Laura Smitherman
BaltSun: Md. Gov 'Sets Leaner Course'; Yet O'Malley Anticipating Fed P
January 30th, 2009 11:53 AM
Reporting on his January 29 State of the State Address in which Maryland's liberal Democratic governor promised new government spending programs and the continuance of a costly state college tuition freeze, the Baltimore Sun headlined the story "O'Malley Sets a Leaner Course for Maryland."Yet as Sun reporters Laura Smitherman and Gadi Dechter made clear, O'Malley has made clear he hopes to avoid…