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Die Fürigenbahn (FüB) war eine Standseilbahn in der Gemeinde Stansstad des Kantons Nidwalden in der Schweiz. Sie wurde am 20. April 1924 zunächst als private Erschliessung zwischen dem Vierwaldstättersee und dem Hotel Fürigen eröffnet und 1927 für den öffentlichen Betrieb konzessioniert.

Geschichte
Auf Initiative des Bauherrn des 1910 eröffneten neuen Kurhotels Fürigen wurde eine Standseilbahn zwischen dem Hotel und dem am See gelegenen hoteleigenen Strandbad in der Harissenbucht in der Nähe von Stansstad am Vierwaldstättersee errichtet. Mit der Verbindung sollte den Hotelgästen der Weg zur kleinen Badeanlage mit Bade- und Bootshaus vereinfacht werden. Die Anlage wurde 1924 eröffnet und drei Jahre später für den öffentlichen Verkehr zugelassen. Mit dem Bau einer Strasse zum Hotel Fürigen begannen defizitäre Jahre für den Betrieb.

Die Konzession wurde 1927 Paul Odermatt (1879–1970), dem Eigentümer des Hotels, erteilt. Nach seinem Tod veräusserten seine Erbinnen (das Hotel und) die Bahn an die neugründete Fürigen Hotel AG.

Letztmals fuhr die Bahn am 31. Oktober 2005, am 31. März 2007 erlosch die Konzession. Das Hotel Fürigen wurde im November 2010 geschlossen.

Strecke
Die eingleisige Strecke mit Ausweiche und Abtscher Weiche überwand auf einer Länge von 380 Metern eine Höhendifferenz von 200 Metern. Oberhalb der Ausweiche quert eine Brücke aus Bruchsteinmauerwerk eine kleine Schlucht. Zur Zeit der Inbetriebnahme galt die Bahn offiziell als steilste Standseilbahn der Schweiz und Europas.

Die aufwändig gestalteten, filigranen Holzbauten an den Endstationen mit Wartehalle und einseitiger Einsteigetreppe sind unverändert erhalten (Stand 2020).

Betrieb
Die Fürigenbahn war die erste Standseilbahn in der Schweiz, die von den Wagen aus ferngesteuert werden konnte. Diese erste Bell-Anlage mit Fernsteuerung nach dem Patent Brown, Boveri & Cie. wurde mechanisch und elektrisch von der Theodor Bell AG in Kriens erbaut. In den ersten Betriebsjahren erbrachte die Standseilbahn täglich 100 Fahrten. In der Hochsaison verkehrte die Bahn alle 20 Minuten, ansonsten fuhr sie auf Anforderung mittels einer Klingel, die eine Anfrage an das Hotel übermittelte, sofern man sich im Wagen in der Talstation befand. Bezahlt wurde beim Aussteigen an der Bergstation. Die Wagen aus einem Metallrahmen und einer hölzernen Kabine fassten 16 Personen. Die Fahrzeit betrug bei einer Geschwindigkeit von 1,6 m/s 4½ Minuten.

Zukunft
Der 2020 gegründete Verein Interessengemeinschaft Erhalt Fürigen Bahn (IG-EFB) eruiert die Möglichkeiten, die Bahn zu ihrem 100. Geburtstag im Jahre 2024 wieder in Betrieb nehmen zu können.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Schweizer Standseilbahnen

Literatur
 H.H. Peter: Elektr. Kleinseilbahn Harissenbucht-Fürigen. In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung SBZ, Band 85/86 (1925), S. 45–49.
 Die Schwebebahn für Badegäste im Strandbad Fürigen. In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung SBZ, Band 115/116 (1940), S. 23.
 Jakob Gabathuler: Entwicklung und Ökonomik der Schlittenseilbahnen, Skilifts und Sesselbahnen, Dissertation, Bern: Stämpfli & Cie, 1947, insbesondere das Kapitel Die Paternoster-Schwebebahn in Fürigen, S. 43–44.
 Romeo Brodmann: Der Urknall für die Zukunft: Hotel Fürigen am Bürgenstock. In: Salz & Pfeffer, 5/99, S. 64–66.
 Marcel Just: "Eine Ideal-Anlage" – Hotel Fürigen am Vierwaldstättersee. In: Kunst + Architektur, Nr. 2/2011, S. 68–77.

Weblinks

 Schweizer Seilbahninventar Nr. 61.018 Harissenbucht (Stansstad) – Fürigen In: Schweizer Seilbahninventar. Bundesamt für Kultur (BAK)
 Schwimmbad-Portal Schweiz : Fürigen: Hotel, Standseilbahn und Strandbad
 bahn-bus-ch.de
 funimag.com
 bergbahnen.org
 Fürigen-Bahn in Stansstad sucht Prinz auf lok-report.de
 Zeittafel zur Seilbahngeschichte der Schweiz
 Standseilbahn 6362.01 Harissenbucht – Fürigen Bergstation – Funiculaire : Zustand der Bergstation im Jahr 2014
 Die Fürigenbahn bleibt bis auf weiteres ausser Betrieb, auf der Website des Hotels Fürigen (Memento vom 22. September 2010 im Internet Archive)

