ANNAPOLIS - The timing of the announcement from U.S. Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md., that he would not seek re-election in 2006 was a huge favor to Gov. Robert Ehrlich, coming as it did on the day the Ehrlich Administration was forced to release thousands of e-mails and other documents pertaining to former Ehrlich aide Joseph Steffen.
Steffen, alleged to have targeted Democratic state employees for firing, referred to himself as "the Prince of Darkness" and was fired himself after confessing to spreading Internet rumors about Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley. For a while last week, Sarbanes' announcement shifted the parlor game in Annapolis from speculation about how deeply Ehrlich might have been involved in the Steffen scandal....
'Prince of Darkness' haunts the governor by TAMELA BAKER, Hagerstown Herald-Mail Online, March 21, 2005. [Complete Article]
Steffen, alleged to have targeted Democratic state employees for firing, referred to himself as "the Prince of Darkness" and was fired himself after confessing to spreading Internet rumors about Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley. For a while last week, Sarbanes' announcement shifted the parlor game in Annapolis from speculation about how deeply Ehrlich might have been involved in the Steffen scandal....
'Prince of Darkness' haunts the governor by TAMELA BAKER, Hagerstown Herald-Mail Online, March 21, 2005. [Complete Article]
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