The State House steps became the stomping grounds for chilly cheering and singing Ravens fans when the team’s pep squad rolled into the capital Friday afternoon.
A crowd of about 100 people led by Speaker of the House Michael Busch all decked out in a Ravens jersey welcomed the team’s cheerleaders, mascot and two live ravens to Annapolis.
Day: January 7, 2011
State Roundup, January 7, 2011
Two incendiary packages sent to government offices shut down mail services, but cause no injury or fear; O’Malley tells MACo members he will not ask them to pay teacher pension costs; Smart Growth hasn’t worked well; Maryland representatives get involved in U.S. House Constitution reading; O’Malley’s inauguration will be low key and without parades.
O’Malley says he won’t shift teacher pension costs to counties this year
Gov. Martin O’Malley gave county officials from across Maryland some good news at their annual meeting Thursday night, saying he would not seek to shift the huge costs of teacher pensions to them “this year.”
O’Malley said the state needed to make the pension system more sustainable first by either reducing benefits or increasing contributions from employees before shifting those costs – now approaching $1 billion a year – onto county governments.
Exploding package sent to governor goes off in Annapolis
At about 12:15 p.m. Thursday, a package addressed to Gov. Martin O’Malley caused a small explosion in the mailroom of the Jeffrey Building in Annapolis. But it didn’t seem to cause a stir at the State House a few hundred yards away.
O’Malley told reporters after a speech in Cambridge Thursday night that the package contained a note objecting to the highway signs directing motorists to report suspicious activity.
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