Maryland State Pol Who Spends Weekends In Jail Apologizes, Intends Reelection Run

Good luck with that, Sparky!

Del. Don Dwyer, who is serving jail time on weekends after two alcohol-related convictions, apologized to his fellow members of the House of Delegates Friday for bringing “undue attention” to the General Assembly.

“I ask you for your forgiveness,” Dwyer said. “I’ve made some serious mistakes that I’ll regret for the rest of my life.”

His colleagues reacted to the apology with silence.

Dwyer, an Anne Arundel County Republican, spoke at the close of the morning session, one day after House Speaker Michael E. Busch stripped him of his seat on the Ways & Means Committee. That makes Dwyer the only state lawmaker without a vote on one of the committees that review, shape and often kill proposed legislation.

“I completely accept the removal of my committee assignment,” Dwyer told colleagues. …

Dwyer has said he plans to remain in office and seek re-election. He is still permitted to introduce bills and to speak and vote on the House floor.

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David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.

* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.