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CAPITOL RIOT: Parkersburg politician Eric Barber says he isn’t guilty of invading US Capitol and posing for selfies in the Rotunda — just like he wasn’t DUI before losing race for reelection to City Council

April 4, 2021April 4, 2021City Desk0

CAPITOL RIOT: Parkersburg politician Eric Barber says he isn’t guilty of invading US Capitol and posing for selfies in the Rotunda — just like he wasn’t DUI before losing race for reelection to City Council Separately, on January 9, 2021, Tipster #4 provided a link to a Facebook post by Facebook Group: WoodCountyIndivisible in which […]

MARYLAND HISTORY: Front and Center for Sgt. Owings, Calvert Delegate Sworn In as Secretary of Veteran’s Affairs

March 30, 2021March 30, 2021City Desk0

Front and Center for Sgt. OwingsCalvert Delegate Sworn In as Secretary of Veteran’s Affairs Maryland’s Secretary of Veteran’s Affairs George Owings III, of Calvert County Maryland Senate President Mike Miller (D. Prince Georges, Calvert), left; George Owings, center, Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch (D. Anne Arundel) at right. Winning the applause of both the Minority […]

HISTORY IN PHOTOS: Presidential funerals FDR

March 11, 2021April 14, 2021City Desk0

PRESIDENTIAL FUNERALS: In the early afternoon of April 12, 1945, President Roosevelt was in his private cottage at Warm Springs, Georgia, signing papers and sitting to have his portrait painted. Slowly he raised his hand to his head complaining of a debilitating headache. He then slumped forward, losing consciousness. At 3:35 p.m. he was pronounced […]

GRIDLOCK SOLOMON’S BRIDGE & GREAT MILLS: How officials have been ignoring the traffic tie-ups at the intersection of Rt. 5 and Rt. 246 for decades while Solomons Bridge may still be falling down; 301 bridge finally under construction

February 25, 2021February 27, 2021City Desk0

IF HOT AIR FROM POLITICIANS COULD POWER A COMMUTER RAIL FOR SOUTHERN MARYLAND, THERE WOULD BE 100 TRAINS EACH DAY GOING 200 MPH Senator Roy Dyson and Del. John Bohanan, who represented St. Mary’s County in the Maryland General Assembly, and also was the senior advisor to U. S. Rep. Steny Hoyer (D. Md. 5th) […]

THE LAST DEMOCRAT: Maryland’s keeper of sanity in Free State politics was Mike Miller

January 17, 2021January 17, 2021City Desk0

Letter from Senate President Mike Miller to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on the removal of Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney Statue from Maryland State House The Last Democrat in Maryland By Ken Rossignol THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY For much of the time over the past few decades, Maryland politics has taken a decidedly left turn with […]