Archive for the ‘William Donald Schaefer’ Category

Still sore after the election?

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

SchaeferIt seems former Mayor/Governor/Comptroller William Donald Schaefer may not be entirely over his 2006 election loss to Peter Franchot … at least according to Franchot.

The 2006 election is nearly three years removed, but some wounds don’t heal easily.

Schaefer has been known to carry a grudge or two. Reporters and columnists used to get letters from him when they wrote stories he didn’t like, and citizens sometimes got visits from Schaefer after writing letters of criticism. (more…)

Walking with dinosaurs

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Del. Pat McDonough
Source: House of Delegates

Republican Del. Pat McDonough and his wife recently returned from a trip to Myrtle Beach, Florida (he said it wasn’t hot enough here) but it wasn’t the beaches or the weather that left a lasting impression on the delegate who represents the 7th District, which includes Cockeysville, Kingsville and Middle River.

No, it was the giant 3-D IMAX movie featuring “dinosaurs and sea monsters.”

“It was really impressive, I thought one of the dinosaurs was going to come out of the screen and bite my head off,” McDonough said. Then he added, “It was 40 million years ago and William Donald Schaefer and Helen Bentley were just walking around the landscape.”