A little over eight months after hearing oral arguments in Thomasina O. Coates v. The Charles County Board of County Commissioners, et al. — in which District 2 Commissioner Thomasina Coates (D) sought to challenge a permanent injunction issued by the Circuit Court of Charles County barring her from voting
Just over a year after a circuit court judge upheld a decision by the Board of Charles County Commissioners to bar District 2 Commissioner Thomasina Coates (D) from voting on the employment contract of the current county administrator, attorneys for both sides returned to court last week to argue whether
A proposal by the Maryland Department of Transportation to drastically reduce the budget for the Southern Maryland Rapid Transit project would harm the region’s prospects for economic growth and continue subjecting commuters to needlessly long travel times, the Board of Charles County Commissioners and members of the state delegation told
The Appellate Court of Maryland approved a request by the attorneys representing District 2 Commissioner Thomasina Coates (D) to allow into evidence notes prepared by the judge in the circuit court case as part of his ruling against Coates last September, but ordered that the notes remain sealed to all
This story is the first of two parts. Part 2 will be published soon. As TLR recently reported on Facebook, the Appellate Court of Maryland has agreed to hear oral arguments in the appeal filed in October 2023 by District 2 Commissioner Thomasina Coates (D) seeking to overturn the circuit
