Counter-proposal would produce comparable savings to the governor's plan while maintaining reasonable benefits
I was stunned when Gov. Martin O'Malley
unexpectedly took the stage at our "Rally to Keep the Promise" on March
14. After attempts to settle the restless crowd by celebrating the
contributions public employees make to Maryland and announcing that
things aren't as bad in Maryland as they are in Wisconsin or Ohio, he
uttered the line we needed to hear: "We are committed to staying at the
table and to figuring this out and to moving together as One Maryland."
Continue reading MSEA Executive Director David Helfman's editorial in the Baltimore Sun.