NEWS
By Frank Langfitt and Frank Langfitt,Sun Staff Writer Sun staff writer Marina Sarris contributed to this article | January 26, 1995
Like religious pilgrims, officials from most of the state's 23 counties and Baltimore descended upon Annapolis yesterday to pay homage to the guardians of school construction funding, the Maryland Board of Public Works.They came from as far away as Allegany County and the Lower Eastern Shore to flatter, persuade and cajole the board into funding renovations, roof repairs and new buildings dear to their constituents.During the seven-hour meeting, school superintendents, board of education members and legislators told of leaking roofs, ancient boilers, buckling floors and crowded classrooms.
NEWS
April 8, 2000
IT'S CALLED checks and balances. Gov. Parris N. Glendening -- any governor, for that matter -- shouldn't be able to hand out big pay raises to high-ranking members of his administration without approval from the Board of Public Works. The system "ain't broke, and don't need fixing," to re-state a commonly observed rule in Annapolis. So, a House of Delegates-passed bill that would remove that required approval makes no sense. The Board of Public Works' safeguard is so entirely in the public interest that one wonders why a governor so often called a man of policy would propose its eradication.
NEWS
By Childs Walker and Childs Walker,SUN STAFF | January 29, 2004
The Maryland Board of Public Works yesterday approved a $1.25 million grant to help Anne Arundel County preserve a 313-acre farm in the Jug Bay sanctuary along the Patuxent River in Lothian. The parcel, known as the Riggleman property, includes one mile of coastal frontage on Jug Bay, wetlands, woods, a vineyard and a historic house. Anne Arundel officials said they were thrilled with the Project Open Space grant, because the property is a key piece in their efforts to preserve a large swath of land along the Patuxent.
BUSINESS
By David Nitkin and David Nitkin,SUN STAFF | July 8, 2004
The Maryland Board of Public Works approved a $111 million airport cleaning contract with a Baltimore-based charity yesterday after giving the organization's chief executive a chance to defend his high salary and the company's business deals with board members. The state board, comprising Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Comptroller William Donald Schaefer and Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp, unanimously approved a multiyear deal with The Chimes Inc. of Baltimore for services at Baltimore-Washington International Airport.
NEWS
By Tom Horton and Tom Horton,SUN STAFF | December 20, 2002
MARYLAND'S BOARD of Public Works did the state proud this week, summoning courage amid bleak economic times to protect 25,000 acres of forestland. Few thought the second-largest land deal in modern history would get a majority - let alone unanimous approval from the state's governor, comptroller and treasurer at the board's biweekly meeting Wednesday. The vote was a boon for both economics and environment: preserving jobs and revenue from the timber industry along with 4,000 acres of wetlands, 31 miles of forested Chesapeake Bay tributaries and five square miles of wildlife habitat - most of it of the highest ecological value in the state.
NEWS
By Sarah Koenig and Sarah Koenig,SUN STAFF | January 23, 2003
Forget "beg-a-thon." The catchphrase of the day was far more akin to "love-in." Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s wife, Kendel, brought brownies to Comptroller William Donald Schaefer at the Board of Public Works meeting yesterday. The brownies were wrapped up in a box. "You may recognize this wrapping paper," the governor said to Schaefer. "It's the transcript of your speech during the inauguration where you promised to behave yourself" at board meetings. "I'm a born liar," Schaefer replied.