10-2-12: Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast




WYPR: Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast Podcast show

Summary: Governor O'Malley supports three controversial referenda on Maryland's ballot: the DREAM Act, expanded gaming, and same-sex marriage. Good luck finding a traditional Democratic constituency that supports all three. We'll talk to St. Mary's College of Maryland political scientist Todd Eberly about political pressure points created by these ballot questions. Some distressed Maryland homeowners are finally seeing relief from $25 billion national robosigning settlement, but mostly in short sales, and not as much in the principal reductions advocated by groups like the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition. We look at the settlement with MCRC executive director Marceline White. Mathematician Alan Turing is known for breaking the Nazi's famous Enigma code--and for being put on trial for homosexuality. Marc Horwitz stars as Turing in a play called Breaking the Code, now at the Performance Workshop Theatre in Baltimore.