No help for county executive wannabes
Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith sounds an awful lot like a candidate for comptroller in a story by the Baltimore Sun's Mary Gail Hare that ran on Sunday.
Smith, a Democrat, is raising money, traveling the state, and providing only the thinnest of endorsements of the Democratic incumbent. Asked by Hare if he thought Franchot was doing a good job, Smith responded that everyone has their own way of doing things. Faint praise indeed.
Smith is prevented by term limits from running again, and any would-be successor would love to tap into his organization and network of supporters. But at least publicly, Smith isn't backing a successor, which means councilmen Joe Bartenfelder and Kevin Kamenetz and legislators Jim Brochin and Pat McDonough (the latter a Republican) will be largely on their own if they decide to get in the race.
“I am going to stay out of it,” Smith said. “I will have my hands full.”
Comments
You know what is sad? Jim Brochin is the most qualified out of all four to run. I guess I would vote for him out of the choices, but holding my nose while doing it.
Posted by: Brad | May 11, 2009 8:54 AM
You know what is sad? Jim Brochin is the most qualified out of all four to run. I guess I would vote for him out of the choices, but holding my nose while doing it.
Posted by: Brad | May 11, 2009 8:54 AM
Would Redmer make a stab?
Posted by: Chum | May 11, 2009 2:24 PM