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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Illegal Use of Public Office: The Official E-Mail From Pollitt's Office

From: Matt CreamerSent: Friday, October 17, 2014 11:25 AMTo: All County Council UsersSubject: FW: Media Advisory
Forwarded by request.
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From: Tamara Lee-Brooks Sent: Friday, October 17, 2014 10:03 AMSubject: Media Advisory

Good morning all,
 
I was asked to forward for your attention. Thanks!
 

 
FOR ADVISORY PURPOSES
Friday, October 17, 2014
Contact:
Jerid Kurtz: 
443-297-7702
JeridKurtz@AnthonyBrown.com

Press Office: 
240-478-6488
Press@AnthonyBrown.com
 
FRIDAY: Anthony Brown, Rick Pollitt, Jim Ireton to Hold Press Conference on Harm Larry Hogan’s $450 Million Cut to School Construction Would Cause to the Eastern Shore
 
Hogan’s “Savings Plan” includes a $450 Million Cut to School Construction Funding that Would Threaten Projects - like Bennett Middle School- Throughout the Eastern Shore
 
Upper Marlboro, MD - On Friday at 11:00 a.m., Lt. Governor Anthony Brown, Wicomico County Executive Rick Pollitt, and Salisbury Mayor Jim Ireton will hold a press conference to discuss the harm that Republican Larry Hogan’s $450 million cut to school construction would have on the Eastern Shore.
 
These cuts are contained in Hogan’s so-called savings plan -- a plan whose numbers the Baltimore Sun noted “don’t add up.”
 

Hogan’s proposed $450 million cut to school construction could put projects like the construction of Bennett Middle School out of reach for many communities along the Eastern Shore. For the next four years, counties across the Eastern Shore have requested millions in state funding for repairs and renovations in order to modernize their classrooms and deal with overcrowding. But school construction cuts could put all of these local projects at risk.
 
What:
Press Conference to discuss the harm Larry Hogan’s $450 million cut to school construction would cause to the Eastern Shore’s public schools.
 
When:
Friday, October 17th at 11:00 a.m.
 
Where:
Outside of Bennett Middle School
523 South Division Street, Fruitland, MD
Click here for a map.
 
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Sincerely,

Tamara Lee-Brooks
Public Information Officer
Wicomico County, MD
410-548-4801
facebook.com/CountyExecPollitt
@Rick_Pollitt

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

The chances of Hogan pulling off a reduction of that size is minuscule. This is just three politicians endorsing one another and throwing a scare into voters at the last minute. The Daily Times will print it all as gospel and the Dem machine will have its way.

Anonymous said...

It's okay because they're all Democrats.

If they were Republicans, We would have a scandal on our hands.

Anonymous said...

It's a no brainer. The email was forwarded from AnthonyBrown.com which is Brown's campaign website.
Pollitt is a simpleton if he didn't even know this basic of keeping things ethical. PIO should know better herself at least a competent one would know.

Anonymous said...

More corruption in the Wicomico executives office. Never ending.

Anonymous said...

This was outside the school. I'm not sure about that being on the up and up either.
Was school in session? At the very minimum the last thing anyone should do is cause this type of disruption on school grounds especially for nothing more than smearing your opponent. I find it in very poor taste but Pollitt can't exactly strike anyone as having any class.

Anonymous said...

It makes the PIO out to be a bimbo. But then if the job doesn't come with a system of rules that lay out and explain the correct conduct and procedures to be followed in information dissemination situations then that speaks as to the county itself lacking.
Other areas who employ PIO's have permanent manuals governing the duties and behavior of PIO's.
If Pollitt wants inflate his importance by employing a PIO he should at least do it correctly.

Anonymous said...

1:17 Yes, a competent PIO would know... but, she's simply Pollitt's personal secretary, well the 6 hours or so he's not bouncing between Wawa's and restaurants.