My workday began and ended in Baltimore.

             That won’t happen again until April because the legislative session starts in two days.

              Education reform was the topic of my meeting at the Canton Starbucks.  Senator Bill Ferguson and I discussed with a reporter our bills to repay the college and graduate school debt of our most highly rated teachers if they agree to remain in the classroom and to fund pre-kindergarten classes for four-year olds so that they can enter school ready to learn.

                 My after-dinner meeting at the CHAI offices dealt with the use of slots revenues in the neighborhoods above Northern Parkway.  A weak economy and the decision not to open a temporary facility in Anne Arundel County will significantly decrease the money allocated to these communities this fiscal year. 

                   Tomorrow begins with a 9 a.m. press conference on repeal of the death penalty – in Annapolis.