Due to scheduling difficulties, the City Council Candidate Forum for a Progressive Greenbelt planning group decided to pursue alternative ways to share candidate’s views on progressive issues rather than to hold a forum. The following are questions submitted by progressive … Read More
I expect to hear lamentations about poor voting turn-out for this year’s City Council elections, but let’s be honest. With no real challenger, it’s to be expected. (The single challenger, Bill Orleans, has tried before and fared badly.) The only … Read More
Big thanks to the Greenbelt News Review (page 1) for this full report on local voting in the 2018 midterm and gubernatorial election. Time to look at the races that were in play and what the results say about us. … Read More
A big thank-you to Maryland Democratic candidate for governor Ben Jealous for spending the afternoon with us at the New Deal Cafe, and to everyone who donated their time and talents to the event. It was terrific. On behalf of … Read More
Greenbelt has an unusual system for electing its city council and mayor, which I find curiously undemocratic. Council members all represent the entire city – they’re “at-large” – unlike in most cities where council members represent geographic wards or districts. … Read More
Greenbelt videographer Andy Zmidzinski offered candidates for Greenbelt City Council the chance to talk to voters in a short video, and all seven challenges and six incumbents took advantage of the opportunity. Thanks to them, and of course to Andy … Read More
by Jeff Lemieux Did you know the City of Greenbelt’s share of the state pension system’s unfunded liability is $15,449,406, assuming the system achieves an investment return of 7.55%? Me neither! It’s on page 46, under Note 12 of the … Read More
Halloween Night was great fun at the New Deal Cafe, with Governor Martin O’Malley and State Senator Paul Pinsky stopping by to urge us to vote. O’Malley had scheduled 30 minutes for the new Deal but was having such a … Read More
While early voting is going on in Maryland’s primaries and with the June 24 voting day fast approaching, I decided to check in with the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club of Greenbelt. They were having a cook-out over at … Read More