The Lame Duck Anne Arundel School Board Nominating Commission’s Power Grab; Analysis of the Election Results; and The End of the "Jones" Commission?
Testimony Before the SBNC on June 24, 2015 published in eLighthouse.info
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The position of chief “PR officer” should be cut from the AACPS budget
Testimony before the Anne Arundel County Council on May 18, 2015 published in eLighthouse.info
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AACPS Superintendent Arlotto’s Speech to the PR Association of America
This satire compares AACPS’s and Hillary Clinton’s email retention policies (Hint: Clinton’s compares favorably.); published in eLighthouse.info
Read MoreStop the Anne Arundel Nominating Commission's Undemocratic Practices
Commentary published in the Anne Arundel Patch
Read MoreUpdate on the Anne Arundel County School Board Nominating Commission
Article published in eLighthouse.info
Read MoreWill Incoming Anne Arundel County Schools Superintendent Arlotto Be A Maxwell Clone?
Op-ed published in Watchdog Wire
Read MoreIs anything less than true e-voting adequate for today’s post office challenged youth?
Maryland’s absentee voting technology for the June 24 statewide primary assumes U.S. Post Office skills and resources that the newest generation of young voters not only lack but are not anxious to acquire. My son, a rising...
Read MoreMaryland Transportation Authority Gets An "F" For Customer Service
MDTA service compares to failed Maryland health exchange. One day in late May 2014, my wife drove back to Maryland from Connecticut through seven toll booths that use E-ZPass: two in New York, three in New Jersey, one in...
Read MoreBig Surprise at Meeting to Select New AACPS School Board Members
To select a new school board member by July 1, the Governor will have to claim emergency appointment powers despite no emergency. There is usually nothing more predictable and unexciting in Anne Arundel County politics than the...
Read MoreIs the AACPS School Board Embarrassed by the Incoming Superintendent’s Compensation?
More than six weeks after the Board offered George Arlotto the superintendent position, it still has not disclosed his compensation. More than six weeks ago the Anne Arundel County Public School System (AACPS) School Board...
Read MoreAnne Arundel County’s Undemocratic Nov. 6 School Board Election
Three school board candidates are on the Nov. 6 ballot. In 2007, Maryland’s General Assembly created a new system for selecting school board members in Anne Arundel County. An 11 member commission would nominate at least two...
Read MoreSpending on ballot questions highest in Maryland’s history
Spending exceeds not only all previous ballot questions but all previous ballot items of any kind, including gubernatorial elections. According to data compiled by iSolon.org and VotersEdge.org from the Maryland State Board of...
Read MoreAACPS Creates Online Video Archive of BOE meetings
At long last, the Anne Arundel County Board of Education enters the YouTube age. In February 2009, Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) began broadcasting select Board of Education (BOE) meetings covered under the Maryland...
Read MoreMD General Assembly Releases Beta Legislative Website 2.0
Website omits allowing constituents to easily track the roll call votes of their representatives. On July 18, 2012, the Maryland General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Transparency and Open Government released a beta version of...
Read MoreSchool Board Nominating Commission Elects All Who Apply
The Governor will choose among the nominees by July 1. This year the Anne Arundel School Board Nominating Commission (SBNC) had to fill two Board of Education (BOE) seats, one at-large and one representing Legislative District...
Read MoreFour Candidates, Two Open AACO Board of Education Seats
Anne Arundel County’s School Board Nominating Commission receives applications for the two open seats on the Board of Education. The Governor must choose among the candidates by July 1, 2012. This year the Anne Arundel...
Read MoreMaryland’s General Assembly is Not Above the Law
Maryland’s Constitution mandates a referendum every twenty years on whether to call a constitutional convention. This mandate is an extension of article 1 of the Declaration of Rights, which provides that the people of the state...
Read MoreWrap-up on Maryland's 10 Year Redistricting Cycle
Maryland’s Congressional and General Assembly gerrymanders greatly differed in the press coverage they received. Does that mean the General Assembly gerrymanders were less of an outrage? Every 10 years Maryland state...
Read MoreAACO School Board Nominating Commission Sets Agenda for Filling Two Vacancies
Governor O’Malley appoints commissioners for new four year terms; commissioners will accept applications until April 27, 2012 for two school board seats, one in District 21, the other at-large. On the evening of Feb. 22,...
Read MoreSeverna Park Split Into Three Legislative Districts
The Governor’s Redistricting Advisory Committee has released its legislative plan. Its prior Congressional redistricting plan was a partisan gerrymander; this one is a pro-incumbent gerrymander. The U.S. Constitution mandates...
Read MoreMaryland’s Congressional Redistricting: Let’s Make it Transparent and Accountable
Should voters pick their reps or vice versa? Since reps get to do the picking, Snider calls on the Governor’s Redistricting Advisory Committee to make its process more transparent and accountable. On Aug. 30, 2011, I...
Read MoreSchool Board Nominating Commission Update for 2011
Governor expected to make decision on nominees by July 1, 2011; bombshell announced in closing remarks at May 17 meeting. During the last four years I have closely followed the development and implementation of the Anne Arundel...
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