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Standseilbahn im Kanton Nidwalden
Spurweite 800 mm
Stansstad
Gegründet 1927
Seilbahn in Europa
Ehemalige Standseilbahn in der Schweiz
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Tucked into the mountains of Marshall County in West Virginia's Northern Panhandle is something you'd least expect to see: an Indian palace, glittering gold against a backdrop of forested hills and farmlands.
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The New Vrindaban community near Moundsville began construction on the Palace of Gold in the early 1970s for A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada during his visits from his home in India. Alas, the religious leader passed away in 1977 before it was completed. Members of the Hare Krishna community converted the palace into a memorial, inviting the public to come visit it and its
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Billy Joel has defeated the odds time and time again. Not only has he paved the way for musicians to be truthful and speak their mind through music. But he also inspired many famous musicians today, most of which are singer-songwriters, as well as piano players. Joel had defeated the odds time and time again, from the start of his career up until now. In the start of his career he started off strong but he hit a plateau when he could not find any producers that would accept him and the ones that did did not produce the music the way he wanted it to be produced. Before I tell you about his early career I want to tell you about his early life and how that shaped him into the person he is today. I will talk about who he influenced but also the people that influenced him because without them he may not be the same Billy Joel we all know today. He faced many personal struggles through times of darkness early on in his career, when it did not pan out the way he thought it would. He still faces struggles because of this dark past, some people think he is "washed up", and "overrated". These people still hold on to all the controversies and truths that surrounded Billy Joel through his early career.Billy Joel had a heavy influence to play music from a young age because of the fact that his dad was a musician. .He was born on May Ninth 1949, in New York. You could say that Billy Joel was set up for success from the time he was a little kid not only because his father was an accomplished musician but he also had a great natural talent for playing. Many people find it surprising that Joel's mother pushed him to play piano even though his father was an accomplished musician. "Although his father was an accomplished classical pianist, it was Joel's mother who pushed the young boy to study piano" (Biography.com Editors 1). He started playing piano at the age of four and by the time he was 16 he had already become a pro, playing in three bands even before he got his license. . "By the time he was 16, Billy Joel was already a pro, having joined his third band before he could drive" ( Biography.com Editors 1). Joel was destined for greatness, so it makes sense that knowing who he is now it is a great shock to fans that he did not even finish high school. He did not drop out of high school because he necessarily wanted to, he did it to help out his mother. He had been playing in a piano bar to help his mother make ends meet, which as you can guess probably affected his attendance; he missed a very important English exam because he had been playing late the night before. "Disillusioned with trying to make it as a rock star, Joel moved to Los Angeles to fly under the radar for a while. In early 1972, he got a gig working as a lounge pianist under the pseudonym Bill Martin" (Biography.com Editors 1). This shows that Billy Joel did not drop out of high school because he wanted to prove a point to his parents or that he was not motivated enough, it proves the opposite; that he would do anything to help his family. Even if he thought it would negatively affect his future, by moving somewhere unknown to him and his family.Billy Joel was shaped into the musician he is today by many people, one of which is one of the most well-known bands to date. The Beatles had a big impact on Billy Joel's love of music. Specifically their 'Ed Sullivan Show' performance. After hearing this performance he committed his heart and soul to music. He said that The Beatles really represented the type of musician he wanted to be; motivated, one hundred percent themselves and well loved. Joel even did covers of some of their songs, showing how much they influenced him. Another influence on Billy Joel was his father, who surprisingly did not pressure him into pursuing music. His mother was the person responsible for getting him to start playing the piano and really getting into music at all. Billy Joel was not happy about music at first, he did not think he loved it, but as time went on family and famous performers had a great impact on his mindset. Even though dropping out of high school might not seem like a good thing to most people, it helped Joel get a early start to his career. He also had his fair share of people he inspired. He continues to inspire people even today when he is not still creating new music. "Though he hasn't released any new pop music in 20 years, Billy Joel remains a force in pop culture" (Gamboa 1). The biggest name of people he inspired, Gavin DeGraw. Like Billy Joel, he is a Piano-playing singer-songwriter, who often played in New York Piano Bars when he started out. "The draw of him is that he makes everything relatable," he told Radio.com. His biggest hit is ' I don't want to be', which later became a theme song to a popular show 'One Tree Hill'. The next person Billy Joel inspired was Ben Folds, who was also a piano-playing singer-songwriter. He also writes about celebrity and the music industry. Additionally he opened for Billy Joel when he played in New Year's a few years ago. His biggest hit was 'Brick', which was a very emotional song which talks about lose and hardships within losing people you love. . Similar to Joel he talked about controversial issues through music. Now, a musician who outwardly compared himself to Billy Joel. Mika, he was also a piano-playing singer-songwriter who is known for speaking his mind. He talked about one of his albums that he came out with being "Billy Joel esque". His biggest hit is 'Grace Kelly', it is about an experience in which he was told to be more like another musician but he grew stronger from that, and from continuing to be himself. Jon McLaughlin was a piano playing singer-songwriter who focuses his lyrics on storytelling. He talked about how he's always loved playing the piano and often pictured Billy Joel when he is playing. He has even said seeing Billy Joel play was a huge inspiration to him, "We had this old VHS tape back in the day that had Billy Joel, and he was singing 'Piano Man,' and ever since that moment, I've just wanted to be Billy Joel" (Gamboa 1). His biggest hit was 'Ok Now', which he wrote about his past and how things he used to stress and worry about do not matter now. Eric Hutchinson is a piano and guitar playing singer-songwriter who mixes different types of music to create strong melodies. Not only did Billy inspire him but someone that inspired Billy inspired him as well. "I always had a strong interest in music, though. I listened to a lot of Billy Joel, the Beatles, Paul Simon and Michael Jackson. I credit my parents with having smart music around" (Gamboa 1). He would talk about how music and Billy Joel were always a big part of his life. His biggest hit is 'Moving Up Living Down', which is an album which I love my favorite song on it is 'Watching You Watch Him'. Lastly, Rufus Wainwright, who is a piano playing singer-songwriter who has an interest in classical music and opera. He is more tied to Elton John than Billy Joel but people often compare him more to Billy Joel. His biggest hit is 'Release The Stars', which talks about how Hollywood has changed and there needs to be creative freedom, which is also a reason he is compared to Billy Joel.While it is true he had his fair amount of success but he also had many challenges. He was finally able to commit himself to his first solo album, 'Cold Spring Harbor' which was released in 1971. Though he was lucky to have been able to produce an album at such a young age he was not happy with the quality of this album, which was produced by 'Family Productions'. He was not alone in not being happy with the quality of this album most other people felt the same way. "In 1971, he signed a solo recording contract with the Artie Ripp Family Productions and released his first solo album, 'Cold Spring Harbor'. However, it was released at a wrong speed. A few years later, Columbia Records reissued the album" (Famous People Editor 1). Needless to say, his first album was not a commercial success. He had to come a long way to find his voice in the music industry in Hollywood but when he did he would never be forgotten. Joel has had many achievements and breakthroughs during his career. One of Billy Joel's greatest breakthroughs was 'Piano Man' which is one song he always plays during shows. Many of his greatest hits, which were written in the 1970's were written to express his growing frustration with the music industry and Hollywood. Another one of his greatest achievements is when "Just the Way You Are" won a Grammy. Which was a song about his breakthrough 'Stranger' album. Surprisingly he almost did not include this song on the album. There have been many classical covers of this song. Speaking of Grammy Billy got yet another one a year later on his '52nd Street' album. Highlights of this album include "Big Shot" and "My Life". "In 1978, he released his second album, '52nd Street' which was branded as more sophisticated and jazzy. It is considered as one of the greatest albums of all times" (Famous People Editors 1). This album was also what is referred to the Billy Joel formula, like 'Piano Man'. Something that largely helped Billy Joel career was in 1986 when Joel teamed up with legend Ray Charles on 'The Bridge' album. The result of this album was the hit 'Georgia on My Mind'. Billy mimics Ray during this duet that stands the test of time. He also performed in a place no one thought he ever would, "In 1987, he became the first American rock star to perform in the Soviet Union after the fall of the Berlin Wall" (Famous People 1). Which is a great success considering all the struggles he had faced. Possibly one of his greatest achievements which was released in 1993 was 'River of Dreams' this album represents his career as a songwriter and popstar. His awards include Grammy For Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, People's Choice Award, and he produced two volumes of 'Greatest Hits'. Billy Joel not only had difficulties in his career, his family life was not always happy. In the early 2000s, Billy Joel found himself in and out of rehab. Billy struggled with alcohol abuse and depression. Joel insisted that he used alcohol as a way to deal with his depression. "Not a drinking problem: Billy Joel reveals his trips to rehab and multiple car crashes stem from depression and not an actual addiction" (Pearson 1). Billy Joel used alcohol as a medication to deal with his depression, this happened due to a loss of faith in humanity. This started in the early 2000s because of what happened on 9/11, fearing the unknown and loss of hope in people doing the right thing. " My mind was not right, I was not focused. I went into a deep, deep depression after 9/11″ (Pearson 1). Not only did 9/11 take a toll on his state of mind and his faith in the way, he also had a breakup he never specifically said who but many suspect he is talking about his ex-wife Katie Lee who he married in 2004 and split with in 2009. He said after this series of events it took him a while to get back on his feet. But once he did he was an unstoppable force. This series of issues lead to his single 'All about my life', which was his first song with original lyrics in thirteen years. Joel had struggles openly with his depression but he revealed what healed his depression, which came from an unlikely source. "It was only recently that Joel says he was turned around by the inspiring example set by Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani teen who, as he put it, "'was shot by the Taliban"' and refused to be cowed. Instead, she published an autobiography and embarked on a worldwide press tour advocating for women's education. "'She is the antidote,"' argued Joel." (Giles 1). He has taken inspiration from people that refuse to give up even though the world is telling them they should. Well, he has regained his faith humanity he still lacks the inspiration to record new music. He has talked about this and stated that if he wrote music it would get produced and people would buy it, but he said that does not mean he should. He may not feel the inspiration to write music now but, he did dedicate his career (later career especially) to writing songs that are meaningful to his life as well as other peoples. When you look at his personal life you may think the family was not very important to him due to how many times he has been divorced and remarried. But that is not the case he says his music writing took a toll on his personal life, meaning his marriages. He is now married to Alexis Roderick who he says is the woman who saved his life. This proves that although he faced a fair amount of struggles in his career and personal life he was able to overcome the odds and is one of the greatest musicians to ever live.
