With Gov. Hogan pulling the plug on the Red Line for Baltimore City, $288 million in prep work is lost, but city should focus on more sensible alternatives; “cop watching” takes on a more by-the-book approach; some Arundel residents intend to fly Confederate flag, even as U.S. Rep. Cummings calls for moves to pull flag a good first step; Maryland embracing solar power; Montgomery County prepares to cut its budget; one Democrat, two Republicans file to fun for U.S. Rep. Hoyer’s seat; and O’Malley finally hires a campaign manager.
Day: June 29, 2015
With Red Line dead, what is Hogan’s ‘best way’ for Baltimore?
Key moments in Gov. Larry Hogan’s first term took place last week, but it is unclear how his cancer and much anticipated decisions on transit projects will define his term as governor. Those decisions left many unanswered questions about the financing of the Purple Line and what would be “the best way” to help Baltimore if the Red Line wasn’t it.
Rascovar: Hogan to Baltimore: ‘Drop Dead’
Larry Hogan Jr. never has had an affinity for Baltimore. He’s never lived in a big city. He’s a suburban Washington, suburban Annapolis kind of guy. Thus, it was easy for Governor Hogan to kill more than a decade worth of work, more than a quarter-billion dollars already spent and to forfeit $900 million in federal funds that would have gone toward building a pivotal rail-transit line for Baltimore, the Red Line.
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