The New Year belongs to the victors, like Gov.-elect Larry Hogan, Jr. But reality will set in quickly once hard, unappetizing choices pit campaign pledges against on-the-ground reality. Examples include the Purple Line and the Red Line transit projects, school construction and the film tax credit.
In the news over the Christmas-New Year’s break: Gov. O’Malley spares the remaining four inmates on death row; he’s waiting and seeing on his presidential bid; Gov.-elect Larry Hogan was named the Sun’s Marylander of the Year, and he gets soup and a sandwich named after him at Chick & Ruth’s Delly; Hogan invites Gov. Christie to inaugural; Hogan names four cabinet members, but conflicts are questioned for new health secretary; Del. Vitale named a judge; central committees take different approached to replacing three newly reelected Republican legislators; police issues will be important in General Assembly session; newspapers identify many problems with the Maryland Public Information Act; slow vote counts questioned in Montgomery County; new Asian-American faces in Annapolis; choosing up sides for 2016 presidential race; state GOP gets a new fundraiser and a 16-day delegate.
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