« More on state furloughs | Main | O'Malley's first cabinet departure: Edgerley at DBED »
Gov. O'Malley is on MPT tonight for his monthly gig on Direct Conneciton with Jeff Salkin. The appearance comes at an auspicious time, as he faces huge budget shortfalls and orders state employee furloughs. You can submit questions at directconnection@mpt.org or call in to the show live, 1-800-926-0629. The show starts at 7:30 p.m.
What would you like to see Jeff ask him about?
Annie Linskey covers state politics and government for The Baltimore Sun. Previously, as a City Hall reporter, she wrote about the corruption trial of Mayor Sheila Dixon and kept a close eye on city spending. Originally from Connecticut, Annie has also lived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where she reported on war crimes tribunals and landmines. She lives in Canton.
John Fritze has covered politics and government at the local, state and federal levels for more than a decade and is now The Baltimore Sun’s Washington correspondent. He previously wrote about Congress for USA TODAY, where he led coverage of the health care overhaul debate and the 2010 election. A native of Albany, N.Y., he currently lives in Montgomery County.
Julie Scharper covers City Hall and Baltimore politics. A native of Baltimore County, she graduated from The Johns Hopkins University in 2001 and spent two years teaching in Honduras before joining The Baltimore Sun. She has followed the Amish community of Nickel Mines, Pa., in the year after a schoolhouse massacre, reported on courts and crime in Anne Arundel County, and chronicled the unique personalities and places of Baltimore City and its surrounding counties.
 |
Sign up for local news text alerts
Returning user? Update preferences.
Sign up for more Sun text alerts |
Breaking News newsletter
Comments
Question-
Why not do pay reductions of 6 percent to each state employee making 6 figures and up?
Why not cancel 1-2 vacation days to save money?
Why not dump Lt. Governor's staff and let the Governor's staff do both jobs?
Does the Governor's wife need a staff?
Any legislator within one hour of Annapolis cancell their hotel lodgings-
let them commute like the rest of us!
those are my fiscal sanity requests!
Posted by: Anonymous | December 17, 2008 10:58 AM
Question
With the resignation of David Edgerley, the State has lost a very experienced, knowledgeable, and dedicated economic development director at an inopportune time, given the current economy. What changes, if any, in economic development policy does the Governor envision, and what short- and long-term objectives does the Governor look for the next DBED director to achieve?
Bill Ruxton
Millersville
Posted by: bilrux | December 17, 2008 12:34 PM
Why do you not charge sales tax for the sale of your gear at Omalleys March? Yet, the resat of us are required to charge and collect?
Posted by: Joe | December 17, 2008 12:54 PM