Your editorial speculating that the Red Line is "falling out of favor" is, as Mark Twain once said upon reading his own obituary, greatly exaggerated

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Stephen Z. Meehan’s letter (“Dean’s departure is opportunity for reform at UM law clinic,” July 24) about the resignation of the highly-regarded dean of the University of Maryland law school was irresponsible and misleading. As a lawyer, I am ashamed that it was written by another member of my profession. On its face, it appears a continuation of the shameless, divisive public relations campaign waged by Perdue and its agribusiness allies that characterized the Environmental Law Clinic’s lawsuit as part of a “war on the family farmer.”

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The Court of Appeals’ May 2 dismissal of Anthony v. Garrity (somewhat misleadingly reduced to the "911 case") reinforces the paramount importance of paying close attention to proper procedural process on the side of defense and appellate counsel.

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More surreal than the three ironies cited by Laslo Boyd in his April 14 column regarding Towson Athletics [“Three shades of irony – the politics of Towson athletics”] is his curious failure to disclose his role as chief of staff to Interim President Marcia Welsh, which occurred at the onset of Mike Waddell's tenure as athletic director.

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Peter Franchot’s defamatory comment about Towson University President Maravene Loeschke (“Franchot: State funding of Towson baseball a ‘bad idea’”, Eye on Annapolis, April 3) is reprehensible. Calling Dr. Loeschke a liar in connection with her decision to discontinue two sports programs at Towson is patently unfair and manifestly untrue.

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As Alexander Pyles recently reported (“Cardin Predicts Online Sales Tax,” March 18), there’s a complex plan pending to raise money for Maryland transportation projects which hinges upon the ability of the U.S. Congress to pass legislation known as the Marketplace Fairness Amendment that would allow states to collect sales taxes on online purchases made by their residents from websites based in other states.

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I represented Dominic Solesky in the lawsuit that resulted from the pit-bull mauling that almost claimed his life.

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Sen. Brian Frosh has been an advocate for the humane treatment of animals, and we look forward to working with him and his colleagues in the General Assembly to address the Maryland Court of Appeals’ dangerous ruling on pit bull dogs

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Ms. Lucille Gorham, a longtime resident and activist of East Baltimore died Saturday Nov. 3. Until 2006, she lived in a home on Chase Street which she owned, after being displaced three times for small and large expansion projects of ...

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Over a year ago, Marylanders for Coherent and Fair Representation was formed as a 501(c)(4) nonpartisan organization to begin a dialogue of how the congressional districts of Maryland should be drawn. Last fall, through the federal court case, we argued ...

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