So you came out to Towson University last night to protest federal health care reform proposals as part of the so-called Astro Turf group; or perhaps you answered the call of some community organizer and came out to counter-protest.
But you couldn’t get inside. (more…)
If you followed my live blogging of Sen. Ben Cardin’s town hall meeting on health care on Twitter last night or read coverage in The Baltimore Sun this morning, you may have noticed a mention of Towson University police.
About 10 minutes into the meeting, about a half-dozen university police officers made their way down the two aisles of the Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall and took up positions briefly in front of the stage. The crowd was boisterous at times, with some people interrupting Cardin, but nothing that would give the impression that physical confrontation was imminent. (more…)
You just can’t trust those fortune cookie messages. Just ask Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin.
Cardin came to Towson University last night to talk health care and face a large number of people — most of whom disagree with efforts to reform health insurance at the federal level.
But that didn’t mean the senator left his sense of humor at home. (more…)
Just a note to our readers: I’ll be live blogging Sen. Ben Cardin’s town hall meeting tonight at Towson University. You can follow along at Twitter.com/bpsears. The meeting begins at 7 p.m.
As we noted earlier today in a story here, organizers have set ground rules for protesters and counter-protesters.
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