If you're wondering, Jessamy walked, so her time wasn't recorded. Same for Fire Chief Jim Clack. Police Commish Fred Bealefeld was the standout with a time of 23:48. That's a 7:57-minute-mile pace.
What do you have to do to get a sticker?
It's not your imagination: Barack Obama bumper stickers really are hard to come by in Maryland.
Even the state's most powerful Dem seems to be having trouble getting his hands on them, not that Martin O'Malley would slap them on the back of his state SUV or anything.
The governor expressed frustration the other morning, at the pre-meeting of the Board of Public Works, that the state party can't get enough Obama stickers and other campaign stuff, The Baltimore Sun's Laura Smitherman reports.
O'Malley said he didn't think it would be "wasting money on a safe state" - he made quotation marks with his hands there, so you know he was really annoyed - to send some stickers Maryland's way.
Not that much to ask, considering O'Malley plans to raise $900,000 for the Dems and to travel to Pennsylvania and Virginia for Obama - two other tidbits he dropped at the meeting.
State party spokesman David Paulson said Maryland Dems have had about as many Obama bumper stickers as they did for John Kerry four years ago.
"They're in great supply and great demand," Paulson said.
The party office received a shipment of 10,000 Wednesday. "We were virtually out of them until UPS came rolling in," he said.
Connect the dots
Not to be outdone by breast-pumping, BlackBerrying Sarah Palin, Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger received Working Mother Magazine's "Best of Congress" award this week. He was recognized for promoting family-friendly policies in Congress as well as in his own Washington and Timonium offices, a news release from his office says. New mothers employed by the congressman have the option of working a compressed workweek or telecommuting. "All employees are given a Blackberry that makes telecommuting or working outside the office a breeze," says the release. A breeze, that is, so long as baby naps. ... Ruppersberger also vouches for the continued Democratic leanings of his former UM frat brother, John Coale, the major Democratic fundraiser who came out for McCain last week. His office reports that on Tuesday night, Ruppersberger and Coale attended a fundraiser for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee hosted by Rep. Donna Edwards in Mitchellville. Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer and Chris Van Hollen were there, too. ... Looks like one of Maryland's higher-ed gurus flunked geography. A release from the Maryland Higher Education Commission urging vets to take advantage of the Post-9/11 Veterans Education Act of 2008 says the legislation was sponsored by Sens. Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska) and "James Webb (D-Maryland)." Webb represents Virginia.
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