O'Malley: hope vs. reality
Speaking in Dundalk about community grants the state gives for revitalization programs that have worked wonders in the small, Baltimore County municipality, Gov. Martin O'Malley asked reporters gathered amid the audience for the event in Veterans' Park whether they had any questions about the "Community Legacy" grant program.
When one reporter began to ask about the computer services tax, O'Malley said he would address it after the event "in a gaggle" with reporters (details on that here), and then offered this quip:
"We'll keep the hope here," he said, gesturing toward those who had discussed the grants and the audience who came to the event. "And then we're going to do the reality over there."
Comments
I read the story of this government program deserving of a press conference in a public park. Baltimore County received a grant of $215,000.00 and it all went one person.
Is Governor O'Malley planning press conferences about each individual on whom he showers tax dollars? Will he start with Steve Larsen and define how, with no background in utilities, he not only deserves to head the PSC, but would not take the job for the same salary as his predecessor, who had similar qualifications? Will we have press conferences describing the monetary awards to the Governor's friends and assistants in government?
Posted by: Bruce Robinson | March 14, 2008 1:07 PM