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Governor Martin O'malley

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

O'Malley: White Marsh GM Plant 'Evidence' of Recovery

Federal, state and county officials toured the General Motors Baltimore Operations complex on Wednesday.

Government officials caught a first-hand look at General Motors Baltimore Operations' planned expansion and use of new technology Wednesday morning. Gov. Martin O'Malley said the plant, located along Philadelphia Road in White Marsh, represents a resurgence in American manufacturing. "It's irrefutable evidence and it's a story that everybody gets and everybody understands," O'Malley told Patch. "The American auto industry, including GM, were in the tank a few years ago. Together as a country, we've been able to turn that around. Now GM is No. 1." O'Malley said the corporation's turnaround would not have been possible without funding from state and federal government. "None of this would have happened of we had let GM go bankrupt," he said…

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Neil B

11:28 am on Friday, February 17, 2012

I am not sure what the employees got? I just read they froze their wages and cut their pension of all the non union workers. This is only a payoff to the unions. GM still has 8.1 billion in unfunded pension payouts. This whole thing stinks. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-500395_162-57378543/gm-plans-to-freeze-salaried-workers-pensions/   more ›

Saturday, December 31, 2011

What's Your New Year's Resolution?

Gov. Martin O'Malley is focusing on job creation. How about you?

Losing weight? Quitting smoking? Spurring job creation?  If you're the governor, your New Year's resolution might lean toward the latter (see video), but in most cases some sort of self-betterment might be sufficient.  So let's have it! What are your plans for 2012? Sound off in the comments section, or post a video reply using the link contribution link above. 

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