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J.H. ("Jim") Snider

Snider is President of iSolon.org and Fellow at Harvard's Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
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Shame on Maryland’s State Board of Elections (in Broadneck Patch)

Maryland's State Board of Elections needs less game playing, more sunshine.

Anne Arundel County’s Undemocratic Nov. 6 School Board Election (in Crofton Patch)

Three school board candidates are on the ballot.

Anne Arundel County’s Undemocratic Nov. 6 School Board Election (in Annapolis Patch)

Three candidates for the Board of Education will be on the Nov. 6 ballot.

Schools

Anne Arundel County’s Undemocratic Nov. 6 School Board Election (in Broadneck Patch)

Three school board candidates are on the Nov. 6 ballot.

Anne Arundel County’s Undemocratic Nov. 6 School Board Election

Three school board candidates are on the Nov. 6 ballot.

Spending on ballot questions highest in Maryland’s history (in Broadneck Patch)

Spending exceeds not only all previous ballot questions but all previous ballot items of any kind, including gubernatorial elections.

Education

AACPS Creates Online Video Archive of BOE meetings

At long last, the Anne Arundel County Board of Education enters the YouTube age.

Government

BLOG: MD General Assembly Releases Beta Legislative Website 2.0

Omits allowing constituents to easily track the roll call votes of their representatives.

School Board Nominating Commission Elects All Who Apply (in Crofton Patch)

The Governor will choose among the nominees by July 1

Education

BLOG: AACO School Board Nominating Commission Wrap-up

Everybody who sought a nomination to the Board of Education during the 2012 election cycle received one. The Governor will choose among the nominees by July 1.

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