A Maryland senator said colleagues were sidetracked by same-sex marriage issues throughout the session.
Maryland Sen. John C. Astle (D-30th District) called the recent general assembly the worst he’s ever been involved in, blaming the marriage equality bill for sidetracking other discussions. Astle, of Annapolis, spoke to a crowd of about a dozen at the monthly Arnold Preservation Council meeting on Wednesday at Asbury United Methodist Church. "Of the 30 sessions I've been through, this was probably the worst one,” Astle said. “The outcome was not good, the entire general assembly looked pretty bad to the rest of the state." Astle is a military veteran who has been involved in the state senate since 1995, and before that was in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1983-1995. He said the state's fiscal year 2013 budget predicated on cuts and …
The next meeting of the Arnold Preservation Council will give Sen. John C. Astle a chance to speak on this year's session.
Do you have a question about this year's senate session? Sen. John C. Astle (D-30th District) will give community leaders an overview of the recently concluded senate session and the special budget session that ended Wednesday. Astle's recap will be featured at the next Arnold Preservation Council (APC) meeting at 7:30 p.m. May 23 at Asbury United Methodist Church in Arnold. "After a brief business meeting, Senator John Astle, 30th Legislative District, Finance Committee Vice Chairman, Maryland State Legislature, will recap this years session and recent special budget session," according to a release from the APC. Patch interviewed many members of the APC in a February series on Arnold's identity crisis. More information about the group …
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Jim McLaughlin
12:32 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013
In addition to being on the wrong side of the marriage equality issue, he is also on the wrong side of the death penalty isssue - having announced this past week his intention of voting to eliminate the death penalty completely. I am a Democrat - a strong Democrat, but I will have difficulty voting for Senator Astle in the next election. I hope he does not run again. more ›