It was our second meeting of the afternoon on the death penalty bill, which will be debated by the full House tomorrow.
We were reviewing our vote count. Who would vote for the bill and who would oppose all amendments?
We decided to ask six members to speak to the first three amendments, to build momentum for the rejection of all.
For our whip system during the debate, we divided the House floor into groups of four to six members, who sat near each other and had pledged to oppose all amendments.
“Where members sit on the floor seems to be random,” said one of the people around the table.
“Nothing in Annapolis is random,” I replied.
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ReplyDeleteI traveled to Annapolis on last night to take part in the 41st Legislative District “Night in Annapolis”. The event was hosted by Senator Lisa Gladden and Delegate Sandy Rosenberg. Remarks were given by Senator Gladden, Delegate Rosenberg, Lt. Governor Anthony Brown, and Mayor Sheila Dixon. The 41st District is home of one of Baltimore’s strongest legislators and advocates for the people, Delegate Jill Carter. I waited and waited but no mention of Delegate Carter. For some strange reason she was left off of the program. Though she was very visible on last night, all of the speakers chose not to mention her or recognize her many contributions to the district.
Here is a little background for those of you around the country.
When current governor Martin O’Malley(Democrat) was mayor of Baltimore City, Jill Carter(Democrat) refused to tow the party line and stood up for the least of these. When thousands of Black Baltimoreans were being “illegally” arrested, she was on the side of the people. When our children were drinking lead contaminated water in Baltimore City Public Schools, she stood with the children. When the Legislative Black Caucus caved in on the DNA database bill that would take DNA from people who were just arrested but not convicted, Delegate Carter stood on the constitution.
If we are going to have courageous uncompromising leadership that represents the people of Baltimore it is important that we contact our elected officials and let them know that we will not tolerate this blatant disrespect of one of our finest leaders.
In love and service,
Jamye Wooten
Kinetics
I thought people who were Delegates from the same District and the same party worked together. It seemed very strange not to even mention her while mentioning other Delegates not even from the 41st. There seems to be a division developing that is likely to backfire in your face.
ReplyDeleteYou should know the public perceives it as divisive and politically underhanded. It is being talked about on Facebook and gaining notoriety that will hurt you more than Del. Carter.
In fact, the Lt. Gov. responded that the was caught off guard by Carter's exclusion, and said he would not have even attended had he know that you and Senator Gladden were cutting Delegate Carter out.
With the problems of de-regulation, you should be worried since you were the only Baltimore legislator to sponsor the 1999 de-regulation that all of your constituents are suffering under.
And, that horrible lead poisoning bill -- a major problem in Baltimore and your district -- which limited brain injury damage to $17,000. You were on the industry side of that rather than on the side of the voter's there as well. Of course, Del. Carter is championing that issue.
You seem to need Del. Carter as an ally in your district -- not an opponent. If there is a race with more than three Democrats running, she is not on the bottom of the totem poll. She received more than 13,000 votes in the last primary -- isn't that 4,000 more than you? You may regret being perceived as disrespecting Carter in the district, among black voters, women voters, indeed voters generally.
I hope that you will work with Del. Carter rather than against her -- which is how this event looked. You should figure out a way to apologize to her and let the people of the district know.
She showed that she has grass roots power when you and others tried to oust her from the Judiciary Committee and remove her subcommittee chairmanship. That maneuver backfired. I expect this one will as well. You have made a mess -- now you have to figure out how to clean it up.
To The Honorable Del. Rosenberg
ReplyDeleteI have to say, the account of last nights events do not sound very honorable. We live in a time of growing unrest and voter dissatisfaction. Elected officials such as yourself, who might I remind you, work for the public, are now being held to the highest standards of accountability for their actions.
If you are not careful, and do not conduct yourself in a manner appropriate. If your behavior is deemed offensive by WE THE PEOPLE....YOUR BOSSES!
WE WILL SEE TO IT THAT YOU LOSE YOUR JOB, YOU WILL BE VOTED OUT!
Please understand, this is not a veiled or empty threat, but a seriously strong warning and it should not be taken lightly. Each week I reach an audience of over 100,000 people through a combination of media. I would be glad to share with them these most unsavory, dishonrable actions.
I feel an apology would probably go a long, long way.
Sincerely;
A.F. James MacArthur
Managing Editor/Co-Founder
The Baltimore Spectator
Chairman & Executive Director
Cab Driver Benefit Association (3000+ voters!)
Member - NAACP (lots more voters there too)
Executive Producer/Co host
Taxi Talk Radio - daily on 1010 AM WOLB
Special Corespondent
Larry Young Morning Show (have you seen his audience lately)
Producer/Host
Sunday Night Live! sundays only (Radio show)
Producer/Host
SPEAK UP! Thursday nights (radio show)
Producer/Host
What's Up Baltimore - WebTV series
Maria Allwine asked me to post the following comment:
ReplyDeleteFor your treatment of Del. Carter last night, shame on you, Del. Rosenberg. For your support of deregulation in 1999 and now, you should be voted out of office.
Del. Rosenberg was a primary mover and shaker for deregulation of BGE back in 1999 and he continues to support it today. He is responsible for the fleecing of over 1.2 million BGE residential and small business owners who suffer every day under the fraud of deregulation.
Del. Rosenberg has forgotten what it means when people vote for you. When voters trust you enough to vote for you, you are obligated to protect them, work for them and represent their interests - not the interests of your corporate and wealthy campaign contributors. No one is entitled to elected office; it is not your career. But holding elected office has become the biggest entitlement program in this state. We the voters are the only ones who can change that.
Holding elected office is a trust and if you do not fulfill that trust, you do not deserve to be reelected. It is a simple and moral precept.
That means you do not take peoples' votes and then turn around and vote for and continue to support the biggest fraud ever shoved down the throats of the people of this state. You do not support the transfer of wealth from the pockets of the poor and middle-class to the hyper-wealthy investor class. You do not support the obscenity of Constellation's management gambling away the money they stole from us on Wall Street and then having the gall to demand another rate hike. They wallow in their ill-gotten millions while an 85 year-old senior citizen living alone in a rowhome struggles to understand her $970 BGE bill and yet we hear not a peep of protest from Del. Rosenberg.
But thankfully, the people have Del. Jill Carter. Del. Carter is the peoples' champion -the opposite of Del. Rosenberg. She has worked tirelessly for the last several years with the MD Coalition for BGE Reregulation for rate relief and reregulation. She stands with us - the people - every time on every issue. And she does so at great cost to herself. The Walter P. Carter Center is being closed (yes, I know there are budget issues - it's what's always said to cover up political dirty dealings) becuase Del. Carter refused to go along with the BGE "settlement" in last year's legislative session. And she was right to oppose it with the Coalition. She was pressured and threatened badly but she stood strong in the face of that pressure. She has paid a price and it is a price levied by the hand of her own party.
Del. Rosenberg's exclusion of Del. Carter from her own 41st District Dinner last night is a continuation and a stepping-up (in anticipation of the 2010 elections) of the Democratic leadership's vendetta against her. Del. Rosenberg does the bidding of the governor and the Democratic party leadership which makes me wonder whether Del. Rosenberg holds elected office to do the bidding of the people he supposedly represents or the Democratic Party leaders who really control this state and our lives. Del. Rosenberg may find that his willingness to be a proxy in a vendetta against a courageous legislator beloved by the people will backfire badly when 2010 rolls around. I know I and the MD Coalition for BGE Reregulation will do everything we can to see that Del. Carter is re-elected. It is a fight I am personally looking forward to.