O’Malley: Short-term fixes over   

Posted: 7:00 pm Sun, January 31, 2010
By Nicholas Sohr

Two weeks after introducing a state spending plan held together with fund transfers and other one-time accounting maneuvers, Gov. Martin O’Malley said he has “pretty much exhausted” the short-term fixes that have been hallmarks of his recession-era budgeting. “We’re running out of things to do to keep the engine from seizing up,” O’Malley, a Democrat, said ...