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December 5, 2008

Prince of Darkness is back

Joe Steffen, AKA the Prince of Darkness, just started a new blog this week in which he promises to write about whatever he feels like. (Is that redundant?) Anyway, he promises that he's no longer a partisan hatchet man and is speaking his own mind:

Know one thing, though: There will be no more strictly partisan attack moves coming from out of the Darkness. Nor will there be any more taking of swords or biting of bullets to protect anyone, dense or otherwise. My words will speak for themselves, without need or promise of further explanation. In the political world and elsewhere I'll rave when I feel a rave is deserved and I'll rant when I deem a rant to be justified.

Just call me an equal opportunity offender.

To prove the point of his independence from his former boss, Bob Ehrlich, Steffen concludes his inaugural post, "PS: Today is the 30th day since Maryland voters passed a slots bill. Bring on the Slots Machines!" A little off message for his old boss...

(Note: My apologies for forgetting to insert the link in an earlier version of this post.)

Posted by Andy Green at 3:59 PM | | Comments (1)
        

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Joe better watch out, Cheney has "Prince of Darkness" copyrighted.

Posted by: Jeff | December 6, 2008 12:19 PM

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Laura Smitherman has been ensconced in the State House basement, writing about the governor, General Assembly and vagaries of Maryland politics for several years. An erstwhile business reporter, her interest in politics dates to her days in Washington when she covered Congress and national campaigns for another media outlet. She now follows a range of policy debates from slot-machine gambling to universal health care and energy regulation, while keeping an eye on the next election.

Paul West covers Washington for The Baltimore Sun, continuing a tradition that began the month the paper was born, in 1837. He hasn't been in the DC bureau that long--only since Ronald Reagan was president. He's covered Congress, the White House and presidential campaigns as the paper's national political correspondent and Washington bureau chief. He's on the lookout for news of significance to Sun readers at the other end of the B/W Parkway. That includes the activities of the state's congressional delegation and anything else that might shed some light on the inner workings of the nation's capital.

Julie Bykowicz's first days as a political reporter, in January 2009, coincided with Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's indictment and the start of the Maryland General Assembly's 426th legislative session. She focuses on coverage of state agencies, such as social services, juvenile justice and prisons. During the session, she wrote about the death penalty, slots parlors and speed cameras, among other hot topics. Julie began political reporting after more than seven years on The Baltimore Sun's crime desk. She lives in Baltimore and works primarily in Annapolis.

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