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The Baltimore City Board of Liquor License Commissioners has allowed a handful of people, many of them vendors who lease poker machines and pool tables to bars, to hold onto and sell valuable liquor licenses long after the licenses should have expired. State law dictates that inactive licenses die after 180 days without an extension by the liquor board, or 360 days maximum. But a review of inactive licenses by The Sun shows that a number of people have gotten around the law, including Gilbert Sapperstein, owner of All-State Boiler Service Inc., who in May pleaded guilty to conspiracy, bribery...

Parris "Spendening" Glendening, capo of the Maryland Democrat mob, criticized President Bush on Tuesday for planning to spend a month at his Texas ranch. "Spendening" took a break from stealing public money and Maryland citizens' 2nd Amendment rights to take a cheap shot at President Bush, acting as though the president has the work ethic of a Maryland Democrat Party ghost worker. Amazingly, the fawning "jernalists"1 who "reported" the story overlooked the fact that the appointed2 governor of the Democrat People's Republic of Maryland is famous for shamelessly taking advantage of his sinecure. In between boinking his twinky while she...

1992 Ruby Ridge standoff left question of immunity for agents unresolved By Gail Gibson Sun Staff Originally published June 19, 2002 As prosecutors in Anne Arundel County prepare to ask a grand jury whether an FBI agent who mistakenly shot an unarmed man should be indicted, they face a confusing legal roadmap stemming from one of the most divisive events in recent FBI history - the deadly standoff at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. When the 11-day siege at separatist Randy Weaver's cabin ended in August 1992, state prosecutors in Idaho took the rare step of bringing involuntary manslaughter charges against...

Contingency in lobbyist's contract in question; Bereano fee appears illegal; Sanctions under '01 law can include suspension An agreement between leading Annapolis lobbyist Bruce C. Bereano and one of his clients, which pays him a percentage of new business he brings in for the company, apparently violates state ethics law. The agreement is outlined in a letter to the client last fall by Bereano, who has battled his way back from a federal fraud conviction to regain his position as one of the state's highest-earning lobbyists. The client, known as Mercer Ventures Inc. or Social Work Associates Inc., became...