O'MALLEY-BROWN CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES NEW TV ADS

O'MALLEY-BROWN CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES MARYLAND JOBS: MOVING MARYLAND FORWARD T.V. ADS

Series of ads focuses on job creation in Maryland and helping small businesses grow

Baltimore, MD -- The O'Malley-Brown campaign released a series of ads focused on Governor Martin O'Malley's record of supporting Maryland's small businesses, creating new jobs, and focusing on innovative new policies to grow Maryland's economy. Like "Tough Choices," these ads will run in the Baltimore market and will begin airing later this week.

"Maryland Jobs: Moving Maryland Forward" is a series of four ads focused on creating new jobs in Maryland through an innovative public-private partnership at the Port of Baltimore, economic development and worker training grants at the General Motors electric drive plant in Baltimore County, strategic tax credits to grow Maryland's emerging biotech economy, and assistance for small business owners across Maryland.

"Governor O'Malley knows there is nothing as important to a family as a job, which is why he's been fighting to expand opportunity for Maryland families, create new jobs in our state and help small businesses grow and expand," said Tom Russell, O'Malley's Campaign Manager. "Since January, 40,000 jobs have been created in Maryland. But Governor O'Malley knows there is more work to do to move Maryland forward and emerge from this national economic recession."

As a testament to Governor O'Malley's leadership and focus on job creation for the 21st Century, Maryland was recently ranked #2 in the country by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

In the first ad, "Port" Chris Lee, Chairman for Ports America Chesapeake, declares that "Without Governor O'Malley" an expansion to create 5,700 new jobs at the Port of Baltimore "wouldn't have happened."

"His commitment to upgrading our Port - and fighting for those workers - is unparalleled," Lee states, while Port workers talk about the "work for today" and "even more jobs for the future at the Port of Baltimore because of Governor O'Malley's leadership."

In "BioMarker" Karen Olson, CEO of BioMarker Strategies, credits Governor O'Malley with helping her company become "one of America's top 20 start-up companies" that is pioneering a new approach to cancer research and diagnostics.

In 2008, Governor O'Malley launched the BIO 2020 initiative, a $1.3 billion plan for promoting the biotechnology industry in Maryland. For his efforts to grow Maryland's innovative Biotech economy, Governor O'Malley was named the 2010 BIO governor of the year.

"Arrow Bicycle Shop" tells the story of a local entrepreneur who started a small business with financing assistance sponsored by Governor Martin O'Malley and the Neighborhood Business Works Program. Today, Arrow Bicycles is helping to revitalize the Hyattsville community and create jobs in our state.

The fourth ad, "GM Plant" highlights a partnership between the State of Maryland and General Motors under Governor O'Malley to create new green jobs at the General Motors White Marsh Plant. The state directed $4.5 million to help fund an expansion of the White Marsh plant, including $1.5 million for workforce training and $3 million from the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Fund. Last week, Governor O'Malley convened Maryland's first Green Tech Jobs Forum to outline his plan to create 100,000 new green jobs in Maryland by 2015.