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Becoming financially independent from your parents can seem daunting. For many, it means getting a job, moving out, opening a personal checking account , establishing credit, and saving. This can be a tall order for those who have no experience with finances or living on their own. Read these tips below and get an idea how to launch into financial independence successfully.
The first step to becoming financially independent is earning an income that doesn't come from your parents. Finding (and keeping) a job will not only help your pocketbook, but will also help you establish your employment history.
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Why India needs to cosy up to Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi
That India has to engage with whoever is in power with a country which shares 1,643 km land boundary with India's four northeastern states made sense.
India's external affairs minister Aung San Suu Kyi with Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi.(MEA Twitter)
Updated on Aug 23, 2016 09:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | ByJayanth Jacob, New Delhi
Any tactical decision has a shelf life. And it calls for a shifting of gears at the right moment.
When India warmed up to the military junta in Myanmar, it was touted as a tactical decision. That India has to engage with whoever is in power with a country which shares 1,643 km land boundary with India's four northeastern states made sense. China making heavy investments to spread its strategic footprint in Myanmar lent urgency to the Indian move. It angering Aung San Suu Kyi was something India could live with as long as junta was in power, it was reasoned.
Suu Kyi had long ties with India, a lot of it through nostalgia, which couldn't have come in the way of taking tactical decisions dictated by realpolitik. In the mid 1990s, India began cosying up with the junta and since 2000, this policy made rapid progress, primary driven by the security concerns.
But the Chinese made better sense of the winds of change blowing in Myanmar. The tectonic change ushered in Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy in a landslide election victory last year, bringing the curtains down on five decades of military rule.
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi came to visit Myanmar on April 5 this year. Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy was sworn in on March 30. External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj visited Myanmar on August 22, to become the highest-ranking Indian official to visit that country.
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India's concerns
Her visit just followed a five-day high-octane visit Suu Kyi made to China. Suffice to say in more ways than the one that the Chinese saw what was coming and shifted the gears to engage with the new leadership in Myanmar.
But that is one part of the story. For India, there are immediate domestic concerns to be taken care of through maintaining ties with Myanmar than pursuing any geopolitical games on the regional chess board.
Myanmar shares land boundary with four northeastern states. It also shares a maritime border with India. The practice of insurgent groups making Myanmar as a safe haven has long troubled India. There have been successes on the security cooperation.
But more distance needs to be covered. It is not that any great ideals of altruism that lead China to play in the reconciliation process of various ethnic groups. China supports it because a Myanmar riled by such conflicts hamper China's economic interests. There are many projects, including building a road and rail network across northern Myanmar to the Bay of Bengal, which would help Beijing to step up China's trade with West Asia without taking the contentious South China sea route.
But a policy that aims at creating an impression that India is competing with China in Myanmar wouldn't help the Indian cause much. Indian efforts should be to engage with the new leadership in Myanmar, in offering help in the process of reconciliation of various ethnic groups and continuing with the cooperation in various fields. External affairs minister invited Suu Kyi to visit India at an early date. And that visit will provide an opportunity to build on Swaraj's engagment.
There are issues that need to be sorted. On Indian operations against the NSCN (Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland) camps along the India-Myanmar border in June, Suu Kyi told journalist Karan Thaper in an interview that said it was "important to have transparency when it comes to hot pursuit missions".
"The lack of transparency erodes the very foundations of friendship," she had said.
"If we as neighbours are to establish peace on our borders and genuine understanding between our two countries, there has to be more transparency. It's the lack of transparency that creates all kinds of speculation and suspicion," she had said.
There is enough catching up to do bilaterally. And it is quite evident.
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More Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccines by Monday, Hogan Says
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Teachers, child-care workers, people 75 and older, and members of various high-risk groups will become eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as of Monday, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) announced.
In expanding from Phase 1A into Phase 1B of the state's vaccination campaign, an additional 860,000 people will be allowed access to the vaccine, according to the Maryland Department of Health's website.
But Hogan, speaking at a news conference Thursday evening, cautioned that Maryland is currently using more doses each day than it is receiving from the federal government — and unless the flow increases soon, the state will run out.
"On Monday, Jan. 18, eligible groups will be expanded statewide to include all Marylanders 75 and over, as well as anyone of any age, living in assisted living or independent living facilities, and developmental disabilities and behavioral health group homes," he said.
In addition to K-12 teachers, support staff and child-care providers, Phase 1B includes high-risk incarcerated individuals and elected officials.
Under state activation of Part B of the federal government's contract with CVS and Walgreens, residents of assisted living and all other long-term care facilities will be able to get vaccinated by those pharmacies, Hogan said.
The state is setting up a new website, covidvax.maryland.gov, where people can get information about vaccination opportunities in their communities and sign up. Vaccinations will be by appointment only.
As of Thursday, Maryland had vaccinated 2.95 of every 100 residents, a rate below neighboring Delaware (3.18%), Pennsylvania (3.01%), D.C. (4.68%) and West Virginia (6.54%), according to a Bloomberg tracking site.
Maryland has used approximately a third of the 547,000 doses it has received. Only ten states and Puerto Rico have made use of a smaller percentage of its on-hand supply.
To help boost the state's efforts, Hogan announced a pilot program at 10 Wal-Marts and 22 Giant supermarkets to administer vaccines beginning on Jan. 25.
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He and Rona Kramer, Maryland's Secretary of Aging, stressed that the vaccines have been thoroughly vetted and are safe and effective. People with older relatives or friends were urged to help them locate a vaccination clinic in their area.
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"The number of people just in Phase 1 of our plan is 1.5 million people, and they need two doses, so that's three million doses," he said. "This is going to take a long time, a great deal of patience and a lot more vaccines."
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Harris One of Four GOP House Members to Skip Historic Impeachment Vote
January 14, 2021 by John Griep 2 Comments
Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md.-1st, was one of four Republican members of Congress who did not vote Wednesday as the House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump for a second time.
With Wednesday's historic 232-197 vote, Trump became the first president ever to be impeached twice by the House. Unlike Trump's first impeachment, 10 House Republicans voted Wednesday with Democrats to send an article of impeachment to the U.S. Senate for a trial.
Harris, an anesthesiologist, said in a Wednesday tweet that he was in the operating room caring for patients, but would have voted against impeaching Trump.
Harris tweeted:
"Today, I spent my time caring for patients in our district during this pandemic. The Speaker's divisive, hastily called, and politically motivated snap impeachment is a waste of time when we will swear in President-elect Biden in fewer than seven days' time.
"In light of his calls for unity and healing, I call on the President-elect to disavow this action. Engaging in a political impeachment that will be moot in one week was another waste of time brought to you by the Democrat majority.
"While I certainly would have voted against impeachment, and the Congressional Record will reflect that, my constituents were better served by my work in the operating room today than by taking part in this pointless exercise."
A number of Maryland lawmakers apparently feel the First District and the state would be better served if Harris is out of office entirely.
On Monday, 71 of 141 state delegates and 13 of 47 state senators signed a letter calling on Harris to resign for his support of objections to the electoral college results in Arizona and Pennsylvania and his lack of decorum on the House floor after a violent mob attacked the U.S. Capitol and killed a police officer.
Although Harris, in his tweet, argues impeaching Trump "will be moot" by Jan. 20 when Joe Biden is sworn in as president, many legal and constitutional experts note that a conviction in the U.S. Senate could carry consequences beyond removal from office.
If Trump is convicted, the Senate also could hold a separate vote to make Trump ineligible for holding any federal office in the future, which would put an end to his apparent plan to run again for president in 2024.
For the Senate to convict someone in an impeachment requires a tw0-thirds supermajority vote and the Senate previously has ruled that removal from office is automatic upon conviction and does not require a separate vote.
The Senate also has determined that disqualifying a person convicted in an impeachment proceeding is a separate vote that may be decided by a simple majority.
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Promises to Work Together — But Also Glaring Differences — as Unprecedented Session Begins
