Forget the Shape Of the State: Whose Suit Is Sharpest?
House Majority Leader Kumar P. Barve sparked sartorial strife.
(Courtesy Of Kumar-p. Barve)
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You know the legislative session is off to a slow start when arguably the most spirited floor debate to date has centered on which member of the House of Delegates is the best-dressed.
House Majority Leader Kumar P. Barve (D-Montgomery) unwittingly sparked the back-and-forth Wednesday when he rose to ask his colleagues to join him in wishing a happy birthday to Majority Whip Talmadge Branch (D-Baltimore), whom Barve dubbed "the best-dressed man in the House."
It did not take long before Del. Emmett C. Burns Jr. (D-Baltimore County) rose, seeking recognition. ''Mr. Speaker, I am the best-dressed man in the House," he playfully protested.
''Will the best-dressed man in the House stand?" House Speaker Michael E. Busch (D-Anne Arundel) chimed in, prompting more than a dozen delegates to pop up -- including several apparently deluded about the quality of their wardrobes.
-- John Wagner
The Acme of Political Amity
Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) cozied up to the top Republican in the House of Delegates last week at a dinner meeting of the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland.
O'Malley described his amicable relationship with House Minority Leader Anthony J. O'Donnell (R-Calvert), saying that the door to the governor's office is always open to O'Donnell and that he returns all of O'Donnell's phone calls.
"We're like the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote. We're very cordial with each other," O'Malley said.
To which O'Donnell responded, "Great cartoon, governor!"
