Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is determined to have Baltimore City operate within budget. Up on the chopping block is the Mayor's Channel 25. What's next?Will keeping Baltimore in the green mean an end to going green? Marc and Anthony discuss how city budget cuts will impact neighborhoods and city residents.
Today, Governor Martin O'Malley gave his fourth State of the State address in before a joint session of the Maryland General Assembly. We talk turkey about jobs, the budget, bi-partisanship and other issues facing the state of Maryland.
Tonight's in-studio panel included:
Marc, Anthony and our callers talk about the city of Baltimore with mayor-to-be, City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, on the eve of her taking office. We explore her transition process and ambitions for the coming months.
Today Governor Martin O'Malley gave his fourth State of the State address to Maryland lawmakers. In this first segment, we focus on the budget changes intended for the coming year. Marc and Anthony McCarthy speak with a number of key players in Maryland government to hear their perspectives on the Governor's goals.
We spoke with:
For our first hour, we're joined by a panel to discuss the new state budget proposed by Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley. How will budget cuts impact you? How will they affect our upcoming elections?
We are joined by phone by Senator David Brinkley, State Senator from District 4.
Tonight's in-studio panel included:
Today, Maryland's General Assembly convenes for the 427th legislative session in Annapolis. Marc interviews Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley before a live audience a few hours before the session officially opens.
We don’t know the details of the bargain she made with the judge and the prosecutors, although that will all come out shortly. My guess is that there will not be another trial and that she will fight to keep her pension. I predict that she may run again in the future.
For the first hour of today's show, Marc was joined by guests to reflect upon the life of Senator Edward Kennedy. The discussion panel included:
Michael Steele is making numerous headlines today for his apology to Rush Limbaugh. Locally, he is also making headlines after being called out by Baltimore School's CEO Andres Alonso at a public forum which also featured Governor Martin O'Malley last night at Frederick Douglass High School in Baltimore. Alonso demanded an apology from Steele for promises he made to that school in the past, which he never kept.
Our reporter Melody Simmons was there. Click the podcast player to hear her recording of Alonso's remarks on Steele, and also on Governor O'Malley.