From Hogan-Rutherford Committee to Change Maryland:
At a press conference today, Governor-elect Larry Hogan announced that 20 more Marylanders would be joining the Hogan-Rutherford transition team. The press conference took place at 45 Calvert Street in downtown Annapolis, home to the Maryland Department of Budget and Management, with most of the new additions to the team in attendance.
Mr. Hogan has chosen the following three women to serve on his personnel review team:
-Katja Bullock, former Special Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel for Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush
-Ande Fulton Rhodes, Personnel Director for Anne Arundel County and former Personnel Director for the State of Maryland
-Diane Baker, former Deputy Appointments Secretary for the State of Maryland
The Governor-elect also named the following three gentlemen to head up his business regulation review team:
-Jim Soltesz, President and CEO of Soltesz, Inc., a Maryland-based engineering and design firm
-Ed Dunn, CEO of American Mechanical Services
-Abba Poliakoff, attorney at the firm Gordon Feinblatt, LLC
Finally, the Governor-elect announced 14 members of a transition advisory board:
-Ambassador Ellen Sauerbrey, diplomat and former candidate for Governor of Maryland
-Doug Duncan, former County Executive for Montgomery County
-Jimmy Rhee, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Trade in the Commonwealth of Virginia
-Helen Bentley, former U.S. Congresswoman
-Joe Bartenfelder, former Delegate and member of the Baltimore County Council
-Doug DeLeaver, Director of Community Relations for the Maryland State Police
-David Craig, Harford County Executive
-Kelly Schulz, Delegate
-Sam Malhotra, Founder and CEO of Subsystems, an IT services company based in Rosslyn, Va.
-Steve Hershey, State Senator
-Jeannie Haddaway, Delegate
-Chris Shank, State Senator
-Dr. Juliette Bell, President of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore
-Luis Borunda, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Maryland Hispanic Business Conference & President and CEO of U.S. Hispanic Youth Entrepreneur Education
Same tired people, same sinking ship. When we voted for change, we didn’t vote for the same people that were already there. I was looking at the list and it didn’t impress me. Why would you be voted in and still have the same failed people making decisions. Where are the new ideas on how to change Maryland.
Guess it’s gonna be four more years of talk and less action. I’m getting tired of seeing the name on the door change and the same people coming in and taking taxpayer dollars for doing nothing.
WE VOTED FOR CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT A TITANIC WITH THE SEATS FILLED WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
Vote along party lines is not a vote for change. The other party is just a switch, not a change. If you want change, you have to separate the good from the bad, regardless of party.
So, I wonder what post David Craig has been promised when Hogan is sworn in as Governor? The Ehrlich crowd has risen from the political grave to assume power once again. And Helen Bentley?! How old is she now?
Chill out. It’s ceremonial. Mr. Hogan is the first nonprofessional-politician in ….decades(centuries). These “old” guys/gals can show him doors he might not even know about. What’s important is what he does when he gets the levers. Stay calm and be glad it ain’t Brown.
These are non-salaried positions, correct?
Yes, but watch out, because our “soon to be” former County Executive will definitely be on the government payroll again (but this time with an even bigger paycheck). And, D.C. Vetoed the raise for the incoming County Executive….. (hypocrite!). A.M.F.!!!!
I am pretty satisfied with Governor Hogan’s choices so far. And I hope that David Craig gets a high level cabinet position within the new Administration. Whether you want to believe it or not, he did a fantastic job for Harford County and will continue to do a fantastic job for our State. Not every decision will meet the approval of each and every citizen. However, Mr. Craig ran Harford County as if it were a business which will always piss off those that believe in entitlements without having the revenue to support the handouts. Think for a minute what the names on the list would look like if the loser Anthony Brown was in charge. Governor Hogan is far from the “Same tired people, same sinking ship”.
take off your rose colored glasses. the only thing Craig did was not give employees raises and buy more land in Havre de Grace that was already not approved. He created positions, for family and friends and could have cared less what people thought. I sure hope he goes away. He was an arrogant, self serving politician. He is doing what Harkins did, but only waited till the end of his term. Oh and who writes a book at the end of his term, in county government. I’m sure glad he is leaving, but I am sure he will land on his feet in a job that requires little work for lots of pay.
It is the same tired people and the same sinking ship. Look at the list. You have a former minority leader, who complained the whole way about losing. She probably still complains to anyone who will listen. You have the “former” CE for Harford County and you have some other notable people who are famous in their own right. I sure hope this businessman can come in and run a government. Just make sure to get a first class ticket on the sinking ship. We voted for a change. NOT the same tired people for the former republican administration.