Change Maryland Chairman Larry Hogan On O'Malley's Response To Prison Scandal

Annapolis - Change Maryland Chairman Larry Hogan released the following statement today upon Gov. Martin O'Malley's return from overseas travel in his first public appearance to address the Baltimore prison scandal.

"Martin O'Malley calls the corruption in his administration 'a very positive development.' This Governor is completely out of touch and his phony positive spin on this disgraceful failure of leadership is completely unacceptable."

Hogan, a former Appointments Secretary under Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich, previously called on the State's corrections department secretary to step down.

"Unlike this Governor, the previous Governor said to government officials, 'don't screw it up.' "Well. Secretary Maynard screwed up. He needs to go," Hogan said.

As Appointments Secretary, Hogan was responsible for placing cabinet secretaries and other senior government officials in key positions in state departments and agencies.