In miniature, August 8

• MoCo Executive Leggett stifles a plan to make county dealings with labor unions more transparent [Bill Turque, Washington Post]
• “Shank: Criminal justice overhaul will lead to better outcomes in Maryland” [Herald-Mail]
• “Why in the world would the P.G. police dept. choose this particular cop to host a ride-along with a reporter?” [Radley Balko]
• Baltimore’s regulatory blockade: lawsuit challenges grip of historic preservation laws [Nick Zaiac, Market Urbanism]
• Been there. “Replacing Maryland E-ZPass transponder is not so easy” [Len Lazarick]
• It’s something [that] shouldn’t be done by either party in any state.” Larry Hogan talks gerrymandering [Danielle Gaines, Frederick News-Post]