State Sen. Jim Brochin took four days without pay as part of a voluntary furlough request made to 188 state legislators late last year.
Brochin, a Democrat who represents the 42nd District, released a form dated Dec. 16, 2008, that authorizes state human resources officials to withhold four days’ pay totaling $483.36.
Brochin’s district includes Towson, Timonium and part of Pikesville. (more…)
Del. Dan Morhaim has released information related to how many days pay he gave up earlier this year as part of a voluntary furlough request.
The form, dated Dec. 21, 2008, shows Morhaim took five days without pay, which equals $604.20.
Morhaim is a Democrat who represents the 11th District. That district includes Owings Mills, Pikesville and part of Timonium. (more…)
Del. J.B. Jennings is fulfilling his commitment to make good on giving up five days of pay which legislators were asked to forgo earlier this year.
Jennings, a Republican who represents the 7th District, sent a letter to the state Department of Human Resources requesting that 15 days be withheld from his legislative pay. Ten of those days are part of a voluntary furlough request House Speaker Michael Busch and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller asked legislators to participate in back in August. (more…)
As I noted on this blog this morning, State Del. Jon Cardin deny a request for the release of information on the number of voluntary furlough days he took in January.
Cardin, a Democrat who represents the 11th District, which includes Owings Mills, Pikesville and part of Timonium, was one of 25 state legislators from Baltimore County who gave up some of his $43,500 state salary in a first round of voluntary furloughs in January — his name was on a list of legislators who participated — but he declined to provide information on how many days’ salary he gave up.
Legislators took days off as part of a request made to all senators and delegates by legislative leaders. Patuxent Publishing Co. is asking the county’s 29 senators and delegates to voluntarily release documentation showing the number of days each volunteered to have withheld from their pay earlier this year.
Since that blog entry, Cardin called to say he has now signed a waiver allowing the legislature to release similar information related to verifying a second round of days without pay. Last month, House Speaker Michael Busch and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller asked legislators to take another eight to 10 days without pay.
When asked if he would now provide documentation on the number of days he took without pay in January, Cardin said: “No, I don’t think so.”
Del. Jon Cardin was one of 25 state legislators from Baltimore County who gave up some of his $43,500 state salary in a first round of voluntary furloughs in January.
Beyond the appearance of his name on a list of legislators who participated, Cardin is not talking and declined to provide information on how many days’ salary he gave up.
“There are certain matters that can remain private,” said Cardin, a Democrat who represents the 11th District, which includes Owings Mills, Pikesville and part of Timonium. (more…)
Four Baltimore County legislators were not on the list of 155 senators and delegates who gave up at least one day’s pay as part of a voluntary program in January.
That doesn’t mean all of those four kept the money. Two, in fact, Del. Bill Frank and Sen. Andy Harris, both Republicans, announced they would give up the pay — just not to the state.
Instead, they both said they would make a donation to charity.
Patuxent Publishing Co., publisher of this Web site, is asking the 29 legislators who represent Baltimore County to voluntarily release information showing how many days pay they gave up in January. The House of Delegates and Senate declined to provide that information when asked last month, saying the information was a personnel matter. (more…)
Earlier this year, state senators and delegates were asked by House Speaker Mike Busch and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller to voluntarily give up to five days pay at the same time 67,000 state employees were asked to do the same.
While a spokeswoman for Busch said legislators are being asked to sign a waiver for the eight to 10 days they are being asked to give up this time around, the details on how many days each legislator gave up in January remains unknown.
Patuxent Publishing Co., publisher of this Web site is asking the 21 delegates and eight senators to voluntarily provide that information. We’ll publish what each legislator says here and let you know when they provide that documentation and keep a running tab of who releases the information and who declines the request.
Sen. Bobby Zirkin, a Democrat who represents the 11th District, said Tuesday that he will release that information.
“Why wouldn’t I release it?” Zirkin said when asked.
“The public knows how many days 70,000 state employees had to give up,” Zirkin added. “Why shouldn’t we say how many days we’re giving up?” (more…)