
Gary M. Collins
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Investigative News Team @WeAreSinclair and @BaltimoreSun for 'Spotlight on Maryland' | Opinions & RTs = My Own | Email Tips: [email protected]
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SQUATTERS STRIKE AGAIN: A University of Maryland professor returned home after winter break to find himself without a home after squatters moved in -- leaving behind soiled baby diapers, a table covered in feces, and carpets soaked in urine. The squatter also made a demand.
Gary M. Collins165,235 views • 6 months ago

MARYLAND LEADER TOLD STOP SENDING NUDE PICS?: After being denied access to an alleged letter from a sheriff to his county executive to stop sending naked texts to his deputies, the county's first woman leader says the letter doesn't exist. The problem? The sheriff says it does.
Gary M. Collins35,644 views • 2 months ago

'THEY SHOULDN'T BE': Maryland Gov. Wes Moore brushed off polling showing declining voter support, citing concerns over his leadership, "dishonesty," and affordability–issues that political analysts say are increasingly challenging for his administration. Spotlight on Maryland
Gary M. Collins55,506 views • 4 months ago

'FASTEST-MOVING LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IN THE UNITED STATES?': In separate statements Tuesday, U.S. Department of Transportation and MDTA officials said the Phase 2 contract for the Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuild project was canceled. Does Md. Gov. Wes Moore's claims continue to fit?
Gary M. Collins47,807 views • 4 months ago

EARLIER THIS MORNING: With only a two hour notice, Wicomico County Executive Julie Giordano held a press conference about our report released last night. "As the County Executive of Wicomico County, I have never sent inappropriate photographs to a deputy, county employee, or to anyone else. I never have. I never would. Period," Giordano said. Video was provided to Spotlight on Maryland by Mike Goldberg, producer for 'Open Agenda,' which airs on Wicomico County's PAC 14 channel. The press conference lasted only six minutes, with no questions.
Gary M. Collins26,946 views • 2 months ago

JUST NOW: Md. House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk took a moment to address the body telling the minority party to use the layover rules sparingly or else the rules “may have to be looked at.” The GOP used the rules to delay advancing a bill banning the 287(g) detainer program.
Gary M. Collins46,304 views • 7 months ago

'WHO TURNED A BUDGET SURPLUS BACK INTO A DEFICIT?': Three separate times, Md. Gov. Wes Moore has avoided my attempts to ask basic questions about his campaign website, his reelection message, and other topics we continue to hear from viewers and readers. Why is Moore dodging?
Gary M. Collins24,655 views • 3 months ago

Video footage from a July 2023 altercation involving Maryland Del. Caylin Young, a Democrat, has surfaced, intensifying scrutiny of the Baltimore City Democrat as he faces an unrelated assault charge stemming from an alleged early-morning incident on New Year's Day.
Gary M. Collins23,675 views • 7 months ago

Del. Mark Fisher is demanding a full accounting of Gov. Wes Moore's international trip over Labor Day weekend. The Daily Mail obtained pics of Moore aboard what they said was George Clooney's yacht in Italy. The governor's office did not directly answer many of our questions.
Gary M. Collins33,520 views • 1 year ago

"WES 'TAX' MOORE WORST GOV EVER?": Spotlight on Maryland's Brooke Conrad and Steve Pierce were at the Maryland State House in Annapolis when they spotted a plane flying in direct view of Government House, the official residence for Gov. Wes Moore. We have reached out to the pilot.
Gary M. Collins13,645 views • 4 months ago

With Gov. Wes Moore hitting the road across the state to sell his budget's 'investment' priorities, I pressed him on a simple question: How is Maryland going to pay its bills? When pressed repeatedly about where the money is coming from, he gave a response, but not an answer.
Gary M. Collins18,836 views • 7 months ago

'THEY'RE WRONG': A Maryland lawmaker told me that his constituents are wrong about their outrage over his bizarre routine of voting present at the start of each day, placing a statue of Aristotle on his desk, and then leaving Annapolis entirely. He calls it a "protest."
Gary M. Collins14,211 views • 5 months ago

GOV. WES MOORE 'LIES'?: A new statewide poll shows Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s approval rating has dropped below 50% for the first time since he took office, as growing concerns about trust, honesty, and credibility appear to be shaping how voters view his leadership.
Gary M. Collins12,079 views • 5 months ago

In Maryland, revelations of alleged Minnesota fraud raised uncomfortable but unavoidable questions: Could something similar be happening here? If so, would state leaders even know? “I don’t have the answer for you on that," Maryland Gov. Wes Moore's office told me.
Gary M. Collins12,333 views • 7 months ago