Marriage proposal leaves unanswered questions
Del. Jon Cardin got the answer he was looking for when he proposed to Megan Homer on Aug. 7.
But questions remain about the couple’s engagement cruise that involved an unknown number of Baltimore City Police officers, a police boat and a police helicopter. City police have launched an internal investigation into the matter.
So far, the owner of the boat remains unknown other than Cardin’s explanation that it was a friend. Who is that person and what were the connections, if any, that made the police involvement possible?
How involved was the delegate in arranging the involvement of the police?
Cardin, the nephew of Sen. Ben Cardin, told The Gazette a friend “told him not to fret if ’some people’ boarded the boat during the cruise — that it was all part of the plan.”
A statement released last night by the delegate suggests something else:
“I asked my best friend to help me plan the occasion. We decided to take her on a boat ride with a handful of our closest friends and ask the marine police to do a routine 5-minute safety check of the boat. During the ‘fuss,’ I surprised her with my proposal and she honored me with her answer of ‘yes.’
“During the evening, I was focused on making my fiancée’s night perfect. In retrospect, I should have considered that city resources would be involved and used better judgment to put a stop to it.”
So far, Cardin has been silent with the exception of the three paragraph statement that was released last night.
A message left on Cardin’s cell phone was returned by Jonathan Scwartz, his aide. Schwartz said Cardin was out of town and unavailable and provided the emailed statement.
Schwartz said he could not elaborate on the cruise or identify the friend involved.
“I was not there so I do not know who was there. Sorry,” Schwartz wrote in an e-mail reply.
There has been no response to a subsequent request for an interview with Cardin or to have the questions passed on to the delegate.