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State Circle Guests - 2006

December 2006

December 15

Maryland General Assembly 2007: Del. Michael E. Busch
Political Roundtable: State Delegates Adelaide "Addie" Eckardt and Catherine Pugh

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December 8

Maryland General Assembly 2007: Sen. Thomas V. "Mike" Miller, Jr.
Political Roundtable: State Senators Nancy Jacobs and Lisa Gladden

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December 1

The Gay Marriage Debate: Owen Taylor, Dan Furmansky
Political Roundtable: Bill Vanko of WBAL Radio and Doni Glover, Publisher, BMORENEWS.com

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NOVEMBER 2006

November 17

The Slots Debate Revisited: Alan Foreman, Aaron Meisner
Meeting Newly-elected Officials: John Leopold

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November 10

Political Roundtable: Professors Herb Smith of McDaniel College and Richard Vatz of Towson University

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November 3

Political Roundtable: Tom Dennison of The Gazette and Andy Green of The Sun join Jeff Salkin for a look at Tuesday's election

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October 2006

October 23-27
Debate Week | By the People

Candidates for:
Governor
Attorney General
Senate
Comptroller
Lt. Governor

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October 20

Concerns with Electronic Voting Processes: Sen. Allan Kittleman, Sen. Paula Hollinger
Political Roundtable: Senator Verna Jones and Cathleen Vitale

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October 13

Should current methods of choosing judges be changed?: Byron Warnken, Arthur Frank
Political Roundtable: Kevin Igoe and Shawnta Walcott

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October 6

Political Roundtable: David Paulson of the Maryland Democratic Party and Audra Miller of the Maryland Republican Party

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September 2006

September 29

Whistling Past Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the South: Thomas Schaller, Ph.D.
Political Roundtable: Republican Strategist/Pollster Carol Hirschburg and Democratic State Senator Lisa Gladden

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September 22

The "Living Wage" Bill in Maryland: Tom Hucker, Jason Hardebeck

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September 15

Political Roundtable: Pieter Bickford of NBC 25, Bill Vanko of WBAL Radio and Wiley Hall of the AP

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September 8

Developing the Eastern Shore: Hilary Spence, Dale Mumford
Political Roundtable: Audra Miller of the Maryland Republican party and David Paulson of the Maryland Democratic party

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August 2006

August 28-September 1
Debate Week | By the People

Democratic Attorney General Candidates
Candidates for the 3rd Congressional District
Leading Democratic Candidates for Senate
Candidates for Comptroller

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August 25

The "Walmart Bill": Vincent DeMarco, Ron Wineholt; Political Roundtable with Richard Vatz of Towson University and Herb Smith of McDaniel College

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August 18

Using Security Cameras in Neighborhoods: Johnny Barnes, Marcus Brown; Political Roundtable with Tammy Baker of the Hagerstown Herald-Mail and Tom Dennison of the Annapolis Gazette Newspapers

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August 11

Immigration Reform: Stephen Schreiman, Kim Propeack; Political Roundtable with Kevin Igoe of Igoe Associates and Shawnta Walcott of The Democracy Group

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August 4

Political Roundtable with Andy Green of The Sun and Robert Lang of WBAL Radio

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July 2006

July 28

Bush's Stem Cell Legislation Veto: Susan O'Brien, Nancy Fortier Paltell, Ph.D.; Political Roundtable with David Abrams of The Capital and Doni Glover of BMORENEWS

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July 21

Primary Elections Poll: Keith Haller; Political Roundtable with Richard Vatz of Towson University and Tom Schaller of UMBC

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July 14

Smoking Bans: Alison Lake, Eric Galley; Political Roundtable with Bill Vanko of WBAL and Wiley Hall of The Associated Press

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July 7

Upcoming Political Campaigns: Terry Lierman, Audra Miller; Sexual Predator Legislation: Stacie Rumenap, Gill Cochran

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June 2006

June 30

Changing Voting Procedures in Maryland: Tom Roskelly, David Paulson; Political Roundtable with Tom Dennison (Annapolis Reporter/Gazette Newspapers) and Matthew Mosk (The Washington Post)

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June 23

BGE Rate Increase: Senators Lisa Gladden of Baltimore City and Allan Kittleman of Carroll and Howard Counties; Political Roundtable with Andy Green of The Baltimore Sun and Robert Lang of WBAL Radio

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June 16

Soaring Gas Prices: Pete Horrigan, President, Mid-Atlantic Petroleum Distributors Association; Political Roundtable with State Circle's Charles Robinson, Mindy Mintz and Lou Davis

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June 9

Special Session: BGE Rate Hike; Political Roundtable with State Circle's Charles Robinson and David Abrams of the Annapolis Capital

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June 2

Assault Weapons discussion with Del. Neil Quinter and Sanford Abrams; Political Roundtable with David Nitkin of The Sun and Matt Mosk of The Post

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May 2006

May 26

Blackwater Development with Sen. James Brochin and Cleveland Rippons, Mayor, Cambridge, Maryland; Ocean City Tourism with James Mathias, Mayor, Ocean City, Maryland; Poltical Roundtable with Bill Vanko of WBAL Radio and Doni Glover of BMore News.

