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This weekend, Maryland politics have focused on the decision of the state legislature to repeal the ‘Tech Tax’ (a special 6% tax on computer services). The general consensus seems to be that, yes, taxing tech services, was a bad idea. It resulted in an uproar from computer experts, as well as extensive lobbying for the repeal.
My standing question is why a government — whether state, federal or otherwise — would essentially discourage a certain category of business in their area? Singling out one industry for a special tax just flat …read more

As other political junkies spent yesterday evening watching the slow count of votes from the Maryland primary, I was grinding into my fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth hours as an election judge. I entered my precinct before 6 a.m. and didn’t leave until almost 11 p.m.
It wasn’t supposed to be quite that grueling — the polls were slated to close at 8 p.m., and tear down only takes an hour because both a Republican judge and Democratic judge are required to participate in just about every step to guarantee that there is no partisan hanky-panky. But there’s just no having an …read more