Rachel Rice

There's some squabbling going on over the unlicensed use of a cartoon from the Towson Times in a Jim Smith fundraiser invitation. Patuxent Publishing Co., parent organization of the paper, complained over "the use of our editorial content by others for political gain."

Smith's office pointed to fundraiser Rachel Rice, who pointed to event sponsor Caves Valley Partners.

Like we said the other day, Comptroller Peter Franchot’s potential primary challenger Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith has a campaign warchest that more than doubles that of the incumbent.