Rep. Andy Harris appears to be embracing a role in helping build the Republican Party in Maryland.
Harris, a two-term congressman, is the featured guest at a Jan. 7 fundraiser for Eastern Shore Del. Michael McDermott, who is said to be eying a run for state Senate. Harris is also scheduled tomorrow to be the featured speaker at a Jan. 8 joint meeting of Republican delegates and senators before the General Assembly reconvenes on Jan. 9.
Harris also has close ties with Republican former senator Alex Mooney, who now heads the state Republican Party. While in the Senate, both had reputations for their fund raising efforts.
Harris assisted with the election of Tari Moore as the first county executive in Cecil County. Moore switched her party affiliation to independent before being sworn-in in an attempt to prevent other state legislators from having an hand in naming a replacement to her seat on the Cecil County Council, according to The Daily Record.
In 2006, Harris provided financial backing for Doug Riley in an unsuccessful attempt to unseat Sen. Jim Brochin. Kathy Szeliga, a former aide to Harris when he served in the Senate, was elected to the House of Delegates in 2010.
Harris was not immediately available for comment. A source close to Harris said the congressman plans to assist Republicans running for office in Maryland starting with those in his district which stretches from the Eastern Shore to parts of Anne Arundel, Baltimore and Harford Counties.
The freakish part of it was not the height of the surge--Smith and Tangier Islands made out fine--but the persistence of southwest winds, which blew into the 60 kt. range for 24 hours, piling up water tide on tide. Houses that had stayed dry for at least 40 years were inundated. "Water as high as the top of the toilet tank," one old-timer said.
Yes, Karl Schluub, I, too, hope that Harris is as responsible with the taxpayer's dollars as he was with phantom donations to support his 2009-2010 campaign. http://bit.ly/11gDvsH Bet you are an ardent supporter indeed.
See you at McDonalds this weekend. Which one are you working?
I miss Gilchrist.
The disgusting thing is that politicians (both R and D) use disasters and hardship to booster their own political careers by putting pork in any attempts to help those who need it. Those who really care about those affected by the disaster and about having a decent gov't that represents the people will start demanding clean bills. Good for Harris for voting against the pork.
Once again....I accept your surrender to this topic...you're done..