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May 19

Gas Price Gouging with Pete Horrigan and Elizabeth Ridlington; Political Roundtable with Lou Davis and Tamela Baker

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May 12

Election Laws discussion with Sen. Lisa Gladden & Del. Herb McMillan; Roundtable Discussion with MPT's Mindy Mintz and Wiley Hall of the AP

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May 5

Non-Native Oysters and State Circle Roundtable

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April 2006

April 28

Chesapeake Bay Week: Senator Paul Sarbanes talks with MPT's Lou Davis about his efforts to help the Bay and the work that needs to be done as he retires from the Senate.

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April 21

Chesapeake Bay Week Kick-off; BGE Rate Hikes; Latest Polls from Gonzales Research

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April 14

General Assembly Wrap-Up: State Circle reporters Lou Davis, Mindy Mintz and Charles Robinson join Jeff to wrap up the '06 session. They'll take a look at the major issues, bills and debates of perhaps the most contentious session in modern history and look ahead to the election season's big contests.

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April 7

General Assembly Roundtable: This week, State Circle goes inside the 421st Session of the Maryland General Assembly with Sen. Lisa Gladden (D) and Del. Herb McMillan (R).

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March 2006

March 31

General Assembly Roundtable: This week, State Circle goes inside the 421st Session of the Maryland General Assembly with Sen. Sharon Grosfeld (D) and Sen. Nancy Jacobs (R).

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March 24

General Assembly Roundtable: The 421st Session of the Maryland General Assembly: This week, State Circle discusses hot topics in the session with Delegates Peter V. R. Franchot (D) and Anthony O'Donnel (R).

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March 17

General Assembly Roundtable: This week, State Circle goes inside the 421st Session of the Maryland General Assembly with Sen. Lisa Gladden (D) and Del. Herb McMillan (R).

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March 10

General Assembly Roundtable: This week, State Circle goes inside the 421st Session of the Maryland General Assembly with Sen. Sharon Grosfeld (D) and Sen. Nancy Jacobs (R).

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March 3

General Assembly Roundtable: This week, State Circle discusses hot topics in the session with Delegates Kumar Barve (D) and Anthony O'Donnel (R).

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February 2006

February 24

General Assembly Roundtable: This week, State Circle goes inside the 421st Session of the Maryland General Assembly with Sen. Lisa Gladden (D) and Del. Herb McMillan (R).

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February 17

General Assembly Roundtable: State Circle goes inside the 421st Session of the Maryland General Assembly with Sen. Sharon Grosfeld (D) and Sen. Nancy Jacobs (R).

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February 10

General Assembly Roundtable: The 421st Session of the Maryland General Assembly: This week, State Circle discusses hot topics in the session with Delegates Kumar Barve (D) and Anthony O'Donnel (R).

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February 3

Political Rountable: Delegate Bill Frank and Sen. Verna Jones join Jeff for a look at the week's events in Annapolis.

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January 2006

January 26 & 27

State of the State Address: State of the State Address from Gov. Ehrlich. Sen. Brian Frosh with the democratic response to the Governor's address as well as commentary from Del. Kumar Barve (D). General Assembly Roundtable: This week, State Circle goes inside the 421st Session of the Maryland General Assembly with Sen. Lisa Gladen (D) and Del. Herb McMillan (R).

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January 20

General Assembly Roundtable: This week, State Circle goes inside the 421st Session of the Maryland General Assembly with Sen. Sharon Grosfeld (D) and Sen. Nancy Jacobs (R).

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January 13

General Assembly Roundtable: The 421st Session of the Maryland General Assembly is about to be begin. This week, State Circle discusses the upcoming session with Delegates Kumar Barve (D) and Anthony O'Donnel (R).

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January 6

Governor's Assembly Outlook: The 421st Session of the Maryland General Assembly begins January 11. Lou Davis meets with Governor Ehrlich to discuss what he hopes to accomplish over the 90 day session.

General Assembly Forecast: Sen. Miller joins us from Annapolis for a look ahead at the upcoming General Assembly Session. Del. Busch joins State Circle's Mindy Mintz to discuss the this session's agenda for the House of Delegates.

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