Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker has decided to buy more time for his embattled nominee for county attorney.
So far, no council member has offered to back Green, and an informal head count by the Baker administration has found strong opposition.
But officials think that Green, a former lawyer for the county’s parks and planning commission, will win over her critics with a few more months on the job as acting county attorney. Baker has praised Green for reorganizing the county attorney’s office and minimizing the county’s financial exposure. He said the office was “a mess” under the previous administration of County Executive Jack B. Johnson (D). And several pillars of the county’s legal community have weighed in with letters of support for Green. The job pays $160,000.
