Glendening: O’Malley showed compassion
February 2nd, 2010 by Kenneth Burns
Former Governor Parris Glendening (D) said that Governor Martin O’Malley’s state of the state speech was very good. He thought that O’Malley (D) going into the speech had to really show compassion because “people are hurting” and the former chief said that he did just that. “I thought it was a great speech and it was perfect for the times,” he said.
Glendening since leaving office in 2003 has settled in the Annapolis area from Prince George’s County where he served as County Executive from 1982-1994 and on the county council eight years before moving to the executive branch. He is currently President of the Smart Growth Leadership Institute; working on smart growth issues in addition to transportation and sustainability. In fact, he said he just got back from an international conference held in Istanbul, Turkey.