On the first day of the Maryland General Assembly's 442th session, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) and Democratic leaders of the legislature pledged to work collaboratively on shared priorities — economic relief for needy residents, boosting distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine, and aid for struggling businesses chief among them.
But the outlines of differing policy preferences and timetables for action emerged even before lawmakers formally convened at midday Wednesday in Annapolis.
In a live-streamed Wednesday interview with The Daily Record, Hogan (R) urged the Assembly to take up his recently-unveiled $1 billion relief plan immediately. Moments later, the leaders of the state Senate and House of Delegates signaled they would spend at least the first couple weeks of the session crafting their own multi-pronged package.
Similarly, lawmakers said they intended to make good on a long-held pledge to override Hogan's veto of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future, a bill to dramatically boost education spending, despite the governor's assertion that doing so would be "one of the biggest mistakes" the legislature has ever made.
The promises to work together — and the early outlines of disagreement — occurred on an opening day like none in state history.
The Senate floor as seen from one of the galleries above. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines, Maryland Matters
The joviality that accompanies opening day sessions was gone. There were no squirming babies in the House or Senate chamber, fidgeting children hoping to escape fancy clothes, or spouses. There was no back-slapping and there were no receptions.
Forearm-grabbing lobbyists were almost nowhere to be seen, and the galleries were empty, except for a small number of socially-distanced journalists.
The hearty laugh and larger-than-life presence of Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., whose history-shaping 50-year run as a legislator ended in December, was also absent.
In the Senate, lawmakers sat at desks that had plexiglass partitions with swinging half-doors. Staff also sat in isolation booths that had been constructed over the interim. The proceedings were live-streamed to a public that was otherwise shut out of the State House.
Around State Circle, security was tighter than normal, a response to online threats of violence against state capitols in the wake of last week's insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Newly re-elected Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City), fighting back emotion, called this session "something very, very different." But he said lawmakers have the potential to "change destiny."
"Over the next 90 days, we have an unbelievable opportunity to truly change destiny," he said. "It's going to take very, very tough conversations. It's going to take creative problem-solving, long hours, and working across the aisle in ways and spaces and formats that you have never used before."
House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County), like Ferguson, was reelected unanimously.
Before Jones spoke, House Majority Leader Eric G. Luedtke (D-Montgomery) read the invocation on behalf of Del. Samuel I. Rosenberg (D-Baltimore City), who traditionally delivers the prayer on the opening day of the legislative session, but was one of more than 40 House members who did not attend the opening ceremony.
"Since we last met, some words have new meanings: 'Zoom,' 'House annex,' 'virtual hearing,'" Luedtke read. "Some phrases have not changed: 'propose,' 'persuade,' 'count to 71,' 'the rule of law.'"
"Some issues have come to the forefront, like our commitment to racial and economic justice" Luedtke continued. "As we work together to address these and other challenges in the days ahead, may we remain committed to the people who sent us here to make policy on their behalf."
Following her swearing-in, Jones thanked the chamber.
"I'm going to spare you of a speech, I just want to thank each and every one of you and we've got the people's business to do, so let's get started," Jones said to applause.
The pandemic yielded some unusual seating arrangements in the House chamber: Del. Tony Bridges (D-Baltimore City) sat in a tall chair — no desk — in a back corner, while 14 of his colleagues were spaced out in the public gallery above.
A limited number of House lawmakers — enough for a quorum to start the session and make necessary rule changes — were on hand for opening day.
At one point during the short House floor session, a small group of Republican delegates assembled outside, wanting to take part in the proceedings. House aides arranged for them to come through the chamber in a single-file line and raise a thumbs-up or thumbs-down on the rule changes.
"We were told not to show up, but we were upset about that, so we wanted to be recognized that we were here to do our job," Del. April Rose (R-Carroll) said.
The changes to the rules will allow roughly half of the House chamber to sit in an annex created in the House office building. The make-up of the seating arrangement was drawn by lottery and Republicans are present in both chambers at the same ratio.
While members in the annex will be able to vote on and debate measures on the floor in real time, via video, there will be something of a hierarchy in that auxiliary room, with Speaker Pro Tem Sheree Sample-Hughes (D-Lower Shore) presiding and committee vice chairs sitting in the front row. Lawmakers who want to speak will not be able to do so from their desks, but will go to a protected area that looks a little like an old phone booth.
House Speaker Pro Tem Sheree Sample-Hughes (D-Lower Shore) will preside over the "chamber annex" in the weeks ahead. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines, Maryland Matters
Even as dramatic measures are being taken to keep members safe and socially distanced as the coronavirus continues to rage, state officials are also mindful of the heightened security threat in Annapolis.
"The confluence of events in which we are operating – the pandemic, the threats on democracy, the health precautions that we have to take – it doesn't feel like anything I ever imagined," Ferguson told reporters virtually after the first floor session had ended.
Hogan, who faulted federal security officials for a "terrible lack of preparation" in the lead-up to last week's riot in Washington, D.C., said "we're taking every precaution we can to make sure that that does not happen here in our State House."
"While we're not expecting that kind of a situation, we're prepared for whatever eventuality might come up, and we're going to try to keep people safe," Hogan said during The Daily Record's "Eye on Annapolis" Summit, which is held annually on the first day of session. "We're going to keep everybody from causing any trouble."
Dueling relief plans
Hogan's $1 billion relief plan would use a mix of targeted tax cuts and taps a portion of the state's rainy day fund to aid struggling families and small businesses. It would offer stimulus checks to Marylanders who qualified for the Earned Income Tax Credit in 2019 or 2020. The payouts would amount to $450 for individuals and $750 for families, with no application needed.
Hogan's stimulus package would provide $180 million in tax relief for unemployed residents by repealing all state and local income taxes on unemployment benefits. It would also allow small businesses to keep up to $12,000 in sales tax over the next four months, amounting to $300 million statewide.
Legislative leaders have yet to release their full relief plans, but they have signaled that they are looking for more robust spending, and also want to help renters on the verge of eviction, homeowners on the verge of foreclosure, and Marylanders struggling to pay their utility bills.
They have also committed to enact police reform, ban chokeholds and no-knock warrants and repeal the Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights.
In the wake of the ongoing public health, governmental, social justice and economic crises the state and nation are facing, the governor said "our normal big legislative package has been slimmed down to a very focused agenda."
"Our most important piece of legislation is the relief act," he added. "That's really the only thing I care about, frankly. … If the legislature passed the budget, passed some relief, I'd call it a huge success and call it a day."
Jones and Ferguson said they had not seen Hogan's proposal, and they shrugged off his request to pass it on opening day. "We have a relief package and we're going to prioritize that," the speaker said.
"Marylanders are hurting in ways that are unimaginable," Ferguson added. "We all share the urgency to make sure that we help the most vulnerable Marylanders to be able to get through this crisis."
The Senate leader said proposals to improve the state's beleaguered unemployment insurance system would be part of the legislature's recovery package.
Lawmakers prepare to override Hogan veto
Legislative leaders are determined to override Hogan's veto of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future, a measure to pump an additional $4 billion into the state's public schools system, partially funded by a new tax on digital downloads.
In his morning interview, Hogan acknowledged that the Democratic-led Assembly has the numbers to overturn him — but he warned that doing so would fly in the face of public opinion.
"The legislature does have the power to override those vetoes, [but] I think it would be one of the biggest mistakes they ever made," Hogan said.
"We have provided record funding into education six years in a row," Hogan said, "and our budget [for next year] is going to put more money than the legislative formulas call for."
Supporters of the education legislation made their presence felt in Annapolis Wednesday with a small rally featuring 20 cardboard cutouts of Maryland public school students.
The groups Progressive Maryland and Working Families sent a billboard truck to downtown Annapolis to rally for more funding for COVID-19 relief efforts. The truck carried videotaped messages of Marylanders who have seen their livelihoods jeopardized by the pandemic.
With restaurants, hotels and stores largely quiet, the truck playing the video messages was one of the few overt signs that the General Assembly is back in session for the first time since lawmakers cut short the 2020 session last March.
"It looks like a ghost town here in Annapolis," Hogan said.
By Bruce DePuyt, Danielle E. Gaines, Josh Kurtz, Hannah Gaskill, and Bennett Leckrone
Filed Under: Maryland News Tagged With: Covid-19, Education, general assembly, Gov. Larry Hogan, legislative session, Maryland, opening day, relief
A Legislative Session Like No Other: Md. General Assembly Session Opens Today
The 442nd session of the Maryland General Assembly opens today under conditions that were completely unimaginable a year ago.
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a broad and deep public health crisis and has devastated the state economy. In many ways, that's the essence of what the 2021 legislative session will be about.
Beyond the policy challenges, the pandemic has completely changed how lawmakers will do their jobs over the next 90 days. They'll hold virtual hearings, meet in floor sessions surrounded by plastic shields, and, in the case of the House of Delegates, convene in two separate places simultaneously. The State House will be sealed shut. Lobbyists and advocates barely will be visible. The nightly party scene will be nil.
On top of that, the session begins with American democracy under attack — amid fears that the Maryland State House and 49 other state capitals could be targeted by the same extremists who stormed the U.S. Capitol a week ago.
State officials have promised to beef up security in and around the State House, and Governor Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) offered assurances that the people's business can be conducted safely.
Gov. Larry Hogan
"Trust me, we're not going to leave ourselves unprotected," he said Tuesday.
