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By Ivan Penn | October 30, 1999
Filling his most prominent transition team posts, Democratic mayoral nominee Martin O'Malley has appointed a politically connected lawyer and a prominent banker as chairmen of his support staff.Richard O. Berndt, 56, a managing partner with Gallagher, Evelius and Jones, and Joseph J. Haskins Jr., 51, president of Harbor Bank of Maryland, will lead the O'Malley transition team if he wins Tuesday's general election against Republican David F. Tufaro, O'Malley said yesterday.While Tufaro criticized the appointments because he said they placed too much of "an emphasis on downtown," he continued building his transition team, largely from the staffs of Democratic mayoral candidates who lost in September's primary.
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By Ivan Penn | November 13, 1999
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- At first glance, Mayor-elect Martin O'Malley saw the idea as a waste of time, a dozen newly elected mayors chatting it up at Harvard University when he had just three weeks to make countless personnel and policy decisions before taking office Dec. 7."I almost didn't come," O'Malley said as he boarded a 6: 50 a.m. US Airways flight from Baltimore to Boston on his son's second birthday. "I wanted to stay home."But the three-day battery of workshops and field trips covering mayoral transition teams, city financing, crime, education and neighborhood revitalization appears to have helped shape O'Malley's thinking about how he will approach some of his policies.
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By Gerard Shields | November 4, 1999
After a resounding election win Tuesday, Baltimore Mayor-elect Martin O'Malley wasted little time yesterday introducing a 20-member committee to help him pick key Cabinet members and begin working to "change and reform" city government.About 100 people crowded into a City Hall hearing room to get a glimpse of the city's 47th mayor, who at 36 will be the youngest in Baltimore history.O'Malley was all business as he unveiled a transition team that contains a mix of races, ages, genders, interests and occupations, from banker to soup-kitchen operator.
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February 24, 1999
THE TRANSITION team that Howard County Executive James N. Robey appointed in December has returned with a lot of good ideas. With recognition about what the county can afford, all of its recommendations merit consideration.In particular, its suggestion that the county create a Department of Aging must be studied.Demographers believe the graying of Howard County will continue unabated. By 2015, the number of county residents older than 60 will double to 57,000. Some experts predict that this latter-20th century bastion of upwardly mobile young families will become one-quarter senior citizens by 2025.
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By Gerard Shields | October 11, 1999
When Democratic mayoral nominee Martin O'Malley named Anana Kambon to help coordinate his transition team two weeks ago, the announcement generated curiosity in the city political world: Who is she and what does she stand for?That's just the way the 46-year-old day care operator likes it.During the past two decades, the Northwest Baltimore mother of two has quietly worked behind the scenes to bring residents' voices to city and state government. In addition to helping former City Council President Mary Pat Clarke take office in 1987, she served as campaign manager for Democratic state Dels.
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By Dan Thanh Dang | January 8, 1998
Good government and a better life for city residents.That's what Mayor Dean L. Johnson ought to accomplish In six months, according to his transition team, which pinpointed eight issues for him to focus on.What the team didn't figure out was where the money and manpower to fund its recommendations should come from.In a 46-page report, the 60-member team of Johnson supporters and advisers suggests creating six citizen committees and hiring five people, some of whom would open a community development office and expand the economic development office.
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By Gady A. Epstein | November 11, 1998
Howard County Executive-elect James N. Robey has tapped former County Executive William E. Eakle Sr., an adviser and contributor to Robey's campaign, to lead his transition team, which will be charged with making recommendations soon after Robey succeeds Republican Charles I. Ecker on Dec. 7.Robey also made the first appointment to his administration. His campaign manager, former police Lt. Herman Charity, will serve as his administrative assistant, a position that Robey said would pay roughly $50,000 a year.
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By From staff reports | November 5, 1998
Maryland Comptroller-elect William Donald Schaefer announced yesterday that his transition team will be headed by R. Robert Linowes, a lawyer who chaired a tax panel when Schaefer was governor.The transition team is to review office operations for changes in preparation for Schaefer's swearing in in January. Schaefer said during his campaign that he would likely make minor changes in the office.The 16-member team includes business leaders, a political science professor and advisers and Cabinet members from Schaefer's tenure as governor.
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BY A SUN STAFF WRITER | December 4, 1998
County Executive-elect James N. Robey's transition team has set up an e-mail address for citizens who want to suggest ideas as the new executive prepares to take office.Robey, who will be sworn in Monday night, has appointed a transition team headed by former County Executive William E. Eakle Sr. The team has 21 members, including attorneys, builders, professors, management consultants and community leaders.The e-mail address for the team is YourVoico.ho.md.us, and after Monday citizens can send regular mail to: Executive Transition Team, c/o Office of the County Executive, George Howard Building, 3430 Courthouse Drive, Ellicott City 21043.
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By Edward Lee | November 17, 1998
An article in the Howard County edition of The Sun on Nov. 17 incorrectly identified a group supporting a county executive candidate. The African Americans in Howard County-Political Action Committee, not the African-American Coalition of Howard County, endorsed County Executive-elect James N. Robey.The Sun regrets the error.Howard County Executive-elect James N. Robey tapped a variety of friends, business executives and even Republicans yesterday to join his transition team, which will make recommendations after he succeeds Republican Charles I. Ecker on Dec. 7.Robey named 13 people to the team yesterday and he expects 10 more to join.