In this screenshot from WJZ.com, (click the image to enlarge) you’ll notice that MD Gov. O’Malley, Baltimore City Mayor Sheila Dixon, and City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, all took a moment away from fighting crime and corruption to mug for the camera at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Chesapeake Commerce Center in Baltimore.
We couldn’t […]

From the front page of the Sun, above the fold (emphasis by The HON):
State and local officials have agreed to pay $5 million to buy an Eastern Shore farm from a member of Gov. Martin O’Malley’s transition team - a price nearly $1 million higher than appraisals suggest the land is worth.
That’s called “corruption”.
The 270-acre […]

The good news: Americans have proven once again that it is US who run this country, and NOT the DC elitists. Bravo.
The bad news: We still have a horrible illegal immigration problem, that won’t be fixed any time in the foreseeable future. Our representatives have failed all of us. Partisanship has reared it’s ugly head […]

From The Examiner:
Monopolies do what monopolies want to do, because they can,” Ehrlich said. “And monopolies will continue to throw it in your face, until there are consequences to their actions.
Former Maryland Governor Bob Ehrlich on the current state of corruption in Annapolis.

Normally, we don’t report on such trivial matters as “blog ratings”, but after fellow MBAer Bruce form Crablaw Maryland Weekly revealed that his blog was rated “R”, we were intrigued. We clicked the link, and took the test. Sadly, we must report that our humble blog scores only a “G” rating. The testing software did […]

The HON’s feed has been picked up by BlogNetNews. We’d like to thank the people in charge of BNN for the addition.

If you haven’t heard, Jayne Miller, the best investigative reporter in the Mid-Atlantic area, broke the story this week that Baltimore City Police Commissioner Lenny Hamm is apparently as corrupt as he is ineffective in fighting crime. To fully follow the story, you simply must read Jayne’s article, but in a nutshell:

Baltimore’s Deputy Police Commissioner […]

We’ve added categories. We know, big whoop. Anyway, we hope that it will help you find the stories you’re most interested in. It will take us a few days to sort through almost a year’s worth of posts, but each category has something in it right now. Check the left sidebar.
We’ve also added a link […]

In the midst of almost daily murders, and a rising violent crime rate in Baltimore City, this year’s Mayoral election may be the most important in decades.
All of us at The HON pledge to do our best to provide you with the resources necessary to make an informed decision when you enter the ballot box. […]

While many left-wing bloggers will use the headline “Bush Polling Lower Than Ever”, and right-wing bloggers will use “America Hates Democrat Congress”, we here at The HON will look through the spin, and tell it like it is. In a new poll from Pollster.com:

26% approve of the job George Bush is doing as president, “a […]