I want to direct media attention to corruption in the MD state government. How do I do that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can your husband share anything here? Maybe we have a journo who is willing to pick up the story from little snippets you provide here.

Also I'm curious.

I don’t want to totally give it away but basically government contracts for services were funneled to Hogan’s friends and contacts, which I get, is sometimes how things are done, but the new contractors have completely failed and it is impacting government services in such a way that lots of money is being lost, mishandled, etc., and funds that were essentially supposed to go to poor people are just… disappearing, going to the wrong individuals, etc.

This is your claim? You think this is somehow a Hogan-specific thing only in the state of Maryland? This is basically the normal functioning of state and local government in this area.

Martin O’Malley accepted hundreds of thousands in “speaking fees” while he was governor from a company with state contracts. You might also want to google “Muriel Bowser+Ft Myer Construction”.

Unless there is serious fraud, like the companies not delivering, or you have evidence that Hogan himself did something unethical like order contract award over legal advice that the contracts were illegal under state law, you most likely have a nothingburger that no one will be interested in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You and your husband’s motives for making this public now are highly suspect and obviously politically motivated.

You should be prepared and understand that this will more likely lead to significant scrutiny about your husband’s behavior while employed by the state.

Before taking any action, you should be sure that he has not himself violated any laws or policies or if whether he could be claimed to be a party to the accusations that he wishes to make.

What’s interesting to me is that if he was a long time state employee and predated Hogam, that this supposed unstated allegation would somehow be the first questionable issue that he encountered that he found troubling during his employment. Particularly when the previous governor was O’Malley.

DP. Nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have been thinking about this for awhile. My husband recently left the MD state government after about a decade of service and some of the shenanigans that the Hogan administration pulled were beyond reason. Now there are consequences to public services that I believe are clear and incontrovertible evidence of an unacceptable level of corruption.

I don’t think that Maryland voters should vote for the Senate without understanding the depth of rot in the Hogan administration. I have been pleading with my husband to file a complaint with the Office of the Inspector General at the least, but I believe that the media would also have a field day with what is going on. All it would require is a few FOIA requests and a platform. My question is… how would I alert anyone in the media? What should I say?

You can do what my uncle does and talk all about it on Twitter. The guy has maybe 3 followers and just pours truth bombs out there just for love of the game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can your husband share anything here? Maybe we have a journo who is willing to pick up the story from little snippets you provide here.

Also I'm curious.

I don’t want to totally give it away but basically government contracts for services were funneled to Hogan’s friends and contacts, which I get, is sometimes how things are done, but the new contractors have completely failed and it is impacting government services in such a way that lots of money is being lost, mishandled, etc., and funds that were essentially supposed to go to poor people are just… disappearing, going to the wrong individuals, etc.

This is your claim? You think this is somehow a Hogan-specific thing only in the state of Maryland? This is basically the normal functioning of state and local government in this area.

Martin O’Malley accepted hundreds of thousands in “speaking fees” while he was governor from a company with state contracts. You might also want to google “Muriel Bowser+Ft Myer Construction”.

Unless there is serious fraud, like the companies not delivering, or you have evidence that Hogan himself did something unethical like order contract award over legal advice that the contracts were illegal under state law, you most likely have a nothingburger that no one will be interested in.

It's not like we don't already know that Hogan did stuff like this while in office.

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/01/12/who-does-marylands-governor-really-work-for/
https://www.marylandmatters.org/2021/04/02/audit-hogan-administration-spent-11-9-million-on-south-korean-covid-tests/
https://www.wmar2news.com/reboundmaryland/even-with-new-system-unemployment-calls-continue-to-overwhelm-phone-lines
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/maryland-state-job-vacancies-session-2023/42489722

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can your husband share anything here? Maybe we have a journo who is willing to pick up the story from little snippets you provide here.

Also I'm curious.

