Hypocrisy, Leopold be thy name

Apparently John Leopold had a come to Jesus moment on referendums...

County Executive John R. Leopold called for a regional referendum on a new Chesapeake Bay crossing yesterday, but Queen Anne's County officials demurred, calling it a "waste of money."

Leaders from both counties sat down together in Chester yesterday to hash out regional transportation concerns, and Mr. Leopold suggested that both jurisdictions hold the largely symbolic vote to show residents' antipathy for a third span on Route 50.

Mr. Leopold said he wanted to quantify public sentiment about the prospect of a new bridge as the process moves forward.

"Maybe they don't even want a discussion" of a new span, he said.

There is a great deal of irony and chutzpah associated with John Leopold, because this was the same guy who wanted nothing to do with a referendum on the school board bill. A vote that would have been anything but symbolic.

Is there any level of hypocrisy John Leopold won't stoop to?

(What's worse is the fact that the need for a new Bay Bridge is so painfully obvious to just about everybody I'm not even certain what the point of a vote is in the first place. Find a place to build a bridge, please...)