By Pete Munsey. I remember the 1970s poster with the cat. It was of course for purely inspirational purposes. No cat was harmed in the making of it. But it came to mind the other week in our neighborhood. This was the week actually before the week that everything changed. We had received the first news of deaths in Washington State. We had heard of … Continue reading Hang in there, baby
By Pete Munsey. Through all the political changes in Baltimore County over the past 12 or 13 years, one thing, or more specifically one person, seemed a constant. No matter the ups and downs of this or that career, the redistricting tectonics from Annapolis which shifted whole neighborhoods into different districts overnight, or the national mood waxing locally, Steve Lafferty was the delegate from Towson. … Continue reading The Gentleman from Towson: A Conversation with Steve Lafferty
By Pete Munsey. To most people nowadays, the idea of a presidential candidate espousing somewhat nominal religious views is just part of the set design, in the same way one meets retired farmers at a coffee shop in Ames, Iowa, on a July morning, at 8.34 am (precisely). But in 1976, it was all new. Jimmy Carter was contesting for the Democratic nomination and helped … Continue reading Progressives Should Reclaim the Mantle of Faith
by Pete Munsey. The public hearing over a trio of ethics proposals before the Baltimore County Council saw local activists and council members debate their worth to the public good. Of County Executive John Olszewski’s three proposed governmental reforms, it was Bill 3-19, which would send to referendum a plan to devise a public financing system for county elections, much like those currently in place … Continue reading County Executive’s Ethics Proposals and the Public Good
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