BALTIMORE, Maryland September 20, 2013 - Movement targets Hamas rule in Gaza: Independent reporter Paul Alster wrote earlier this month that the same movement that led to the overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood Government of Mohammed Morsi in Egypt has now targeted the Hamas Government in charge in Gaza. Called Tamarod, and appealing to what some observers call "the Facebook Generation," the growing and loosely organized movement has targeted November 11 as a date to begin mass demonstrations against the Hamas regime in Gaza. November 11 is the birthday of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. A Tamarod spokesman made the protest announcement in a video message posted on YouTube. Wearing a T-shirt with the movement's symbol boldly splashed across the front, the spokesman was also wearing a black hood to hide his appearance. He stood in front of three other similarly attired Tamarod workers. The approximately seven minute announcement can be viewed at www.facebook.com/tamradgaza1. In Maryland, the man in charge of the money - a liberal Democrat - is sour on the economy: Peter Franchot's credentials tell us that the two-term State Comptroller is quite the liberal. But while the Governor is an unequivocal Leftist, Mr. Franchot is not. He has run the office that oversees Maryland's tax collection is much the same way as his predecessor, the Late William Donald Schaefer. This week he candidly and without reservation downgraded the state's revenue forecasts, noting that across-the-board tax hikes sought by the Governor and passed by the General Assembly have put a crimp in the state's revenue. He told the web site "Maryland Reporter" that “I’m sorry I’m not part of the cheerleading group.”
“We’re facing some very fragile situations.” The one statistic that worried him the most was the static situation with wages across the state. Any real economic rally will be reflected by wage statistics, and those statistics are not moving up. Franchot filed this week for a third term.
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