Laura Vozzella

As the General Assembly opened last week, Gov. MartinO’Malley scored a quick victory over Senate President Mike Miller. The subject of their wrangling: lighting the State House purple for the Ravens. O’Malley, who’d already had the governor’s mansion aglow in Ravens purple, wanted to spread the team spirit to the State House. But it seems the governor alone can’t decide such important matters of state. Miller and House Speaker Mike Busch have a say over the State House, too. And Miller, a history buff, didn’t think purple was the way to go for the place where Washington resigned his commission. Busch, who played football in college, lined up with O’Malley, and the rest is history.