The COVID-19 virus and its economic aftermath pose the biggest challenges to lawmakers as they go about business and set policy agendas for the next three months. Hogan and Democratic legislative leaders say they will devote their time to helping the neediest — those who have lost jobs, face evictions, and have, in myriad ways, been ravaged by the pandemic. But small businesses need help as well, and local governments are also struggling to meet the demands of their constituents.
Maryland policymakers also have unfinished business from last year, when the legislative session was cut short three weeks by the pandemic. It was the first time the legislature went home early since the Civil War.
Even as they agree on overarching priorities for the session, Hogan and the Democrats do not see eye-to-eye on solutions. Hogan and legislative Republicans will be reluctant to raise taxes or spend liberally. Democrats, buoyed by knowledge that President-elect Joe Biden and an all-Democratic Congress are about to take over in Washington, D.C., seem more anxious to be generous with the state exchequer at a time of great need in so many communities.
Even so, Democrats will be under intense pressure from their left flank to spend even more — and to enact more progressive policies in a variety of areas.
The day before the legislative session is often a time for partisan politicking, and even under the unique circumstances, Tuesday was no exception.
Maryland Democrats held their annual pre-session luncheon virtually, and Hogan gave a pre-session news conference to announce his latest effort to bring nonpartisan redistricting to the state — leavened with a fresh dose of criticism for State House Democrats.
"Sadly, but not surprisingly, legislators have refused to act," he said.
The Democratic agenda
At the Maryland Democratic Party's annual virtual luncheon, legislative leaders laid out some of their ambitious plans for the unusual 2021 session, including cracking down on slow unemployment payments and reforming law enforcement policy.
Senate Pres. Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) and House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County) offer support for the Blueprint for Maryland's Future education reform bill during a hearing in February. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines, Maryland Matters
House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County) said robust state COVID-19 relief, coupled with a slew of long-term reforms, will be among the legislature's top efforts during the upcoming session.
Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) highlighted the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on communities of color.
"The gaps that we all knew existed have simply been exacerbated," Ferguson said. "They have gone from gaps to canyons."
Their remarks came a day after Hogan outlined his plans for a state stimulus package through a mix of targeted tax cuts and tapping a portion of the state's rainy day fund. Jones didn't address Hogan's proposed stimulus, but pledged to look at "targeted relief" during the upcoming session.
"We will look at targeted state relief to families and small businesses with utility payments," Jones said. "And we'll look to help some of our hardest hit industries," such as restaurants.
She called the state's BEACON unemployment benefits system, which was rolled out during the pandemic, "outrageously broken" due to the long wait times some Marylanders have experienced — and pledged to add statutory requirements to the system.
"While this has been an unprecedented strain on the system, we can do better," Jones said. "Every Marylander who is eligible and needs help, should get help — and quickly."
Many of Jones' top agenda items for the upcoming session could impact the state long after the pandemic is over. She predicted the House will override Hogan's veto on the sweeping Kirwan education reforms.
That veto could come later in the session, lawmakers told Maryland Matters. While Republican lawmakers have pushed back on passage of those multibillion-dollar reforms amid the pandemic, the Department of Legislative Services said the state has enough money to fund the Kirwan efforts through 2026.
Jones also intends to enact the House Workgroup to Address Police Reform and Accountability's recommendations during the session, including banning no-knock warrants and police chokeholds.
Jones said the House will repeal Maryland's Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights. And Jones plans to outline her agenda for racial and economic justice in the coming days.
"Corporate boards should look like their customers," Jones said. "Black homes should be appraised for the same amount as their white neighbors. Great ideas and businesses should get credit because they're great ideas, not because they're the ideas of the connected class."
Some of the House's earliest planned legislation is aimed at preventing another six-figure payout by the Maryland Environmental Service, like the one former director Roy McGrath received when he left the agency last year to become Hogan's chief of staff.
Jones said the bill will address what she called the "outrageous abuse of power and misuse of state money at that agency."
"No one is above the law," she added.
Jones also said the House will make mail-in voting a permanent option for Marylanders. How that will be done is not immediately clear, since absentee ballots were available under certain circumstances before the pandemic. Voting by mail skyrocketed during Maryland's statewide elections in 2020, with an unprecedented number of voters opting to cast ballots by mail instead of at a traditional polling place.
Other election reform efforts are also expected during the legislative session: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan (D-Montgomery) told members of the State Board of Elections during a Tuesday afternoon meeting that she intends to introduce what she calls a "kitchen sink" bill to look at several election-related reforms.
Beyond his $1 billion COVID relief package, Hogan has yet to lay out any priorities for the General Assembly session.
Day-to-day security
Lawmakers will face a series of new security procedures around the capitol complex ― related to the pandemic, as well as heightened political tension and possible violence.
To gain entry to the State House campus each day, lawmakers and staff will answer a health questionnaire through an app on their cell phones.
Security changes include increased police officers and security, increased identification procedures to get inside buildings and limiting proximity to all buildings, said Nick Cavey, spokesman for the Department of General Services.
"These actions are being taken as a precaution for the safety of all persons doing business on state property and will ensure the protection of state employees, our buildings and grounds, and visitors to our Annapolis complex buildings," Cavey said.
In the event of an attack, local police agencies, the Maryland State Police and the National Guard are available for reinforcement.
Hogan announced Tuesday that the Maryland National Guard deployment in D.C. would be doubled, but said there's still adequate personnel to reinforce the State House, if necessary.
"I'm comfortable, though we're not sure what we may see, that we'll be better prepared than they were on Capitol Hill last Wednesday," he said.
Asked about an FBI bulletin warning of widespread armed protests at state capitols, Hogan said officials have received hundreds of death threats, but no specific plans to attack the State House have been uncovered. "We do not have any credible, detailed threats here. Look, a lot of this is real. And a lot of it is fake. There's disinformation all over the internet," Hogan said.
By Josh Kurtz, Bennett Leckrone, and Danielle E. Gaines
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Hogan Denounces Delegate's 'Traitor' Tweet, Says He Wants to Help 'Fix' GOP
Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) condemned comments from a "conspiracy theorist" in the House of Delegates and said comments from U.S. Rep. Andrew P. Harris (R-Md.) contesting the 2020 election results, even after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, were "in really bad taste," but said he doesn't want to leave the Republican party.
"I don't want to leave the party and let these people who did a hostile takeover four years ago take over. I want to stay involved," Hogan said Tuesday.
Hogan has been talking about the issue with like-minded Republicans and plans to attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden (D) next week.
Asked about tweets by Del. Daniel L. Cox (R-Frederick County), including one in which he called Vice President Mike Pence a "traitor" while the U.S. Capitol remained under siege, Hogan pulled no punches.
"I don't even know who Dan Cox is. I know he's filed suit against us multiple times," Hogan said. "He's a QAnon conspiracy theorist who says crazy things every day. He called me a Communist Chinese spy for China. He called the vice president a traitor. He was down there gathering people at the capitol. I don't even know what makes him think this way. But he's certainly not the kind of person I would vote to put in the legislature or support in any way for anything."
Later on Tuesday evening, people began sharing screenshots of photos of Hogan and Cox together, which Cox shared on social media in 2016 and 2018. On one of the posts, Cox wrote: "Very honored to be endorsed by America's most popular Governor!"
Cox organized a caravan of three buses for his constituents to attend the Million MAGA March protest held in downtown Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. A lawyer, he spearheaded lawsuits challenging Hogan's executive orders curtailing business operations because of the COVID-19 virus.
A day after reporting about his involvement in the D.C. rally, Cox issued a statement denouncing "all mob violence including those who broke into the U.S. Capitol."
In his statement, Cox also said he was at the event where President Donald Trump addressed rally attendees but that the group did not approach the U.S. Capitol or participate in any violence and left early from D.C.
However, that was disputed Tuesday by a first-person account of the trip by Fred Propheter, a co-organizer of the excursion from the Frederick County Conservative Club. Writing for a conservative online publication in Frederick called The Tentacle, Propheter detailed the group's "15+ block walk to the Capitol" and said some members of the group from Frederick were close enough to the frontlines of the encounter to be hit by tear gas and stray rubber bullets; he also wrote that the group "carried no terrorists or miscreants to the rally of over 1.5 Million Patriots and all 150+ made it home."
Cox could not be immediately reached on Tuesday; a voicemail box associated with his law firm was full and not accepting new messages.
Hogan said there may be a move in the Legislature to censure Cox or take some sort of action, but the governor said he was not involved in those efforts.
Top House officials did not comment Tuesday. Complaints about lawmakers' behavior are investigated by the Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics.
Del. Kathleen Dumais (D-Montgomery), who is the House co-chair of the committee, said the committee has received inquiries about Cox's tweets.
"I've certainly gotten some inquiries," Dumais said. "If it's brought to the committee we'll have to talk about how to best handle it. But no decision has been made."
Dumais said she found some of the language "personally reprehensible," but it was unclear yet whether there was any violation of the legislature's ethics rules. The committee would be limited to examining whether any of Cox's actions rose to a level beyond protected free speech, she said.
Hogan was also asked Tuesday whether he agreed with calls for Harris to resign. Harris was among a group of Republicans who continued to contest Pennsylvania's election results, even after the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
"It's not up to me to tell Andy Harris what he should do. I obviously don't agree with the comments he made, particularly after the insurrection, the attack on the Capitol, the threats to assassinate and murder the vice president, and after law enforcement officers and others died … the first time since 1812 that the Capitol's been ransacked," Hogan said. "I think it was in really bad taste. I don't know what prompted him to say and do the things he did. But it's not up to me to decide what he does with his political future."
