Day: November 21, 2012

State Roundup, November 21, 2012

Maryland facing multi-million dollar budget gaps in the long-term; state gains 14,000 jobs; Intercounty Connector draws large numbers of toll violators; Howard farmers protest county plans to conform to state septic law; Sen. Young to propose new organ donor bill; Garrett to seek wind-turbine setback rule; Del. Alston ruled “out,” replacement still on the list; Del. Cardin to hold AG funder; Gov. O’Malley delays Middle East trip; and Carl Snowden found guilty of pot possession.

Commentary: Big Ten move may be good deal, but secret process was bad

Every month the University System of Maryland comes asking to have contracts large and small approved by top elected officials after a public procurement process that usually involves requests for proposals and multiple bids – an often long and cumbersome process. There are perhaps aspects of the move of the University of Maryland College Park athletics programs from the Atlantic Coast Conference to the Big Ten that will eventually get this kind of open, public and official scrutiny. But as it stands now, this deal involving tens of millions of dollars – none of it taxpayer funds, we’re told – was conceived, negotiated and executed hastily and in secret until its swift approval by an unelected Board of Regents on Monday.

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