Olszewski proposes inspector general oversight board, limit investigations after council members criticized aggressive tactics capitalgazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from capitalgazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Gov. Larry Hogan, center, in black shirt helps unfurl a 150x300-foot American flag on the beach at Ocean City for Memorial Day. Sean Streicher has a neat 45-second video of the unfurling on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=search&v=334534101360435&external log id=fa81d914-def0-4f08-9a49-7c0c5874cbb9&q=ocean%20city%20flag
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HOGAN VETOES 30 BILLS: Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed 30 bills Friday, including measures inspired by the coronavirus pandemic that would have tightened rules for emergency purchases by state officials and required the state to draw up a plan for handling the remainder of the pandemic, Pamela Wood of the Sun reports.
Council members have lauded the plan proposed by County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. for spending $1 billion on construction of schools, senior centers, parks and playgrounds, and fire and police stations across the county after a year of unexpected revenue growth.
Baltimore County Council approved $4 2 billion budget with no spending cuts capitalgazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from capitalgazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Over the past 45 years, I have attended more judicial and legislative hearings than I care to remember. But I never witnessed a hearing more embarrassing to â or revealing about â a local government than the budget hearing held by the Baltimore County Council last Wednesday.
The FY 2022 budget for the countyâs Office of Inspector General (OIG) was on the agenda. Councilwoman Cathy Bevins (D-Middle River) used the opportunity to excoriate Inspector General Kelly Madigan for her investigation of William âChrisâ McCollum, a county employee.
In my opinion it was a jaw-dropping abuse of authority for Bevins to grill the IG on the investigation of a specific individual under the guise of a budget hearing. It was made much worse by the fact that that McCollum is a personal friend and political ally of Bevins â a bit of information that the councilwoman somehow never disclosed at the hearing.