mayors, Baltimore Police Department, Keiffer Mitchell, Maryland Politics, Joan Pratt, Sheila Dixon, Baltimore Politics, Politics

  at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Some voters said Tuesday they were concerned about Dixon’s ethics. Her term as City Council president was marred by questions about whether she improperly steered taxpayer money toward her sister, Janice, and a close friend, Dale G. Clark. Janice Dixon was also on the mayor’s

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• Southern Comfort

  Published: October 23, 2007, 9:43 pm

  Tags: Al Wynn, Alabama Senate Race, Artur Davis, Black Political Corruption, Black Politics, Black Endorsements, Donna Edwards, Emily S List, Georgia Politics, Harold Ford Jr, Larry Langford, Maryland, Maryland Politics, Memphis, Nikki Tinker, Politics, Race, Steve Cohen, Tennes

  knows that I enjoy Alabama politics because like all southern politics, its colorful and interesting. The most interesting race in Alabama of late was the Mayor’s race in Birmingham in which they ousted their two term Mayor in favor of Jefferson County Comissioner Larry Langford. They were so pleased with the Mayor that he got

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• $$$$: An MD could make lots of it

  Published: November 29, 2007, 2:44 pm

  Tags: Gay, Gay Marriage, Homosexual, Lesbian, Lgbt, Maryland, Politics, Pro Gay, Queer

  Institute indicates that Maryland would see around a $3.2 million annual boost in its economy if the state were to legalize gay marriage: The Impact on Maryland's Budget of Allowing Same-Sex Couples to Marry [Williams Institute (pdf)] And unlike other MDs, this one doesn't even have to go into plastic surgery to make the big bucks. In

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• Congressional Race Update

  Published: November 30, 2007, 1:20 am

  Tags: Al Wynn, Andre Carson, Black Politics, Donna Edwards, Herman Taylor, Indiana Democratic Party, Indiana Politics, Julia Carson, Maryland, Maryland Politics, Potential Congressional Vacancy

  filling the vacancies. In Maryland, State Delegate Herman Taylor, a liberal and supposed friend of Al Wynn, has announced his candidacy for Congress against Al Wynn in an attempt to split the liberal vote progressive challenger Donna Edwards needs to de-throne the incumbent corporate whore. The Washington Post is reporting that a

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• Al Wynn resigns

  Published: March 27, 2008, 11:53 pm

  Tags: 2008, Al Wynn, Black Political Corruption, Black Politics, Congressional Black Caucus, Corporate Whore, Donna Edwards, Maryland, Maryland Politics, Politics, U S House Of Representatives, Black Voters, Potential Congressional Vacancy

  Hat Tip: Open Left Matt Stoller of Open Left wrote, “Roll Call just reported that Al Wynn resigned his seat to join a DC law firm.” Now “Fat Albert” can ply his trade as the corporate whore that he is free from the contraints of progressive policy that the public expects from a member of the Congressional Black Caucus,

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