Another biased Sun reporter pro OMalley. Is this an article or a press release?
What a shock. The Wire's depiction of Baltimore city is dead on correct. OMalley was no antidote. Yet another broken promise homicides under 175 per year. I know I live here. Drug dealers in the alley,police tape up the street, helicopters overhead,
shootings out front, highest property taxes in the state etc.........
And for what? I can't walk anywhere without my 50 pound dog. Schools I dare not send my son too. Witnesses being intimidated and threatened in court. Liberal justice allowing teenagers loose to shot five year olds in the head.
I don't what is worse. THE SUN's cheerleading for OMalley
or the Governor himself proclaimations.

O'Malley has publicly admitted in the past that he has never watched an entire episode of "The Wire," let alone the entire series.

So his reflexive, defensive dismissal of the show's portrayal of Baltimore and suggestion that he is "the antidote" should be taken for what they're worth -- which is not much.

The show's portrayal of Carcetti is actually quite nuanced, showing -- among other things -- his evolution from idealist to amoral ladder-climbing politician who cares about nothing but working the stats and being elected governor.

It's no wonder O'Malley doesn't care for that particular character arc. But the show is hardly simplistic; it's an incredibly complicated picture of an American city in all its glories and imperfections.

"Forty percent reduction in violent crime." The irony is precious. If there was one thing The Wire hammered into our heads, it's that stats of that exact nature are constantly being cooked up by politicians who want to show how well they are doing.

As was so often the case in the show, the real Baltimore has a murder rate that remains stubbornly high. One must question why other "violent crime" would decline so impressively when folks are still on the streets killing each other almost daily. "Cooking the stats" is easily the most plausible explanation.

O'Malley is a fraud. At least Kurt Schmoke had the audacity to try something new -- something other than cramming numbers down our throats and telling a death-riddled city that it's now safer than ever.

Hopefully O'Malley's Governorship will go the way of the show next election

Laura
The wire was funny, but what got to me was when O'Malley said Marylanders are paying $28,000.00 a year for health insurance.
I understand he likes to exaggerate the situation to us, but if I told him once I told him a million times he shouldn't do this on national TV.

You mean the Carcetti who won his mayoral race by facing two black democrats didn't exactly match O'Malley winning by the black vote being split?

Anyone who doesn't think O'Malley was Carcetti (you can run down the roster) is kidding themselves. Simons is being polite and im sure he did blend a few other traits because O'Malley isn't half as smart as Carcetti.

But hey, at least Carcetti didnt pas the largest tax hike in Maryland history like O'Malley did

u made governor on bge issue md has the highest energy cost in the country. thats a fact. congratulations. if u r trying to cut our md budget lets eliminate you.