Potomac Flacks reports that:

After three years, Sean Adamec has announced that at the end of May he is stepping down as Press Secretary to Gov. Martin O’Malley (D-MD).

The report indicates that Adamec, a New England native, will become VP of Communications for City Year in Boston.

Matthew Hay Brown of the The Baltimore Sun reports that Rep. Steny Hoyer, House Minority Whip, sent a letter to colleges in his congressional district encouraging them to teach their students about how beneficial the new health care reform law is. Hoyer’s letter indicates that Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius have also sent letters on this same subject.

The Sun report repeats the saw that the law will become more popular as time goes on and people learn more about it (Cue then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s statement about passing the bill so we can find out what’s in it.)

Hoyer’s letter is below: (Continue reading…)

MSP

(BALTIMORE, MD) -As Maryland State Police and Baltimore Police Department homicide detectives
continue their investigation into the death of Phylicia Barnes, the Office of Chief Medical
Examiner has released her body to her family for burial.

The autopsy conducted by the Office of Chief Medical Examiner determined the manner of death to be homicide.
A cause of death was also determined, but police investigators are not releasing that information because it is an
important part of the ongoing investigation.  To release a cause of death at this time could jeopardize the investigation by
revealing information known only to the person or persons responsible for her death.  The cause of death will be made
public at an appropriate time in the future.

The investigation is active and ongoing.  No one has been charged in connection with the death of Phylicia Barnes.
Maryland State Police homicide investigators continue to work out of the Baltimore Police Homicide Unit, alongside
detectives there who have been working the Barnes case since her disappearance on December 28, 2010.
FBI special agents are also continuing to assist this task force with the investigation

Police continue to urge anyone with information regarding the murder of Phylicia Barnes to contact them immediately.
Persons with information may call the TIPS Line that has been established since Barnes disappeared at 1-855-223-0033.  Or, they can call the Maryland State Police duty officer at 410-653-4200.  Calls may be kept confidential

Sen. Klausmeier’s 2011 Session Wrap Up is below.

One of the things she left out: her support of same sex marriage. I’m not making any comment on that matter now other than to say you can bet it will be something rarely mentioned in District 8, even if she supports it in votes in future sessions.

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Release

SCHAEFER MEMORIAL SERVICE VIEWING AT THE PRATT

Remembering Governor William Donald Schaefer

Watch the Memorial Service on the Central Library’s Jumbo Screen

BALTIMORE – As many in the City of Baltimore and the State of Maryland mourn the death of
former Mayor and Governor William Donald Schaefer, the Enoch Pratt Free Library will have a live
viewing of the memorial service on a jumbo 10×10 screen in the Central Library Main Hall.

William Donald Schaefer Memorial Service Viewing
Wednesday, April 27, 11am
Central Library Main Hall
400 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201

“Governor William Donald Schaefer’s contribution and legacy to the city and state are immeasurable,”
said Carla D. Hayden, Chief Executive Officer of the Enoch Pratt Free Library. “We owe it to our
patrons who cannot attend the memorial service at Old St. Paul’s Church an opportunity to watch the
event on our jumbo screen. The Pratt Library has always shown important and history making events
in the Central Library’s Main Hall: from man landing on the moon to the inauguration of President
Obama. This will allow people to come together and mourn the passing of a great man.”