LOCAL SHOW DEPICTS BALTO. MAYOR AS COLORFUL CAPTAIN OF CHANGE FOR LANGUISHING  CHARM CITY   By Anthony C. Hayes   In the twilight of his years at City Hall, before going on to become governor and later state comptroller of Maryland, William Donald Schaefer garnered a well deserved national reputation as one of the […]

  VoB SELECTS:  INVESTIGATIVE NEWS FROM AROUND THE WEB   THE USUALLY STAID BUSINESS JOURNAL RUNS A DECIDEDLY NOT-STAID ARTICLE   Elephants with the “midnight munchies” are a major problem for farmers in East Africa, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. But one enterprising farmer has a solution:  chili pepper mixed with engine oil. When […]

  O’MALLEY LEAVES THE DOOR OPEN, WAVERS BETWEEN  NO COMMENT AND ‘A HALF-HOUR FROM NOW’ Will he or won’t he? That’s the question state lawmakers and others are asking   Will a special session of the Maryland General Assembly be called to revisit the revenue legislation it failed to pass before adjourning its 90-day session […]

  COUNTY EXECUTIVE KAMENETZ LOBBIES ‘HYBRID’ PROPOSAL TO FAILURE ON THE FLOOR SPECIAL SESSION IS LIKELY RESULT   By Alan Z. Forman   When the Maryland General Assembly adjourned its 90-day session Monday night, it left hanging in the balance major revenue legislation dramatically affecting state spending on education and other priorities, which will likely […]

  VoB SELECTS: INVESTIGATIVE NEWS FROM AROUND THE WEB   WAS TELEVISION’S ORIGINATOR OF ‘AMBUSH’ INTERVIEW STYLE   Mike Wallace, the hard-hitting “60 Minutes” TV correspondent who pioneered what has become known as the surprise or ambush-style interview, died over the weekend at an assisted living facilty in New Canaan, Conn. where he had been […]