Year: 2024

Briefs Filed in Appeal of Circuit Court Injunction (Part 1)

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

Ethics Commission Says Coates Should Not Participate in Votes Related to Paying Her Legal Expenses in Appeals

The Charles County Ethics Commission on Wednesday issued an advisory opinion recommending that District 2 Commissioner Thomasina Coates (D) should recuse herself from voting on whether the county should pay for her legal expenses related to her appeals of last September’s circuit court ruling. The opinion, the commission’s first in