Harris issued a statement last week rejecting violence, defending his colleagues' right to debate and denying that he would resign from office.
Despite the sharp words for some fellow party members, Hogan said he's not likely to leave the Republican party as other high-profile figures like former Secretary of State Colin Powell have.
"There's other leaders I'm talking with a lot in Washington and other state capitals who also agree. And I think it's important for us to try to fix the party and make sure we go in a direction where we can actually have a healthy and competitive two-party system in America and that we can actually have a more positive hopeful message that's going to attract more people," Hogan said. "And that we can actually win an elections again. Rather than just giving up and walking out."
By Danielle E. Gaines
Filed Under: Maryland News Tagged With: andy harris, del. daniel cox, donald trump, Gov. Larry Hogan, Maryland, mike pence, republican party
Md. Lawmakers Will Map Congressional Districts Based on 2020 Census
January 12, 2021 by Spy Desk 3 Comments
Maryland lawmakers later this year will draw new maps for the state's congressional districts based on the latest population statistics from the 2020 Census.
The U.S. Constitution requires the census to be conducted every 10 years. The population numbers are then used by states to draw new congressional districts, which typically is completed in time for the congressional election two years after the census.
Following the decennial census, federal law requires states to be notified by Jan. 25 by the clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives on the number of congressional seats that state will have for the next 10 years.
That notification will be delayed this year, however, as the U.S. Census Bureau continues processing and tabulating the population numbers.
According to The Washington Post, the census bureau currently believes it will finalize state population numbers by March 6, more than two months after the Dec. 31 deadline.
The deadline was missed as a result of delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic and changes made by the administration of President Donald Trump, which is being sued over some of its decisions concerning the census.
Although the count continues, population estimates suggest Maryland will retain its eight seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Once the state is told how many seats it will have, Maryland lawmakers will draw new boundaries for those congressional districts. After the congressional map is approved by the Maryland General Assembly, it is subject to veto by Gov. Larry Hogan.
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Hogan Proposes $1 Billion Relief Package, Pressures Legislature for Swift Passage
Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) unveiled a proposed billion-dollar stimulus package at a Monday morning press conference, which would give low-income families $750 checks if passed by the legislature.
If enacted, Hogan's Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs and Families (RELIEF) Act would offer stimulus checks to Marylanders who qualified for the Earned Income Tax Credit in 2019 or 2020. The payouts would amount to $450 for individuals and $750 for families, with no application needed.
Hogan estimated that the $267 million in direct payments would help roughly 400,000 Marylanders. The stimulus checks would be in addition to anticipated payouts from the federal government.
Hogan said he needs the legislature's help in passing some of the RELIEF Act's measures, which extend beyond his emergency powers – and demanded that lawmakers quickly pass the emergency legislation.
"We took every action that we could take alone," Hogan said.
The stimulus package provides $180 million in tax relief for unemployed residents by repealing all state and local income taxes on unemployment benefits. It would also allow small businesses to keep up to $12,000 in sales tax over the next four months, amounting to $300 million statewide.
Hogan also wants the legislature to extend and codify his executive order protecting businesses from sudden increases in unemployment taxes due to layoffs, amounting to $218 million in savings. The act would also eliminate taxes on the state's emergency relief grants and loans for businesses.
Only about $100 million of Maryland's rainy day funds would be be used as part of the relief package – a far cry from what other state officials and local leaders have demanded of Hogan.
Members of the Maryland United for COVID Relief NOW Coalition, headed by Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot (D) and Montgomery County Councilmember Tom Hucker (D), held a virtual rally on Sunday to demand Hogan use more of the rainy day fund for COVID-19 relief.
Franchot has floated using a much larger portion of state reserve money for $2,000 stimulus checks to qualifying Marylanders at a cost of $925 million. He also wants to use state money for more local business aid, and in total proposed using more than a billion in state reserves for residents and businesses.
In a Monday statement on social media, Franchot said Hogan's proposed stimulus doesn't go far enough to help working residents. He also said the proposed checks won't get to families fast enough.
"Maryland families need help now, but instead the Governor is passing the buck to the legislature," Franchot wrote. "The Governor knows that he has the power to authorize direct cash payments to those in crisis right now. He can help struggling families right NOW."
Hogan's plans for a new state stimulus bill predate the coalition's formation. He said using the state's entire rainy-day fund would be an "irresponsible action," and said he was following along with the legislature's recommendations in using only portions of the state's reserve money.
In December, a bipartisan legislative budget panel recommended using some of the state's rainy day fund to combat anticipated shortfalls in the state's budget.
Hogan noted that more federal relief funding is on its way to the state, including $400 million for much-needed rental assistance. The state has already spent more than $700 million in relief for residents and businesses, and doled out billions in unemployment benefits to Marylanders, Hogan said.
Whether the legislature moves quickly to act on Hogan's proposal — or sees it as an opening gambit — is an open question. Legislative leaders have echoed Hogan's assertion that providing help to the neediest Marylanders should be the top priority of the session, which begins on Wednesday, but they have yet to release details of their own economic relief package.
In a statement released after Hogan's news conference, Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) and House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County) said Democrats in the legislature are "focused on getting families and small businesses back on their feet" in addition to getting students back in schools and ensuring the safety of seniors. The presiding officers said General Assembly members are planning legislation to address "a broken Unemployment Insurance system" and aid small businesses.
"We look forward to the Governor working with us to accomplish these goals and demonstrating for the country what the true value of bipartisanship can be," Jones and Ferguson said.
Sen. Guy J. Guzzone (D-Howard County), the chair of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, called Hogan's proposed stimulus a "good place for us to start" when it comes to getting relief to Marylanders.
Guzzone said he doesn't think draining the state's rainy day fund is in the best interest of the state, and added that Marylanders could still get meaningful relief without using all of the reserves.
"I actually don't think it's necessary, to provide substantial relief, to drain it all the way down in that regard," Guzzone said.
He noted that many of the legislature's relief efforts will depend on Hogan's budget proposal, which is due later this month.
By Bennett Leckrone
Filed Under: Maryland News Tagged With: checks, coronavirus, Covid-19, Gov. Larry Hogan, Hogan, Maryland, payments, stimulus, tax relief
Attack on Capitol Highlights Differences Between Maryland's Top Republicans
January 8, 2021 by Maryland Matters Leave a Comment
Maryland's most high-profile Republican leaders — Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. and Rep. Andrew P. Harris — have never had much in common.
Hogan's opposition to Donald J. Trump, for example, dates back to the president's first campaign, while Harris has been a staunch Trump loyalist.
The two also ended up in different camps on COVID-19.
When the governor was taking aggressive steps to combat the spread of COVID-19 last year, the congressman, a physician, was speaking publicly against mask orders and the state's limits on commercial activity and group gatherings.
But never have the differences between the pair been on bolder display than Thursday, in the aftermath of the storming of the U.S. Capitol. In many ways, it highlighted the broader ideological and tactical divides in the national Republican Party.
Hogan called the event "a heinous and violent assault" — and he said Trump bore blame for undermining the nation's traditional transfer of power.
"Over the last two months, this sacred tradition has come under attack from our own president, who has chosen to fan the flames of hate and mislead millions of voters through lies and conspiracy theories rather than face the reality of his own defeat," the governor said.
"There's no question that America would be better off if the president would resign or be removed from office," he added.
Hogan also pledged that the Maryland National Guard personnel he sent to Washington, D.C., to protect the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday would remain there through the inauguration, set for Jan. 20.
Harris, by contrast, made national headlines for almost getting into a fistfight with a Democratic colleague on the House floor early Thursday morning, as Congress was meeting to certify the presidential election results. According to a media pool report, the lawmaker taunted Democrats during debate, gesturing in a way that suggested a willingness to engage in fisticuffs.
Harris released a statement on Thursday that defended his opposition to the presidential vote count in several swing states. He did not condemn the rioters who terrorized the Capitol, nor did he fault Trump for his role in inciting the violence, as Hogan did.
"Democrats are calling for unity, yet also calling for the expulsion of Members who objected in yesterday's Electoral College count," Harris wrote. "Today, some Marylanders are even calling for my resignation, which I will not do."
"My colleagues and I held legitimate Constitutional concerns about how the November election was conducted in certain states and felt compelled to highlight those concerns during the formal vote count. We did not call for the overthrowing of an election."
As the nation reeled from the attack on the Capitol on Thursday, analysts noted the remarkable — and still growing — divide between Hogan, Maryland's popular governor, and Harris, the 1st District's doctor-turned-congressman.
"Hogan represents this decent, right-of-center pro-business kind of Republican that the party used to have a lot more of," said Melissa Deckman, a political science professor at Washington College. "He's not an ideologue. He's very pragmatic. But he's also very principled."
Deckman said she found it "very disturbing" that even after the Capitol was overrun, the majority of House Republicans — including Harris — maintained "this charade of objecting to a vote count that everyone knew was not fraudulent."
"It just goes to show you how extreme he is," she said.
Republican strategist and CNN commentator Doug Heye described Harris as "one of those guys who talks about 'we need to fight,' but doesn't have a plan."
