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Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley visited the South Carroll Democratic Club last night and discussed his platform for Maryland State Governor. The meeting was held at the South Carroll Senior Center on Bartholow Road, although the club does not usually meet in July and August or on Thursday nights, but this was the best time Mayor O’Malley could schedule a visit, said club president Anita Riley, “And I wasn’t going to say no.” Over 50 people from around the area packed into the senior center – mostly democrats, but one republican who received appreciative applause by attending before Mayor O’Malley arrived. Since O’Malley was running late, President Riley had time to announce her candidacy for commissioner, introduce the club officers and open discussion. “Until he gets here, talk amongst yourselves.” Once
O’Malley arrived, he was welcomed with standing applause and
introduced as “Our goals are these: to strengthen and grow our middle class and expand our home-based businesses by improving public safety and public education in every corner of our state, and by expanding our opportunities for learning, for earning, for enjoying the health of the people we love, as well as the health and the beauty of this environment that God’s given us in the Chesapeake Bay region, to more people, including the next generation, rather than few.” He went on to discuss how he envisioned Maryland leading the way in our country and specific ways he wanted to make this change and for what reasons. He stressed caring for others and supporting each other as a community and not a crowd. “We can drop smart bombs on enemy outhouses half a globe away but we can’t drop a palate of bottled water on or neighbors in the super dome?” After his speech, O’Malley opened the floor for questions and discussion. Attendants posed questions about the energy crisis, consensus among board members, transportation, and the condition of Baltimore city. “We have reduced violent crime to its lowest levels since the 1960s and we’re not done yet,” he said, as well as having five consecutive years of all schools city-wide scoring majority proficiency in reading and math where before there were none. The
session was more than an hour long and although he did not have
time to answer all questions, he encouraged the group to visit his
website (www.OMalleyBrown.com)
for more information.
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Mayor
O'Malley Visits Eldersburg on Campaign Trail
“the
next governor as Maryland.” He spoke for approximately twenty
minutes about his platform.
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