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Maryland Lawmaker, DC Lawbreaker?

by fwinstead | March 7, 2009 at 05:34 pm

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[Update: the Driver/Delegate is District 15's Craig L. Rice of neighboring Montgomery County. According to his biography, Delegate Rice was born in Washington, DC. Shame on Delegate Rice for not obeying the laws of his hometown. To understand how 15 = 46A, please see the comments for a link to The Baltimore Sun]

Washington, DC – Saturday, a Honda Element with Maryland license plate “House of Delegates 46 A” parked at a sign, “No Standing or Parking Anytime” on congested Wisconsin Avenue in Friendship Heights, DC. The driver even had his “Confession Flashers” on acknowledging he should not be there. Who is the shaded man in the driver's seat waiting for?

[Updated: The numbering of the license plate appeared to reference one of District 46 Delegates: Brian K. McHale, Peter A. Hammen or Carolyn J. Krysiak. 46A is actually the plate for District 15 Craig L. Rice. The District 46 Delegates were not involved in this incident.]

Who is the mysterious Delegate A and why the need to illegally park in DC on a Saturday?

Maryland Delegates have a history of making/breaking laws within their own state lines. District 14 Delegate Herman Taylor once pushed for “DUI” plates for convicted drunk drivers. Then last month Delegate Taylor was found guilty of driving while impaired. Police officers reported they even caught him pretending to blow into the Breathalyzer.

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mtippett

at 20:35 on March 9th, 2009

This story got picked up here.

fwinstead

at 19:20 on March 7th, 2009

"Publish then Edit" has the advatange over old-style journalism in that once the basic undeniable facts are out those in the know start talking to avoid being seen as covering-up. I'll be sending email inquires to the Maryland Government shortly. Stay tuned!

fwinstead

at 11:24 on March 9th, 2009

The Baltimore Sun is helping out on this:

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/2009/03/maryland_lawmaker_caught_in_th.html

My emails to various Maryland officials have resulted in no non-canned responses, so far.

fwinstead

at 18:42 on March 9th, 2009

David Nitkin at The Baltimore Sun solved the mystery. "46A" is the license plate of Delegate Craig Rice of District 15 in Montgomery County which borders this section of DC. The man in the driver's seat was the Delegate who was waiting for his wife. The 2 closest store fronts at that location are: FedEx Kinkos and Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spas. I guess they popped across the border to make some photocopies.

I will not even attempt to explain the numbering system used by the Maryland House of Delegates. Please see Nitkin's explanation at: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/2009/03/maryland_lawmaker_caught_in_th.html#comments

fwinstead

at 19:08 on March 9th, 2009

Well, I could have done better. Here in DC, Ward Councilmembers actually have their Ward numbers on their license plates preceded by the word "Ward". I guess Maryland Delegates don't have the same affinity to their districts for their vanity/government plates. Well, I learned something.