"Andy Harris was on the fringe on everything," said Heye, a former communications director for the Republican National Committee. "This predates Trump. He was always 'out there,' and never productive."
Hogan, Heye said, "is clearly a results-driven guy."
Yet since winning his seat in 2010, Harris has never had to sweat reelection. Under Maryland's gerrymandered congressional map, Harris' 1st District, which takes in all of the Eastern Shore plus portions of Harford, Baltimore and Carroll counties, is a Republican stronghold.
Nevertheless, the Maryland Democratic Party on Thursday called on Harris to resign, and a former state legislator from Montgomery County who now lives in Harris' district, Democrat Heather Mizeur, said on Twitter that she might take him on in 2022.
"@RepAndyHarrisMD we have found ways in the past to see common ground through our differences," wrote Mizeur, who has largely stayed on the political sidelines in Maryland since running unsuccessfully for governor in 2014. "However, there is only one way to view your complicity w/ treasonous insurrection against our govt: you must resign immediately — or I will consider retiring you myself in 2022."
With Republican lawmakers starting to turn on the president, and aides resigning in the wake of the attack on the Capitol, a full-scale GOP civil war is on.
Observers said it is too soon to say whether national Republicans who allied themselves with Trump will find their future political prospects diminished.
For the past several months, Hogan has worked to elevate his national profile and is widely seen as taking steps toward a possible White House run in 2024. But University of Virginia political science professor Larry Sabato told The Baltimore Sun last year that "the GOP would have to change drastically by 2024 for Hogan to have a real shot" at the party's presidential nomination.
An overnight poll found that nearly half of all Republicans supported the storming of the Capitol.
Still, Deckman expects Hogan to get a fresh look in the wake of the week's events.
"In many ways he's very well-situated to become a leader in the Republican Party… depending on how this shakes out, because he has been a very consistent voice," the professor said. "I think he represents what the GOP used to stand for a lot of ways."
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Hogan: Trump Should Be Removed From Office
January 8, 2021 by Maryland Matters 1 Comment
Maryland's Republican governor said Thursday there was "no question that America would be better off if the president would resign or be removed from office."
Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. made the remarks at a State House press conference in which he decried the mob siege of the U.S. Capitol building a day earlier as a "heinous and violent assault."
Hogan said he was not sure what should happen logistically but that Donald Trump had proven himself unfit to remain in office and that Vice President Mike Pence should oversee an orderly transition of power.
"Over the last two months, the sacred tradition [of a peaceful transition of power] has come under attack from our own president," Hogan said. "…Who has chosen to fan the flames of hate and mislead millions of voters through lies, and conspiracy theories, rather than face the reality of his own defeat."
Hogan said that Trump had also abandoned his oath of office and fomented chaos.
"What we saw in the nation's capital was not just an attack on the people's representatives, our historic buildings, and our law enforcement. It was an attack on the rule of law," Hogan said. "The foundations of self government and who we are as Americans. The mob may have shattered glass. But they did not, and they will not, shatter our democracy."
Lt. Gov. Boyd K. Rutherford (R) tweeted earlier in the day that Trump should resign from office.
Hogan also detailed on Thursday the state's attempts to deploy National Guard members in Washington, D.C., which was delayed by a lack of authorization from federal authorities.
Hogan said he was in a video conference with the Japanese ambassador to the United States when his chief of staff came in to inform him that the U.S. Capitol was under attack. Hogan said he immediately called a meeting of his Unified Command Team, which includes Maryland's top law enforcement, military and emergency response officials.
During that meeting, Hogan said he got a call from a panicked U.S. House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.), who said the U.S. Capitol Police was overwhelmed, that there was no federal law enforcement presence, and that the leaders of Congress were pleading with him for assistance.
"However, we were repeatedly denied approval to do so," Hogan said at the State House press conference, flanked by Rutherford, Adjutant General of the Maryland National Guard Major General Timothy Gowen, and Colonel Jerry Jones, superintendent of the Maryland State Police.
Under federal law, Maryland must receive approval from the U.S. Secretary of Defense before guard members can be sent over the border to respond to incidents in the District of Columbia.
"General Gowen was repeatedly being told by the National Guard at the national level that we did not have authorization," Hogan said, detailing calls coming and going from his administration to D.C.
In the end, "none of us really spoke to the Secretary of Defense," Hogan said, and it was the Secretary of the Army who called his cell phone and requested immediate assistance.
It took about 90 minutes before the state got that authority to move into the city, Hogan said.
"The initial contingent of Maryland National Guard members were the first to arrive in Washington from out of state," Hogan said.
The governor announced Thursday that the Maryland National Guard's mission in D.C. ― to protect and secure federal buildings ― will continue through Inauguration Day, which is Jan. 20, and the end of the month. About 500 state guard members remain in the city.
"I just want to assure all Americans that the state of Maryland will do anything and everything we possibly can to continue to secure the core of our nation's capital," Hogan said.
In light of political extremism, Hogan said security was also being increased around the Maryland State House complex as a precaution.
Hogan did not vote for Trump in either of the last two elections, and faced criticism in 2020 after casting a write-in vote for the deceased former President Ronald Reagan.
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Andy Harris Among GOP Lawmakers Likely to Object to Certification of Presidential Election Results
January 6, 2021 by Spy Desk 8 Comments
A joint session of Congress began meeting at 1 p.m. to certify results of the presidential election but a large number of Republican lawmakers, including Rep. Andy Harris, are expected to object to results in certain swing states that led to an Electoral College victory for Joe Biden over Donald Trump.
Certification is usually a routine process, but objections will make it a much lengthier one.
The first objection — which requires an objection in writing from at least one senator and congressman — to the Electoral College votes came when the results from Arizona were read. As a result of the objection, the Senate and the House of Representatives withdrew from the joint session and met separately to debate and vote on the objection.
A dozen Republican senators and more than 100 Republican congressmen have said they intend to object as the Electoral College votes are read state by state.
Maryland Rep. Andrew P. Harris (R) told WBAL-TV on Monday that he will likely object to several states "where I think the outcome is probably in doubt because inadequate investigation has been allowed to occur."
"If there is no wrongdoing, there is nothing to hide, let's go ahead, you know, throw open the windows, open the doors, let's see all the materials," Harris told the station. "…I would love to hear from the other side why investigations shouldn't be done."
Harris was one of two Republican congressmen who voted against seating the newly elected House members from Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, Forbes reported.
A Republican Texas congressman opposed to efforts to reject the presidential results had challenged the seating of those House members, arguing that any voter fraud in those states would also affect the congressional results. By challenging the results in those House races, he forced his GOP colleagues to acknowledge the legitimacy of the congressional results in those states.
To watch the debate, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKy84YmL-sU.
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Friendly Reminder: A Weekly Reflection from the Quaker Leadership Center
I lived in Oregon for four years and one thing I enjoyed doing was visiting downtown Portland, especially for a book from Powell's or a donut from Voodoo Donut. One of the prominent signs in the city displays the unofficial motto of the eccentric city: "Keep Portland weird." This motto represented folks' love for their city, their commitment to supporting local culture and businesses, and their desire to preserve Portland's peculiar character.
As a lifelong Christian and Quaker, I've seen many problems arise when we try to make our faith mainstream. When we no longer keep our faith and practice "weird." I understand why we do it. We want to make our faith accessible to others, so we lose the lingo. We want people to feel comfortable joining us in worship, so we reduce or eliminate our time of silent waiting. We want to reach people and help people and grow our meetings. We want to demonstrate that "Far from being merely a historically interesting movement, Quakerism is a live option… a practical alternative for contemporary men and women," as Elton Trueblood put it.
These changes are understandable, and sometimes necessary. There is no virtue in tradition for tradition's sake, especially for Friends who have always insisted that ritual and tradition were not the point! But there comes a time when our attempts at relevance make us … irrelevant.
To borrow from Jesus, if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? Or, if the Quakers lose their Quakerism…what's the point of being Quakers? We ought to be who we are, simply and boldly. Not because we are the best, but because we are one expression of spiritual community God has made to heal the world. We are a peculiar people, and maybe that's not such a bad thing.
In a world of constant noise, we can be a peculiar people who nurture silence.
In a world of violence, we can be a peculiar people who "seek peace and pursue it" (Ps. 34:14).
In a world of radical individualism and polarization, we can be a peculiar people who practice communal discernment and listening.
In a world of authoritarian leadership and hierarchy, we can be a peculiar people who value equality and make room for diverse voices.
In a world of "breaking news" and anxious systems, we can be a peculiar people who center down and prioritize the "still, small voice."
Keep Quakers weird!
Leonora Tubbs Tisdale, writing about preaching and contextual theology, provides a distinction I find helpful in nuancing this discussion. Borrowing from the work of philosopher Paul Tillich, she talks about the difference between true and false "stumbling blocks." Our commitment to the Gospel means we can't avoid hard teachings that can be "stumbling blocks" to some—the scandal of the cross, the call to love enemies, forgiveness, etc. But there are also "false stumbling blocks," ways of talking and relating that are distracting because they don't match the local culture. Leaders are responsible for removing false stumbling blocks without neglecting the necessary and liberating ones inherent in our prophetic message. This is our challenge as Quaker leaders, as well.
So, let's keep Quakers weird. But in the right ways. For the right reasons. When we let go of our attachment to both relevance and specialness, we become more relevant and important than we imagined.
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Polen nam deel aan het Eurovisiesongfestival 2014 in Kopenhagen, Denemarken. Het was de 17de deelname van het land op het Eurovisiesongfestival. TVP was verantwoordelijk voor de Poolse bijdrage voor de editie van 2014.

