Legislative Diary

The party line

“The orders came down from above.” We were voting on the death penalty legislation in committee. One of my Republican colleagues was implying yet again that Democrats were meekly following the Governor’s orders to oppose all amendments. He said it once too often. Another member of the committee objected; then I did. “The advocates and …more >

Core values

For me, these are core values. My life’s work is in a legislative body, where the majority rules. If you can count to 71 in the House and 24 in the Senate, you win. But the First Amendment provides that the majority does not prevail when fundamental rights are violated. The constitutional protection of freedom …more >

Not extinct

I go to lots of functions and community meetings. But none with the anticipation and sense of history that I brought to the dedication of the Ohr Hamizrach synagogue. For 2700 years, there was a Jewish community in Persia/Iran. The Iranian revolution of 1979 prompted an exodus. The late Rabbi Herman Neuberger was instrumental in …more >

Channel surfing

I must have been channeling Yogi. The Sun reporter asked me if the Judiciary Committee would act favorably on both my death penalty repeal bill and the Senate’s amended version. It was a question I had never been asked before. Her article today ended with my response: Rosenberg, however, predicted only the Senate plan would …more >

  • My Key Issues:

  • Pimlico and The Preakness
  • Our Neighborhoods
  • Pre-Kindergarten
  • Lead Paint Poisoning