From Washington Post video:
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Kelly Lights Up Lierman
District 16 House candidate Ariana Kelly has posted the following item on her website about the Post's article on fellow candidate Kyle Lierman's fundraising.
The Washington Post today exposed the forces supporting Kyle Lierman's campaign for delegate. The Post reports the 23-year-old's bid is bankrolled by wealthy friends and patrons of his father Terry -- the former state party boss and drug company lobbyist who is now Chief of Staff to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. Only Ariana Kelly has the credentials and support to stop Terry Lierman from bullying and buying a delegate seat for his son, and to give Montgomery County the representation it deserves in Annapolis. To see Ariana Kelly's track record and list of supporters, click here.On the one hand, there is some truth to Kelly's charges. Terry Lierman is intensely involved in his son's campaign. Kyle's donor list is full of Terry's friends and supporters and we have heard MANY stories of Terry making fundraising calls, complaining to organizations that failed to endorse his son and even getting involved in designing campaign materials. And the participation of ethics-challenged Congressman Jim Moran in Kyle's campaign (a story that went national) is problematic at best. If Kyle Lierman was instead named Kyle Jamgochian, Kyle Farley or Kyle Winston, he would probably not be a front-runner in this race.
But candidates in round-robin elections like Delegate contests usually avoid going negative against a rival for fear that a third candidate will go up the middle and win. Could that happen in District 16?
Roger Manno's Washington Post Mailer
District 19 Senate challenger Roger Manno is using quotes from his Washington Post endorsement to promote himself and damage incumbent Mike Lenett in a new mailer. Enjoy!
Police, Fire Fighters and MCGEO Launch Independent Expenditure Campaign
MCGEO and the unions representing the police and the career fire fighters have joined forces to launch an independent expenditure campaign with three goals: decry budget cuts, push back against the school system and help three candidates in the Council At-Large race.
The budget and service cuts didn’t have to be so deep, so harsh, or so concentrated on just a fewessential County services.And here’s what they say about the three at-large candidates they are supporting:
The County’s School Board Bureaucracy got 57% of the $4.3 billion County budget. The School Board budget protected 2,626 Education bureaucrats who earn more than $100,000
a year. The School Board did cut some classroom teachers, but School Superintendant Jerry Weast, with an annual compensation package worth $489,763 last year, refused to participate in any austerity— rejecting even a symbolic “furlough” to cut into his own income.
The Education Bureaucracy is highly skilled at protecting itsprerogatives, leaving it up to you, your neighbors and your communities to absorb the harshest cuts in this budget.
Some candidates for office in the County agree with our concerns, while others have turned their backs on us.Ironically, Leventhal, Elrich and Riemer have also been endorsed by MCEA.
There are three At-Large seats on the County Council. In 2010, incumbents George Leventhal and Marc Elrich have proven themselves to be Champions of Public Service. We believe that Hans Riemer, because of his background and experience, also qualifies as a Champion of Public Service.
Heard a Good Rumor?
There are MANY rumors floating around in the County Council races right now. Let’s be irresponsible and review a couple of them, shall we?
Monday, August 30, 2010
Post Blogoscabbing Spreads to Redskins Coverage
Redskins blogger Curly R reports that the Washington Post is spreading its blogoscabbing program to cover the Redskins. This is even more evidence that the Post, which has virtually abandoned Montgomery County political coverage, is seeking to revive its failing financial performance through reliance on free labor. Post management needs to bear in mind something that everyone who has ever hired a home improvement contractor knows: you get what you pay for.
Council At-Large Forum at Montgomery College
This video from Montgomery College shows the entire Council At-Large forum at Montgomery College on August 23.
Sam Arora's Education Mailer
Hey... doesn't that Apple look familiar? Who else uses an Apple? Hmmm, maybe it will come to me...
Park Police Union Makes Endorsements
Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 30, which represents the Park Police, has announced their endorsements for County Council and the state legislature. Following is their press release.
Vanessa Atterbeary's Misleading Flier
By Paul Gordon.
Remember the sleazy “Ehrlich Steele Democrats” flier that was used in 2006 to mislead African American voters in Prince Georges County into thinking that the two Republican candidates had both been endorsed by Democrats Wayne Curry, Kweisi Mfume, and Jack Johnson?
I came back from vacation Sunday and found a campaign mailing from Vanessa Atterbeary that reminded me of that notorious flier from 2006. In the center is a photo of Atterbeary with popular Democratic officials including Chris Van Hollen, Ike Leggett, and Barbara Mikulski, with the caption “We all agree that Vanessa Atterbeary is the one.”
So have these leading Democrats endorsed Atterbeary, as her mailing implies?
Hardly. Van Hollen and Leggett have endorsed the District 18 Slate of Al Carr, Ana Sol Gutierrez, and Jeff Waldstreicher. So has Valerie Ervin, whose photo also appears on Atterbeary’s flier.
I happen to be paying sufficient attention to this campaign to know this. But I suspect that most voters receiving Atterbeary’s flier will conclude that the officials pictured in it have endorsed her.
As a District 18 voter, I am conducting an extended job interview for who is going to represent me in Annapolis for the next four years. Endorsements from people and organizations I trust are important factors in my research.
So when one of the job applicants seems to be trying to mislead me, I ask myself: What kind of person is this? Can I trust anything she says? And what must she think of me to send me something like this?
Disclosure: Paul Gordon hosted a fundraiser for the District 18 Democratic Team earlier this summer.
The Most Devastating Attack Mailers in MoCo
Senator Nancy King’s two new lit pieces targeting challenger Saqib Ali are malevolent masterpieces of mayhem. Brace yourselves, folks, for the most devastating attack mailers in MoCo!
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