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Op 5 december 2013 gaf de Poolse openbare omroep te kennen te zullen deelnemen aan de komende editie van het Eurovisiesongfestival. Hiermee keerde het land terug na twee jaar afwezig te zijn geweest op het Eurovisiesongfestival. Het is in 2014 precies twintig jaar geleden dat Polen zijn glorieuze debuut maakte op het Eurovisiesongfestival. Bij z'n eerste deelname eindigde het land meteen knap tweede, dankzij To nie ja! van Edyta Górniak. Winnen kon Polen tot op heden nog nooit.

Op 25 februari 2014 maakte de Poolse openbare omroep bekend dat het via een interne selectie Donatan & Cleo had aangeduid om het land te vertegenwoordigen op de negenenvijftigste editie van de liedjeswedstrijd. In Kopenhagen vertolkten ze My Słowianie, een lied dat eind 2013 werd uitgebracht en een enorme populariteit had vergaard ten tijde van de interne selectie.

In Kopenhagen
Polen moest in Kopenhagen eerst aantreden in de tweede halve finale, op donderdag 8 mei. Donatan & Cleo traden als vijfde van vijftien acts aan, na The Shin & Mariko uit Georgië en net voor Conchita Wurst uit Oostenrijk. Bij het openen van de enveloppen bleek dat Polen zich had weten te plaatsen voor de finale. Het was voor het eerst sedert 2008 dat Polen doorstootte naar de eindstrijd. Na afloop van de finale werd duidelijk dat Donatan & Cleo op de achtste plaats waren geëindigd in de tweede halve finale, met 70 punten. Polen kreeg het maximum van twaalf punten van Duitsland.

In de finale traden Donatan & Cleo als negende van 26 acts aan, net na Sergej Ćetković uit Montenegro en gevolgd door Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd uit Griekenland. Aan het einde van de puntentelling stond Polen op de veertiende plaats, met 62 punten. Het was de een na  beste Poolse prestatie op het Eurovisiesongfestival sinds 2003, alleen in 2016 eindigden de Polen op een hogere plaats, 8e.

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