I don’t want to totally give it away but basically government contracts for services were funneled to Hogan’s friends and contacts, which I get, is sometimes how things are done, but the new contractors have completely failed and it is impacting government services in such a way that lots of money is being lost, mishandled, etc., and funds that were essentially supposed to go to poor people are just… disappearing, going to the wrong individuals, etc.

This is your claim? You think this is somehow a Hogan-specific thing only in the state of Maryland? This is basically the normal functioning of state and local government in this area.

Martin O’Malley accepted hundreds of thousands in “speaking fees” while he was governor from a company with state contracts. You might also want to google “Muriel Bowser+Ft Myer Construction”.

Unless there is serious fraud, like the companies not delivering, or you have evidence that Hogan himself did something unethical like order contract award over legal advice that the contracts were illegal under state law, you most likely have a nothingburger that no one will be interested in.

OP’s nothingburger is a giant whopping nothingburger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can your husband share anything here? Maybe we have a journo who is willing to pick up the story from little snippets you provide here.

Also I'm curious.

I don’t want to totally give it away but basically government contracts for services were funneled to Hogan’s friends and contacts, which I get, is sometimes how things are done, but the new contractors have completely failed and it is impacting government services in such a way that lots of money is being lost, mishandled, etc., and funds that were essentially supposed to go to poor people are just… disappearing, going to the wrong individuals, etc.

This is your claim? You think this is somehow a Hogan-specific thing only in the state of Maryland? This is basically the normal functioning of state and local government in this area.

Martin O’Malley accepted hundreds of thousands in “speaking fees” while he was governor from a company with state contracts. You might also want to google “Muriel Bowser+Ft Myer Construction”.

Unless there is serious fraud, like the companies not delivering, or you have evidence that Hogan himself did something unethical like order contract award over legal advice that the contracts were illegal under state law, you most likely have a nothingburger that no one will be interested in.

This is exactly what I am alleging. The company has just failed in a very very serious and obvious way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You and your husband’s motives for making this public now are highly suspect and obviously politically motivated.

You should be prepared and understand that this will more likely lead to significant scrutiny about your husband’s behavior while employed by the state.

Before taking any action, you should be sure that he has not himself violated any laws or policies or if whether he could be claimed to be a party to the accusations that he wishes to make.

What’s interesting to me is that if he was a long time state employee and predated Hogam, that this supposed unstated allegation would somehow be the first questionable issue that he encountered that he found troubling during his employment. Particularly when the previous governor was O’Malley.

Not even 0.01% worried about this. -OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can your husband share anything here? Maybe we have a journo who is willing to pick up the story from little snippets you provide here.

Also I'm curious.

I don’t want to totally give it away but basically government contracts for services were funneled to Hogan’s friends and contacts, which I get, is sometimes how things are done, but the new contractors have completely failed and it is impacting government services in such a way that lots of money is being lost, mishandled, etc., and funds that were essentially supposed to go to poor people are just… disappearing, going to the wrong individuals, etc.

This is your claim? You think this is somehow a Hogan-specific thing only in the state of Maryland? This is basically the normal functioning of state and local government in this area.

Martin O’Malley accepted hundreds of thousands in “speaking fees” while he was governor from a company with state contracts. You might also want to google “Muriel Bowser+Ft Myer Construction”.

Unless there is serious fraud, like the companies not delivering, or you have evidence that Hogan himself did something unethical like order contract award over legal advice that the contracts were illegal under state law, you most likely have a nothingburger that no one will be interested in.

OP’s nothingburger is a giant whopping nothingburger.

I'm not the OP, but: it is impossible for you to know this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can your husband share anything here? Maybe we have a journo who is willing to pick up the story from little snippets you provide here.

Also I'm curious.

I don’t want to totally give it away but basically government contracts for services were funneled to Hogan’s friends and contacts, which I get, is sometimes how things are done, but the new contractors have completely failed and it is impacting government services in such a way that lots of money is being lost, mishandled, etc., and funds that were essentially supposed to go to poor people are just… disappearing, going to the wrong individuals, etc.

