O'Malley firings criticized as political

Comment: A few days ago, Gov. O'Malley allowed BGE's rate hikes to go into effect, even though he castigated former Gov. Ehrlich for doing the same thing and promised to stop the increases. Now this. Is there really a difference between O'Malley and Ehrlich?

O'Malley firings criticized as political
Times, 2 Jun 2007 (LoBianco).

ANNAPOLIS -- An unofficial list of state employees dismissed from their jobs or demoted has some lawmakers wondering whether Gov. Martin O'Malley is repeating the same hiring -- and firing -- practices that led Democrats to a 13-month probe of the Ehrlich administration.
More than two dozen state employees were let go or demoted by the state's transportation agencies . . ."
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