Maryland Politics Roundup: A Miner Detail Podcast Episode 276

Panelists Len Foxwell, Marc McLaurin and Richard DeShay Elliott joint A Miner Detail Podcast for A Miner Detail's monthly state politics roundup show.

A Miner Detail Podcast featured a guest panel on Sunday, Aug. 23, for its monthly Maryland politics roundup show.

This is A Miner Detail Podcast Episode 276.

A Miner Detail Podcast panelists discussed:

  • Visiting Circuit Court Judge Thomas G. Ross ruled against Dr. Alan McCarthy in his lawsuit aimed to toss Danielle Hornberger from the Nov. general election ballot for failing to file the required paperwork at the time she filed her county executive candidacy last fall;
  • Gov. Larry Hogan’s chief of staff resigned on Aug. 17 after the Baltimore Sun reported that Roy McGrath received a six-figure severance package from the Maryland Environmental Service;
  • The Wicomico County Council generated drama around its selection process to replace the late Bob Culver, who died in July;
  • Maryland Matters recently published a story this month about Maryland’s potential 2022 statewide candidates. The panel dissects the article;
  • The panel reacts to the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

Panelists include:

  • Len Foxwell, Chief of Staff to Maryland Comptroller Peter V. R. Franchot (D);
  • Mark J. McLaurin, Director of Political and Legislative Affairs for the Service Employees International Union Local 500;
  • Richard DeShay Elliott, Maryland progressive activist, and candidate for state delegate in Prince George’s County.

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About the Author

Ryan Miner
Ryan R. Miner, MBA is the founder, editor in chief, and senior reporter of A Miner Detail, the Maryland investigative journalism publication he launched in April 2015. He hosts the A Miner Detail Podcast, distributed across Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and seven other platforms. A native of Hagerstown, Maryland, Miner holds a B.A. in political science from Duquesne University (2008) and an MBA from Mount St. Mary's University (2020). He teaches at Frederick Community College. He is also the founder of Sentinel Silver, LLC, Maryland's first older adult technology institute, and the publisher of The Senior Soup, a Maryland senior advocacy platform. His longer story is at ryanrminer.com. Reach him at Ryan@AMinerDetail.com or (240) 244-7075.