In a special edition of the Conservative Refuge, we discuss the unfortunate crisis of leadership within our Anne Arundel Republican State Central Committee. Brian Griffiths joins us for an extended interview and lays out all the facts as we know them and we predict how the party can move forward.

In our first segment, I share a column from the Capital about why we need an elected school board. The blogger roundtable with Bill Streiff of RedState.com discuss the latest on the state budget battle. In our closing segment, we open the "Fat File" to discuss how fat is the new tobacco.