Some things I know.  Some things I don’t know.

I testified today on my Red  Line bill.

When I mentioned that the system would run from Johns Hopkins Hospital to the Social Security complex, I said that these were two of the biggest employers in the metropolitan area.

I didn’t have to look it up.  I just knew it.

This morning, prior to the hearing, I got a letter from the Maryland Department of Transportation “offering…information” but taking no position on my legislation.

I served on the Appropriations Committee for 20 years, but I never served on the subcommittee with jurisdiction over transportation.

(When its subject matter also included law enforcement, it was known as rails and jails.)

I’m getting help in translating MDOT’s letter so that I can reply.

Transportation jargon I don’t know.