Ruh Roh: Congresswoman Donna Edwards Unveils Alternative Redistricting Map

From a breaking press release:

Congresswoman Edwards Unveils Alternative Redistricting Map 

that Achieves Minority Representation Goals

Rep. Donna Edwards' Alternate 2012 Congressional District Map

See Your New Congressional District // Maryland 2012 District-by-District (8 Maps)

Maryland Juice below posts the district-by-district maps of Governor O'Malley's redistricting final draft. You can now see the proposed new boundaries for your member of Congress. The Maryland Assembly meets on Monday to vote on the maps, but the Baltimore Sun indicates the door may still be open to more changes:

In the House of Delegates, a "no" vote from more than 13 Democrats out of 98 could scuttle the plan if all Republicans oppose it. 

Joseph C. Bryce, O'Malley's top legislative aide, left the door open to possible changes.

See all 8 Maryland Congressional Districts Below:

Maryland 2012 Congressional District 8: Chris Van Hollen
 

BREAKING: Governor O'Malley Releases Maryland 2012 Congressional District Plan // FINAL DRAFT

UPDATE: I added tables below showing the racial composition of the new districts.

Tonight, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley released the final draft of Maryland's 2012 Congressional Redistricting Map. It will be voted on this Monday, as the Maryland General Assembly begins a short special session. I recolored the map below and added a key, but the original is at the bottom of this article:

The map comes with the following statement from Governor O'Malley:

Montgomery County's Government Blacklist of LGBT Websites // Search Term "Transgender" Was Not Acceptable

UPDATE: Blacklisted LGBT news site Metro Weekly has this coverage of Chairman MoCo's firewall:

Jedediah Millard, an employee of Montgomery County Councilwoman Nancy Floreen, says he was searching the Internet in March 2011 for sources detailing a county resolution regarding marriage equality. When Millard clicked on a link to go to Metro Weekly, the browser blocked the site and listed a description reading, ''Website contains prohibited Pornography/Nudity content....'' 

After some additional searching, Millard says he realized that many LGBT-related sites that are neither pornographic or show nudity had been blocked, so he notified a technician from the county's Office of Technology Services.... 

Information is like water. This week, Maryland Juice published three instances of Montgomery County's workplace Internet filter blocking employees from reading about legitimate policy issues. The screencaps keep coming in. The previous sites in question were an anti-SUV environmental website, an LGBT news site, and a seniors community calendar. But make no mistake, the LGBT censorship is rarely an accident on the part of the censorship robots. They are usually programmed to operate exactly as they do. As a result, we called Montgomery County's censorship robot a bigot, and it turns out we were right.

Montgomery County Government Censor Calls Leisure World Website Porn // Seniors Community Calendar Blocked

Maryland Juice has been receiving trickling reports of censorship in the workplace in Montgomery County, Maryland. The County censors the Internet for employees and has been caught blocking environmental and LGBT-related websites. Now, a County employee has emailed us a screencap of a seniors community calendar being blocked by the MoCo censorship robot. Realtor Barbara Michaluk's blog posts event calendars for the Leisure World community, but her site has been blocked and labeled as porn. Leisure World has two of Maryland's largest precincts for Democratic turnout and their Democratic Club is very active in County and State politics. Former Sen. Len Teitelbaum called it the "Center of the Universe" in 2006. Is it time to take down the Great Firewall of China Montgomery County?

Where is Delegate Heather Mizeur?

Look to the left. Can you spot Delegate Heather Mizeur?  Based on who else is in this photo, can you guess where it was taken? Hint: Not in Delegate Mizeur's District 20. This photo was taken at a District 16 Democratic Women's Club event.

Note that Del. Mizeur represents the Silver Spring & Takoma Park-based District 20 in Montgomery County. This is on the other side of the County compared to District 16, which is anchored by the D.C. suburbs of Bethesda and Chevy Chase.

In recent months, Del. Mizeur has also been hosting numerous fundraisers and has been spotted visiting various parts of Maryland. This is causing many of us to wonder what she's running for.

VIDEO: Meet the Gaithersburg 2011 City Council Candidates

Gaithersburg residents will cast their ballots for three City Council Members on Tuesday, November 8, 2011. The Council Members each serve the community at-large for a four-year term. The terms of office for Council Members Jud Ashman, Cathy Drzyzgula and Ryan Spiegel will expire in November. Below is a video featuring statements from the candidates: