Posted on 05/28/2020 5:55:49 AM PDT by KevinB
Lawmakers sharply criticized two Hogan administration procurement officials Wednesday for the acquisition of incomplete COVID-19 tests kits from South Korea.
They also faced intense scrutiny over the state’s decision to purchase ventilators and masks from a newly-formed firm with strong ties to Republicans in Washington, D.C., but scant experience in procuring medical equipment.
The state has sought to cancel that deal after equipment was slow to arrive and questions about the company, Blue Flame Medical, were raised in the media.
Although he praised the Department of General Services for doing “great work” in locating “life-saving equipment for the people of Maryland” in the early weeks of the crisis, Sen. Paul G. Pinsky (D-Prince George’s) called the test kit deal and the contract with Blue Flame “disasters.”
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Exactly. I live in this dumpster fire. It seems most if not all other Republican Governors are leading from a perspective of confidence and competence. Every Democrat seems to be failing and screwing up royally. Then there’s Larry Hogan. A republican who really wants to be a democrat.
He hates Trump so much he voted for his dead father in the last election. (really)
He hasn’t made one proper move since this began. The list of Constitutional excesses is long.
He threatened, in writing to arrest a state delegate to prevent him from speaking at a rally. The delegate stayed home. (and put the finishing touches on a Federal Lawsuit that is currently in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals)
Are there any non-RINO politicians in Maryland?
Bob Erhlich, Andy Harris?
Ping!
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