First, some good news... The Gaithersburg City Council announced that early release credit legislation in the General Assembly will be part of its State Legislative Agenda for the second year in a row, their support for it stemming from Shawn Henderson's murder of Lindsay Harvey.
The bad news, of course, is that Gaithersburg's endorsement means nothing unless top lawmakers allow a bill out of committee, and there is no indication that either chairman of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees will do this in 2010. In fact, it's a pretty safe bet that they won't unless whatever changes we make are to their liking.
Meanwhile, an interesting editorial appeared in today's Washington Post. A state lawmaker who represents Montgomery County wants to pass legislation that require online publicizing of lawmaker's committee votes, but the Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates is not convinced it's necessary (amazing, though not altogether surprising).
Floor votes by lawmakers are posted online, but committee votes are not. Such information must be obtained in a face-to-face manner.
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In other news, a year-old homicide in Damascus remains unsolved.
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