This is your claim? You think this is somehow a Hogan-specific thing only in the state of Maryland? This is basically the normal functioning of state and local government in this area.

Martin O’Malley accepted hundreds of thousands in “speaking fees” while he was governor from a company with state contracts. You might also want to google “Muriel Bowser+Ft Myer Construction”.

Unless there is serious fraud, like the companies not delivering, or you have evidence that Hogan himself did something unethical like order contract award over legal advice that the contracts were illegal under state law, you most likely have a nothingburger that no one will be interested in.

This is exactly what I am alleging. The company has just failed in a very very serious and obvious way.

Do you remember the company that got the contract to build Trump's wall, and why they got the contract, and what happened to those walls? If nothing came of that, why do you suppose what's happening here is worse?

I'm not saying I support corruption, just that these types of things aren't considered that big of a deal. Unfortunately, but reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can your husband share anything here? Maybe we have a journo who is willing to pick up the story from little snippets you provide here.

Also I'm curious.

I don’t want to totally give it away but basically government contracts for services were funneled to Hogan’s friends and contacts, which I get, is sometimes how things are done, but the new contractors have completely failed and it is impacting government services in such a way that lots of money is being lost, mishandled, etc., and funds that were essentially supposed to go to poor people are just… disappearing, going to the wrong individuals, etc.

This is your claim? You think this is somehow a Hogan-specific thing only in the state of Maryland? This is basically the normal functioning of state and local government in this area.

Martin O’Malley accepted hundreds of thousands in “speaking fees” while he was governor from a company with state contracts. You might also want to google “Muriel Bowser+Ft Myer Construction”.

Unless there is serious fraud, like the companies not delivering, or you have evidence that Hogan himself did something unethical like order contract award over legal advice that the contracts were illegal under state law, you most likely have a nothingburger that no one will be interested in.

This is exactly what I am alleging. The company has just failed in a very very serious and obvious way.

Do you remember the company that got the contract to build Trump's wall, and why they got the contract, and what happened to those walls? If nothing came of that, why do you suppose what's happening here is worse?

I'm not saying I support corruption, just that these types of things aren't considered that big of a deal. Unfortunately, but reality.

The difference is that the new company was contracted to replace a pre-existing government function that is very necessary, and just hasn’t performed the contract. The “replacement” wasn’t really needed and doesn’t work. It’s been under audit for awhile and I think should be made public. I also think a smart journalist could find more here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can your husband share anything here? Maybe we have a journo who is willing to pick up the story from little snippets you provide here.

Also I'm curious.

I don’t want to totally give it away but basically government contracts for services were funneled to Hogan’s friends and contacts, which I get, is sometimes how things are done, but the new contractors have completely failed and it is impacting government services in such a way that lots of money is being lost, mishandled, etc., and funds that were essentially supposed to go to poor people are just… disappearing, going to the wrong individuals, etc.

This is your claim? You think this is somehow a Hogan-specific thing only in the state of Maryland? This is basically the normal functioning of state and local government in this area.

Martin O’Malley accepted hundreds of thousands in “speaking fees” while he was governor from a company with state contracts. You might also want to google “Muriel Bowser+Ft Myer Construction”.

Unless there is serious fraud, like the companies not delivering, or you have evidence that Hogan himself did something unethical like order contract award over legal advice that the contracts were illegal under state law, you most likely have a nothingburger that no one will be interested in.

This is exactly what I am alleging. The company has just failed in a very very serious and obvious way.

Do you remember the company that got the contract to build Trump's wall, and why they got the contract, and what happened to those walls? If nothing came of that, why do you suppose what's happening here is worse?

I'm not saying I support corruption, just that these types of things aren't considered that big of a deal. Unfortunately, but reality.

Alternatively, we could try to make it NOT the reality. Like the OP is trying to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can your husband share anything here? Maybe we have a journo who is willing to pick up the story from little snippets you provide here.

Also I'm curious.

