Yesterday The Baltimore Sun reported that the bill will be moving forward in the Maryland General Assembly.
Sen. Will Smith is quoted as saying “This is a way that we can recognize that segment of the population so they can feel like they can move throughout society with a little bit of ease.”
Per Moon:
“Our state should treat suicide as a mental health issue instead of a criminal justice issue– but last year prosecutors secured a guilty plea against an Eastern Shore resident who threatened to kill himself.
They claimed they subjected him to possible jail time & a criminal record, because they wanted him to get help. Nevermind that we have numerous other tools to push our residents into mental health treatment.
Notably, Maryland never passed a law to criminalize attempted suicide. Prosecutors, however, can charge this crime because we are a state that recognizes English common law. Back in the day, the penalty used to be a roadside burial and the government seizing your assets. Even though England decriminalized attempted suicide in 1961, this antiquated practice lives on in Maryland. HB 77 would repeal the common law crime of attempted suicide in our state, and it’s long past due.”
Ashman, a Democrat, made waves last week when he wrote an article for Maryland Matters crossing party lines and publicly endorsing Maryland’s Republican Governor.
The event was well-attended by a couple hundred people and featured Governor Hogan addressing the crowd in Gaithersburg. Both Ashman and Hogan spoke against partisanship in Washington.
This occurred today at the Latinos for Ben Jealous fundraiser event in Kensington.
Leggett had previously shared concerns over Jealous’s views on education and tax plan.
Oddsshark.com and Bovada have released their odds on which city will win the bid for Amazon HQ2. The winning city/area will get about 50,000 high paying jobs. The article states that “Amazon estimates its investments in Seattle added an additional $38 billion to the city’s economy.”
According to the Vegas odds, Northern Virginia comes in first at +240. Washington D.C. comes in second at +350, and Austin is third at +400.
Current Councilmember Nancy Floreen announced her decision to potentially run for County Executive as an independent last week. Rumors swirled about her moving forward if Marc Elrich was to win the democratic nomination– and now it looks like there isn’t much stopping her.
Floreen must change her party registration to “unaffiliated” by August 6th and gather 7,000 signatures in order to appear on the ballot.
After days of counting ballots, Marc Elrich has won the Democratic Primary for Montgomery County Executive over David Blair by 80 votes, according to a tweet from Bethany Rodgers of […]
ROCKVILLE MD – This afternoon, the Blair Campaign filed a formal petition with the Board of Elections for a recount of the June 2018 Primary Election results.
Over the last several weeks, the Blair campaign has closely reviewed the results of the 2018 Primary Election. “We have analyzed the election results by precinct, reviewed the treatment of thousands of provisional ballots, and spoken with hundreds of individual voters who experienced difficulties registering to vote or casting their ballots,” said David Blair, “and while it is certainly unclear whether a recount will affect the outcome, we believe the narrow margin coupled with the numerous issues impacting the election make a recount appropriate.”
The Board of Education will consist of current Vice President Shebra Evans of District 4, Jeannette Dixon (At-Large), Rebecca Smondrowski (District 2), and Student member of the Board Ananya Tadikonda.
Next week minimum wage increases to $12.25 for large employers, and $12 for mid-sized and small employers.
Elrich leads Blair by about 400 votes, but the county issued nearly 15,000 absentee ballots according to the Washington Post. I’m told approximately half of the absentee ballots have been returned.
There was also a glitch/error that could have caused up to 80,000 voters in the state of Maryland to cast provisional ballots. Those will be counted next week, so it may take some time before we find out who the Democratic nominee for County Executive will be.