Peter Franchot

Navigating around easy obstacles (and a bit of flexibility with Route 50's speed limit) made it a good week for some, while the failure of the rubber to meet the road caused a couple of flat tires. 

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Comptroller Peter Franchot at the J. Miller Tawes Crab and Clam Bake: Politicker PhotoCRISFIELD - Comptroller Peter Franchot's wish came true today at the J. Miller Tawes Crab and Clam Bake. Franchot, who had to attend a mandatory Board of Public Works meeting in Annapolis Wednesday, was uncertain if he would make it to the festival. However, by testing the speed limit, Franchot was able to make a last minute appearance at the annual event.

"I got out of the BPW meeting and came down to the real Maryland," Franchot (D-Takoma Park) said in an interview with PolitickerMD.com. "Love the clambake. Former comptroller - Comptroller Tawes. I understand he was governor and that was a good job, but he promoted himself to be comptroller I think."

Franchot told PolitickerMD.com, that in order to make it, "We drove a little bit over the speed limit ... but not much."

BOYDS – State Del. Craig Rice (D-Germantown) hosted his 1st annual Family Fun Day on Saturday. The fundraiser, which was held at the South Germantown Recreational Park featured bounce houses, music and food. Admission was priced at $50 per family of four, $25 per individual and $500 for sponsors.

Among those attending the event were Comptroller Peter Franchot (D-Takoma Park), state Sen. Rob Garagiola (D- Montgomery County), state Del. Kirill Reznik (D-Montgomery County), state Del. Charles Barkley (D-Germantown), and Char Rosnick who attended on behalf of U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Kensington).

In an interview with PolitickerMD.com, Rice said the campaign “already had about $3,000 initially pledged to us.”

The first term delegate said he was “hoping to raise somewhere between $5,000 and $10,000” at the Family Fun Day fundraiser.

“You know people understand that grassroots politics also takes money, you know, we don’t have the big dollar donations like some of the other campaigns do and I try and do most of my stuff via smaller donations,” he said. “Reaching out to the community and getting in touch with more people is the way to kind of combat that.”

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Comptroller Peter Franchot's (D-Takoma Park) attempt to move a Board of Public Works meeting, which is scheduled for the same day as the annual J. Millard Tawes Crab and Clam Bake has officially failed. But the attempt leaves open the possibility of holding future BPW meetings in locations other than Annapolis.

On June 26, Franchot sent a letter to Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-Baltimore) and state Treasurer Nancy Kopp (D-Bethesda), requesting that the BPW meeting be rescheduled, seeing as it interfered with the Tawes Crab and Clam Bake.

"Given the typical starting time and length of BPW meetings, and assuming a realistic travel time of at least 2.5 hours from Annapolis to Crisfield, it is likely that those of us who are participating in the July 16 meeting would miss most - if not all - of this year's gathering," Franchot wrote in a letter to O'Malley and Kopp.

Franchot suggested the consideration of an alternative location in order to allow attendees of the BPW meeting to arrive at the Tawes festival at a more suitable time. One suggestion was Salisbury University, which the comptroller argued would provide the necessary infrastructure to conduct the meeting. But his reasoning went further, suggesting a different location would give residents of the lower shore "a rare opportunity to observe this unique Maryland institution in action, and to gain a better appreciation of its extraordinary range of responsibilities."

Anthony Brown and Nancy Kopp spoiling your clambake fun? But you rock on just the same, Peter.

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Here comes the Choo-choo!Baltimore had a pretty shoddy week, but at least it looks good. And did you hear about the Anne Arundel County police?

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