After a frenetic “crossover day” Monday, and several intense days leading up to it, state lawmakers deserve a break, right?
Well, they’re getting it Tuesday evening, courtesy of a leading Annapolis lobbying firm.
State legislative buildings started looking like a ghost town late Tuesday afternoon. That’s because many lawmakers were hurrying to a crab feast across the Bay Bridge in North Grasonville, hosted by Schwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A. The event is taking place at Harris’ Crabhouse and Seafood Restaurant along Kent Narrows.
The firm’s clients include Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.; Med Chi, also known as the Maryland Medical Society; the Maryland State Licensed Beverage Association; Sprint Corp.; PPE Casino Resorts Maryland LLC, owned by the Koridsh Group; Waste Management Inc.; Volvo USA; the Maryland Motor Truck Association; the Maryland Technology Council; Lilly USA, LLC; and several medical professionals’ associations.
Lobbyists and lawmakers party together throughout the 90-day General Assembly session and at other times of the year. But it’s rare, at least during session, that these events take place more than a mile or two from the State House.
Josh Kurtz
Founding editor
Founding Editor Josh Kurtz is a veteran chronicler of Maryland politics and government. He began covering the State House in 1995 for The Gazette newspapers, and has been writing about state and local politics ever since. He was an editor at Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper, for eight years, and for eight years was the editor of E&E Daily, which covers energy and environmental policy on Capitol Hill. For 6 1/2 years Kurtz wrote a weekly column on state politics for Center Maryland and has written for several other Maryland publications as well. Kurtz regularly gives speeches and appears on TV and radio shows to discuss Maryland politics.
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