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November 12, 2008

O'Malley hits the airwaves

Gov. O'Malley's office just announced that he'll be doing a regular "Ask the Governor" gig on MPT's Direct Connection on the third Wednesday of every month. Long-time Direct Connection host Jeff Salkin will lead the discussion of questions from callers and e-mails. So if you've got a beef with the governor (or want to give him a pat on the back), send your questions to directconnection@mpt.org or call in during the show at 1-800-926-0629. The first show is Wed. Nov. 24 at 7:30 p.m.

You may recall that Bob Ehrlich did a weekly "Ask the Governor" segment on WBAL radio. Then-mayor O'Malley had an occasional call-in show on that station, too. Aside from the general bad blood between O'Malley and the station (or, more specifically, with it's right-leaning talk show hosts), it's not too shocking to see the O'Guv looking for a different platform, given the weekly Ehrlich show on Saturday mornings.

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Laura Smitherman has been ensconced in the State House basement, writing about the governor, General Assembly and vagaries of Maryland politics for several years. An erstwhile business reporter, her interest in politics dates to her days in Washington when she covered Congress and national campaigns for another media outlet. She now follows a range of policy debates from slot-machine gambling to universal health care and energy regulation, while keeping an eye on the next election.

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