The Jan. 28 opinion by The Daily Record’s Editorial Advisory Board (“Judge abused his discretion on bail”) does a disservice to this fine paper. Not only is it premised on factual errors, it also misunderstands two basic, related principles: the ...
Read More »Letter to the editor: Achieving affordable health care for Marylanders
Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative commends Maryland for taking this important step forward.
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Read More »Letter to the editor: 100 percent against Trump’s ‘zero-tolerance policy’
As an organization whose purpose is to provide a voice to legal issues affecting the Hispanic community, the Maryland Hispanic Bar Association will not stand silent while families are being torn apart.
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Read More »Letter to the editor: Suicide charge a disingenuous use of resources
It is shameful and reprehensible that an apparently over-resourced state’s attorney’s office pursued charges of this nature when the Eastern Shore tragically experiences multiple suicides a year
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Read More »A fuller picture of the Small Business Investment Company program
Vast segments of the financial markets have become largely inaccessible to minority-owned small businesses in Baltimore. However, The Daily Record’s coverage of the program hosted by Mayor Pugh missed several key points. Throughout the day, there were a number of ...
Read More »Letter to the editor: Lawyers, give one hour to make a difference
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Maryland Legal Aid’s Equal Justice Council, one of very few associations in the country whose members unite for the sole purpose of supporting the work of a legal aid organization. The EJC was ...
Read More »Letter to the editor: Impartial justice
Violent crime in Baltimore is understandably a source of concern to all residents of the city and others. The Maryland Judiciary, especially judges who work and live in the City, share in this concern. Recent public discussion makes it important ...
Read More »Letter to the editor: The rest of the story on bail reform
In large letters, a June 12 headline in The Daily Record asked, “Is this bail reform?” The article quoted several defense lawyers – favorable to bail bondsmen – and compiled some statistics to that the number of defendants denied bail ...
Read More »Tammy Pixler: ‘One-stop shopping’ for cancer patients
Maryland lawmakers need to make a change for cancer patients. And they need to make it now. A little more than a year ago, my 83-year-old mother was diagnosed with lung cancer – a finding that shook us to the ...
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Read More »Fracking and Miller’s mistaken views
In the Jan. 11 Annapolis Summit co-hosted by The Daily Record, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. said that fracking “affects two counties where there are no jobs whatsoever.” Presumably Miller was referring to Garrett and Allegany counties, which ...
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