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Special help for a special session
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At least Gov. Martin O’Malley hasn’t lost his sense of humor about things.
After the General Assembly ended with leftover business and a “doomsday” budget with $500 million in cuts to state services and programs, the governor suggested he may call a special session once leaders can craft a deal that would pass both the Senate and the House of Delegates.
He might be able to get some help from Martin Resnick, founder of Martin’s Caterers. The governor spoke Friday at an awards luncheon for small businesses, which was held at Martin’s West in Woodlawn.
“My goodness, you look at all the elected officials here, he really has a way of calling us together, doesn’t he?” said O’Malley, who was joined at the luncheon by Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, Reps. Steny Hoyer and John Sarabanes and Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz.
“So, we’re going to ask Marty if he can call a special session immediately following this luncheon,” O’Malley said to a room filled with laughter and applause.
Noting the especially energetic applause from representatives of the Department of Business and Economic Development, which had its $ 8 million biotechnology investment tax credit cut this session, O’Malley said, “We will get that back on track.”