I don’t want to totally give it away but basically government contracts for services were funneled to Hogan’s friends and contacts, which I get, is sometimes how things are done, but the new contractors have completely failed and it is impacting government services in such a way that lots of money is being lost, mishandled, etc., and funds that were essentially supposed to go to poor people are just… disappearing, going to the wrong individuals, etc.

This is your claim? You think this is somehow a Hogan-specific thing only in the state of Maryland? This is basically the normal functioning of state and local government in this area.

Martin O’Malley accepted hundreds of thousands in “speaking fees” while he was governor from a company with state contracts. You might also want to google “Muriel Bowser+Ft Myer Construction”.

Unless there is serious fraud, like the companies not delivering, or you have evidence that Hogan himself did something unethical like order contract award over legal advice that the contracts were illegal under state law, you most likely have a nothingburger that no one will be interested in.

This is exactly what I am alleging. The company has just failed in a very very serious and obvious way.

Do you remember the company that got the contract to build Trump's wall, and why they got the contract, and what happened to those walls? If nothing came of that, why do you suppose what's happening here is worse?

I'm not saying I support corruption, just that these types of things aren't considered that big of a deal. Unfortunately, but reality.

The difference is that the new company was contracted to replace a pre-existing government function that is very necessary, and just hasn’t performed the contract. The “replacement” wasn’t really needed and doesn’t work. It’s been under audit for awhile and I think should be made public. I also think a smart journalist could find more here.

I don't think it matters that the work is replacing an existing contract.

There's a lot of waste in government; it doesn't matter if it's a D or R.

Rs think there are too many wasteful programs that are used to line the pocketbooks of friends of politicians (and they aren't 100% wrong in this); Dems think Rs are too big business friendly and have given too many big military contracts to R friendly companies.

If you husband isn't that concerned about it, then I don't know why you think it's such a big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can your husband share anything here? Maybe we have a journo who is willing to pick up the story from little snippets you provide here.

Also I'm curious.

I don’t want to totally give it away but basically government contracts for services were funneled to Hogan’s friends and contacts, which I get, is sometimes how things are done, but the new contractors have completely failed and it is impacting government services in such a way that lots of money is being lost, mishandled, etc., and funds that were essentially supposed to go to poor people are just… disappearing, going to the wrong individuals, etc.

OP there's a lot of waste that isn't news or illegal. Contracts get awarded to allies sometimes and sometimes they go awry. If you want to get government contracts, it makes sense that you would be a "friend" of the governor. They're going to be friends of the current governor too.

[Anonymous]

Every time I sign up for county gymnastics I believe it's a scandal deserving media attention but the reporters continue to ignore me lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can your husband share anything here? Maybe we have a journo who is willing to pick up the story from little snippets you provide here.

Also I'm curious.

I don’t want to totally give it away but basically government contracts for services were funneled to Hogan’s friends and contacts, which I get, is sometimes how things are done, but the new contractors have completely failed and it is impacting government services in such a way that lots of money is being lost, mishandled, etc., and funds that were essentially supposed to go to poor people are just… disappearing, going to the wrong individuals, etc.

This is your claim? You think this is somehow a Hogan-specific thing only in the state of Maryland? This is basically the normal functioning of state and local government in this area.

Martin O’Malley accepted hundreds of thousands in “speaking fees” while he was governor from a company with state contracts. You might also want to google “Muriel Bowser+Ft Myer Construction”.

Unless there is serious fraud, like the companies not delivering, or you have evidence that Hogan himself did something unethical like order contract award over legal advice that the contracts were illegal under state law, you most likely have a nothingburger that no one will be interested in.

This is exactly what I am alleging. The company has just failed in a very very serious and obvious way.

Non delivery means that they received payment and did absolutely nothing. Not that they did the job poorly.

In Montgomery County, Ike Leggett had the county change its solid waste contract to a new company that was a big donor. The new company didn’t even have enough trucks to pick up garbage in Bethesda for months. You know what happened? Nothing. They canceled half of the contract and awarded another company the other half of the contract.