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Carroll County Board of Education candidate Katie Speert amassing fines for failure to file 2022 annual campaign finance report

Photo from website: www.katieforcarroll.com Part of running a successful campaign for office is submitting the required campaign finance reports to the State of Maryland. If candidates do not submit these reports they can be subject to fines. This is the case for current Carroll County Board of Education candidate Katie Speert. The 2022 annual campaign finance reports were due back on...

Howard County Politics: Campaign Finance Reports for Candidates Running for State Senate District 9

In this article I am providing summary and detail campaign finance information for all candidates running for Maryland State Senate in District 9. We currently have two candidates: (D) Katie Fry Hester and (R) Reid Novotny. I will start with the candidate running for reelection in 2022: (D) Katie Fry Hester Starting Balance: $112,598.87 Total Receipts: $239,891.00 Total Expenditures: $46,142.05 Cash Balance: $306,347.82 Items of note: ...

Howard County Council to hold a Special Legislative Session to make the necessary technical correction the Citizen’s Election Fund on January 26th

It looks like the issue with the Howard County Citizens' Election Fund is going to be resolved soon. The Howard County Council will be holding a Special Legislative Session on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at 6pm. On the agenda for that session is the following: Introduced by: Opel Jones, Deb Jung, Christiana Rigby, Elizabeth Walsh, David Yungmann and at the...

Howard County’s COVID-19 positivity rate is 12.77% which is a decrease from 16% last week

Reported by Howard County Executive Calvin Ball on January 24th: As of 9:00 a.m. this morning and according to the Maryland Department of Health, Howard County’s positivity rate is 12.77% which is a decrease from 16% last week. and our 7-day moving average case rate per 100k is 63.73, which decreased from 114 last week. While we are seeing a...

Howard County Politics: Updated candidate list for Delegate District 9A on January 24, 2022

I did a quick video update on the candidates running for Delegate in District 9A (currently serving Howard and Carroll Counties...but expected to change to Howard and Montgomery Counties...learn more in the video). Here are the current candidates: (R) Trent Kittleman: Filed on January 20th (R) Saif Rehman: Announced on January 10th...but has not filed as of this post. (D) Natalie Ziegler: Filed...

Interview about the Howard County “No Developer Money Pledge” of Election Cycle 2022

I was joined by three members of the Howard County community on January 23rd to talk about the “No Developer Money Pledge” of Election Cycle 2022. Those community members included: Jake Burdett Lisa Markovitz Nicole Dvorak You can see that interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfNuOP9zP84 You can learn more about this initiative here: https://www.hocopledge.com/ I hope to have these guests back on for a follow...

January 2022 Campaign Finance Reports for Carroll County Board of Education Candidates

In this article I am providing summary campaign finance information for all candidates running for Carroll County Board of Education. I will provide available information on the seven candidates running to date. I will start this summary with the two candidates running for reelection in 2022: Tara Battaglia Starting Balance: $0.00 Total Receipts: $45.00 Total Expenditures: $0.00 Cash Balance: $45.00 Other items of note: None See the...

Why does Howard County Councilmember Opel Jones seem hesitant to correct the Citizens’ Election Fund?

The is my fourth article in a series of articles sharing various testimony and statements from the Howard County Council Public Hearing meeting on January 18th about CB 6-22. This legislation would correct the technical error with the Citizens’ Election Fund and allow dispersement of funds now to candidates that have qualified for the “tax payer funded program”. Councilmember Opel...

Howard County Girls Basketball: River Hill tops Mt. Hebron 52 to 49 on January 21st

River Hill Hawks defeated the Vikings 52-49 in a nail-biter that came down to the final seconds of the game.  Despite having a commanding lead through the game, the Hawks found themselves on the defensive during the second half under the relentless pressure of a Viking comeback.  Unfortunately it was not enough as River Hill Sophomore Taylor Shane scored...

Carroll County Politics: Sallie Taylor files to run for Delegate in District 5 in 2022

We officially have another candidate running for Delegate in District 5 (Carroll County): Sallie Taylor. Sallie filed on January 19th. See all filings here: https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2022/primary_candidates/gen_cand_lists_2022_7_9.html Here is a press release from Sallie Taylor: On January 19, Sallie Taylor filed for Maryland House of Delegate. And issued the following statement: The power of the government comes from the people. Each of us can better...