With the Gulf of Mexico oil spill threatening to stain Maryland beaches with tar balls, talk of offshore drilling is seeping into state politics. Gov. Martin O’Malley held a public briefing last week on the state’s oil cleanup capacity and then pressed the administration to take a harder line against drilling here. "There is no imminent danger to Maryland because there is no oil drilling going on," said Donald Norris, chair and professor of public policy. "The likelihood is that there won’t be, at least any time that anyone can see. This is electoral politics."
The article, “Gulf Oil Seeps into Maryland Politics,” ran Monday, May 31, in the Baltimore Sun.
Norris was a guest on WYPR’s Midday with Dan Roddericks on Monday, May 17, discussing the topic: Can Baltimore Grow Again? Fifty years ago, there were 940,000 people in Baltimore. Will there ever be again? Click here to listen.
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