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Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. is a former Republican governor of Maryland and four-term congressman from Baltimore County. He defeated Democratic gubernatorial opponent Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, a member of the Kennedy family, 51 percent to 48 percent in the 2002 elections. Ehrlich represented Maryland's 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003. He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing parts of Baltimore County from 1989 to 1995. Ehrlich lost the governorship to Democrat Martin O'Malley in the November 2006 elections. Born in Arbutus, Md., he attended the private Gilman School in Baltimore's Roland Park neighborhood and earned degrees from Princeton...
Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. is a former Republican governor of Maryland and four-term congressman from Baltimore County. He defeated Democratic gubernatorial opponent Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, a member of the Kennedy family, 51 percent to 48 percent in the 2002 elections. Ehrlich represented Maryland's 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003. He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing parts of Baltimore County from 1989 to 1995. Ehrlich lost the governorship to Democrat Martin O'Malley in the November 2006 elections. Born in Arbutus, Md., he attended the private Gilman School in Baltimore's Roland Park neighborhood and earned degrees from Princeton University in 1979 and Wake Forest University Law School in 1982. Ehrlich married Kendel Sibiski in 1993. They have two sons. Ehrlich and his wife currently host their own radio show on WBAL-AM Radio every Saturday. A month after he left public office, Ehrlich and several aides from his administration opened a Baltimore-area office of North Carolina law firm Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice.
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Fancy new threads for State House
From its new perch on the wall of an ornate State House meeting room, the recently unveiled portrait of former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. can finally gaze down on the $37,500 rug he ordered in early 2006.
The handmade custom piece from India -...Tags: Government, Upper House, Renovation, National Government, Executive Branch
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Md. board OKs $14.4 million Worcester Co. land deal
The Associated PressA Maryland board approved spending $14.4 million today to buy more than 4,700 acres of privately owned forest land in Worcester County, a deal that has been questioned because of its cost at a time when the state is facing a budget crisis. The Board of...Tags: Chesapeake Bay, Government, Real Estate, Employees, Charity
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'Bypass' is now the magic word for Hampstead
Rob Gonzalez seldom gets caught in the gridlock that snarls Route 30 in Hampstead each weekday morning - neither would you if you got to work at 3:30 a.m.
But rush hour is another matter.
"It can take 20 minutes to go three miles; you literally have...Tags: Robert L Flanagan, Larry E Haines, Transportation, Road Transportation, Reisterstown
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A rotten system
About 7,000 Maryland state workers are classified as "at will" employees, meaning that they serve at the pleasure of the governor and can be fired at any time or for any reason. Governors have long used such plum appointments to bring in trusted aides...Tags: Government, Regional Authority, Labor Legislation, Employees, National Government
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As grand jury expires, City Hall probe at crossroads
With the latest grand jury examining Baltimore City Hall corruption allegations expiring at the end of the week, observers say the nearly three-year-long probe hanging over Mayor Sheila Dixon is approaching a pivotal moment. The grand jury could decide...Tags: Government, Prosecution, Hamilton, Sheila Dixon, Corruption
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Furnishing the house, feeding the client
Marin Alsop's interior designer traveled to her parents' Upstate New York house recently to select some family antiques for her new home, a condo in a historic Mount Vernon building that's brimming with 19th-century charm. The ground-breaking maestra...Tags: Towson University, Furniture, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Mount Vernon
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Md. political appointments reviewed in report
More than two years after bitterly partisan accusations that Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. fired state workers for political reasons, the General Assembly might consider legislation to protect hundreds of midlevel employees who can still be terminated at any...Tags: Government, Labor Legislation, Employees, National Government, Executive Branch
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Caroline Kennedy's use of 'you know' becomes political fodder
The Associated PressIf Caroline Kennedy had, you know, only known. Tracking the would-be New York senator's verbal tics has become a political parlor game in the days since she gave her first round of in-depth interviews, even spawning a hip-hop-style mash-up online...Tags: Bob Dole, Government, Constitutional Issues, David Paterson, Upper House
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Rockets' red glare, dollars bursting in air
Lawmakers and taxpayers screamed bloody murder when they heard about bailed-out execs flying around in corporate jets. So the reaction tonight, when a company affiliated with American International Group simply tosses $200,000 into the Inner Harbor air?...Tags: Johnny Unitas, Brooklyn Park, American International Group, Restaurants, New Year's Day
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FBI investigates white powder mailed to Ehrlich
The FBI is investigating a suspicious envelope containing white powder sent to former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. The action is part of a broader probe into letters sent to more than 40 governors' offices and to 15 U.S. embassies in Europe. Mailroom...Tags: Government, FBI, Executive Branch
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Budget blues
Forget the comparatively minor cash crunch that Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. faced as governor. Even the three-year budget debacle that began in 1991 under William Donald Schaefer has been eclipsed. Last week, it became official: The national recession is...Tags: Government, Conservation, Natural Resources, William Donald Schaefer, Employees
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State may cut $38 million to local school districts
Gov. Martin O'Malley's budget chief is recommending a $37.9 million cut to many of the state's largest school districts in the middle of the academic year, The Baltimore Sun has learned. If cuts were applied evenly to the 13 affected districts, Baltimore...Tags: Chesapeake Bay, Government, Prince George's County, Executive Branch, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama)
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