Hogan Watches Media Closely, Doesn’t Hold Back In Emails

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — While the Maryland General Assembly’s presiding officers rely on staff to read and respond to email on their state accounts, Gov. Larry Hogan is in the driver’s seat of his. The 59-year-old Republican is blunt with his staffers when it comes to defending his administration and protecting his image.

The Associated Press obtained hundreds of pages of emails from the governor and leading lawmakers over a week’s time in a PublicInformation Act request as part of a Sunshine Week initiative. From complaints about editorials to how he looks in a photograph, Hogan doesn’t hold back when he reads something he doesn’t like.

“What idiots,” Hogan wrote, after complaining to his deputy director ofcommunications about a reporter’s story on a budget matter on Feb. 5 and asking the staffer to correct him.

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