There is legislation after slots.

Since I returned from Annapolis —

Repeal of the death penalty will be my number one issue next winter. I met with Archbishop William Lori and participated in a conference call on how to increase our majorities in both houses of the legislature.

Innovative ways to refinance underwater mortgages, provide social services, and build public schools are on the agenda for my meeting tomorrow with Treasurer Nancy Kopp. (A mortage is underwater if it exceeds the price that a residence could get on the market today.)

When we learned the ballot order for the legislation petitioned to referendum, I tweeted: Question 6 for marriage equality good omen. Abortion referendum also Question 6 in 1992. Maryland voters preserved woman’s right to choose 68-32%.

The students in my law school class on Legislation know how to tweet, but none of them knew that the protections of Roe V. Wade were written into Maryland law by that vote.

The slots bill remains on my agenda.

Senator Ferguson and I will make the case for increased funding for early childhood education to the new State Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Lillian Lowery. Thanks to the Senator’s amendment, that’s an authorized use of the slots dollars in the Education Trust Fund.

And to show that there’s life after the last out of the World Series – even for those over 60, I made my plane reservations for the Orioles Dream Week in Florida.