Archive for the ‘state board of elections’ Category

Candidate plugs into “news coverage”

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

TaylorA Towson author who is running a scaled-down presidential campaign now has a mock news video courtesy of an unknown fan.

Blaine Taylor, who is running in Maryland, is the star of a video made on a Web site that allows anyone to put themselves or friends into a mock-news report. Currently, he is only on the ballot in Maryland. (more…)

Doracon and Smith

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Ronald H. Lipscomb, a Baltimore developer who is tied to an investigation of Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon, donated $11,000 through four companies to County Executive Jim Smith.

Smith’s campaign received a $1,000 donation from RHL Strathdale, $2,000 from Arizona Crossing, and two donations of $4,000 each from RHL Development and Doracon Development LLC on Dec. 9, 2005, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Maryland State Board of Elections. All four companies list an address at 3500 E. Biddle Street, the headquarters of Doracon Contracting, the company founded by Lipscomb. (more…)