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Politicians

Jess Feldmark and Her Legislative Spark

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I texted back and forth with Delegate Jessica Feldmark’s (D-12) legislative aide, Katie Mettle, for a couple of days to arrive at the right time and place to interview Jessica. We committed to the lakefront in downtown Columbia. Jessica, it turns out, like any good community member/leader, keeps COVID-19 prevention methods at the fore of her mind. So we met up not only outside, but in our masks and six feet apart. We both brought blankets to sit on and food to eat (we never got to the food, as we were so engrossed in a relaxed but heartfelt conversation … Read more

Josh Friedman, Member, Howard County Democratic Central Committee

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I’ve known a few Josh-es Friedman in my day, readers, but never have I known one likes…well, Josh Friedman. From just an hour Josh I spent at Uncle Julio’s by the mall, well, there are so many things of note I could tell you I learned: for example, although Josh is a longtime Maryland resident, he traces his roots back to Alabama; when we met at 3:15 p.m., Josh had already walked 14,000 steps (“Hey, we have the same FitBit, Robert,” he said, and we both held our wrists up as if to introduce our fitness trackers to each other)–and … Read more

A Work Ethic of Service With Courtney Watson

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Delegate Courtney Watson (D-9B) has been and continues to be a big part of RoCo’s discovery of HoCo. Her campaign to represent Maryland’s District 9B in the state’s General Assembly was one of the first we got involved in after moving here. Our friends, PaCy (Paul and Lucy) Steinberg told us we had to go to a meet-and-greet for Courtney and Senator Katie Fry Hester (D-9) at the home of Jennifer Silver Cavey. It turned out to be excellent advice, as we met  Deeba Jafri, then-candidate for Board of Education Sabina Taj, and others who would become good friends of … Read more

The Real News With Natalie Ziegler

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Often something someone says inspires me, and I want to explore it further in an article. That’s what happened when I was talking last week to Natalie Ziegler, who was a researcher and segment producer at CNN from 1986 to 1994 and ran to represent Howard County’s District 9A in the Maryland General Assembly in 2018. “We’re not going to change the polarization and divisiveness in this country until we change where people get their news, Robert,” she said to me as she took off her gray wool coat and hung it on the back of a chair at Glory … Read more

Deanna Peel On the Life of a Chief-of-Staff

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Very soon after Colleen and I dove headfirst into the local political scene, we figured something out that to more seasoned politicos might sound a touch obvious. The people to know–the ones who have all the answers–are the chiefs of staff to the politicians. They arrange the professional lives of their bosses, after all, and managing delicate relationships is so much of what politics involves. This is ever truer the more local you get. Sure, Senator Guy Guzzone (D-13) is pretty high-up at the state level, but it’s still true in his case. And it’s why I wanted to talk … Read more

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