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On Friendship With Latin America With Leslie Salgado

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As I walked into the Starbucks in Wilde Lake Village Center, I thought about how I didn’t have a clear picture of what Leslie Salgado looked like. I was meeting her, the chair of Howard County Friends of Latin American (FoLA), a local advocacy group at 1:00 p.m. Oh, the joys of “Campaign Brain,” as Colleen and I have come to call the phenomenon of being overwhelmed by all there is to do in campaign season. Sure, it was the day after the election, but my head was still spinning, readers! We managed to meet up, of course. But still–I … Read more

Getting to Know Liz Bobo, Local Democratic Politics Luminary

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Liz Bobo, dear readers, has underwear glasses. Now that I have your attention, allow me to explain. I went over to see her at her house the other day to chat about her political career. She offered me water in the most adorable drinking glasses  made from a thick, wavy glass with a (Democratic?) blue rim. She said that on the way to the airport to come home from Mexico, she and her husband, Lloyd Knowles saw these and bought them. They needed to pack them with care at the last minute, and they had no choice but to wrap … Read more

On Climate Change, Young Adult Fiction, and More With Ned Tillman

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As much as Colleen and I are loving HoCo, we both think some of the shopping centers look alike to the point that when we hear about one in particular, we both wonder, “Which one is that again?” The establishments that make them up and the people we’ve met in them are one-of-a-kind, nevertheless. This was certainly the case when I borrowed our friends PaCy (Paul and Lucy) Steinberg’s 2018 Honda Civic hybrid while they’re out of town and we’re housesitting, Man–that thing is quiet! I was on my way to meet Ned Tillman. RoCo (us) first encountered Ned at … Read more

Trash-Talking With Jeff Dannis, Chief, Operations Division, Alpha Ridge Landfill

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As my sporty little Ford Focus puttered down Route 99 from the trailer park in HoCo’s Legislative District 9A that Robert and I have been parked in for the last week, on my way to “talk trash,” as he put it, with Jeffrey Dannis, the Chief of the Operations Division at Alpha Ridge Landfill (ARL), I thought of an article Robert had shown me once. It was about the archeological study of trash as a window into how past cultures lived. As interesting as Robert finds wastewater treatment, so I, Colleen, find solid waste removal. “Studying ancient trash from around … Read more

A Sip and a Bite With Del. Frank Turner on The Promise Maryland Scholarship

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Aah–there I was again: what’s turning out to be my and Robert’s office, basically, The Bagel Bin in River Hill Village Center. I had just attended dance cardio class at The Columbia Gym, so those happy chemicals were Zumba-ing through my veins as it was, and the hint of sunshine outside was like a merciful gift from the Heavens after days of rain. I wiped some sesame seeds off a table by the door and sat down to wait for my partner-in-snack, Delegate Frank Turner (D-13), a Democrat who’s represented District 13–50 percent of HoCo–in the state legislature for 24 … Read more

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