Olszewski to make his intentions clear

By Bryan P. Sears
Posted: February 26, 2010

County Council Chairman John Olszewski Sr. is holding a news conference outside Dundalk High School at 11 a.m. today (yes, regardless of weather) to “make an important announcement regarding his intentions in the 2010 County Executive race for Baltimore County,” according to a cryptic one-sentence e-mail sent out on the councilman’s behalf Thursday night.

The announcement of a county executive run is not out of the question but certainly a long shot. There are other possibilities for today’s event each with their own upsides and downsides.

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Mountains of snow, piles of debt

By Bryan P. Sears
Posted: February 18, 2010

All that snow is adding up to a lot of additional red ink for the county.

Maryland Morning News anchor Bill Vanko and I talk about the bill for the two February blizzards and how the county hopes to pay for including a possible reimbursement from FEMA.

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Quote wall: Human sacrifice

By Bryan P. Sears
Posted: February 12, 2010

“I just turned off the lights and shut down my computer. We’re all screaming uncle over here. We’re trying to figure out who did what and offer him up as a sacrifice.”

~ Baltimore County Bureau of Highways Chief Tim Burgess on Wednesday afternoon, after being asked for his reaction to an updated weather forecast that day that warned of 20 to 30 inches of new snow.

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Snow politics

By Bryan P. Sears
Posted: February 11, 2010

Maryland’s Morning News Anchor Bill Vanko and I talk the politics of snow removal on this week’s chat.

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Can you dig it?

By Bryan P. Sears
Posted: February 9, 2010

Democratic state Sen. Jim Brochin, who represents the 42nd District, is known for his stamina when it comes door-to-door campaigning.

But I’m pretty sure even he has never tried what Jordan Hadfield and Todd Crandell did last weekend during the Blizzard of 2010.

Hadfield and Crandell, two Dundalk Democrats running for Senate and House of Delegates respectively, took door-to-door to the next level. The two candidates put out the word on Facebook and Twitter and their Web sites that they would be going out in the district shoveling out anyone who wanted it.

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