Monday, April 22, 2013
The state senator who represents Towson said Peter Franchot's call for Maravene Loeschke to resign is "a double standard."
State Sen. Jim Brochin is denouncing Comptroller Peter Franchot's call for the resignation of Towson University President Maravene Loeschke. "The comptroller needs to back down and allow the president to do her job. We in the Towson community are very supportive of her," Brochin said in an emailed statement. "For the comptroller to denounce the president of Towson University is totally inappropriate," Brochin wrote. "The comptroller needs to understand that this is a Title IX issue that Towson University, as part of the University System of Maryland, deals with as a statewide issue with a funding mechanism, which should be addressed by the legislature. He has no idea what is going on at the campus and the positive and incredible changes …
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
The state comptroller criticizes the president of Towson University and compares her to a movie villain.
Comptroller Peter Franchot went "Old School" on Towson University President Maravene Loeschke during a Wednesday meeting. Literally. Before calling for the resignation of Loeschke, the comptroller gave the Towson University president a political tongue lashing in absentia. Then Franchot, the Amherst graduate, dropped in a pop culture reference comparing her to the Dean Gordon "Cheese" Pritchard, head of the fictional Harrison University in the movie "Old School." Pritchard, played by Jeremy Piven, lies and schemes and connives to thwart a group of middle-age men who attempt to start their own fraternity. In this case, Franchot was worked up over how Loeschke choose to tell students she was eliminating the men's baseball and soccer programs…
The state comptroller criticized the university president for not attending the Board of Public Works meeting Wednesday to defend her decision to eliminate the men's baseball and soccer teams.
Comptroller Peter Franchot Wednesday called on Towson University President Maravene Loeschke to resign. "The president of Towson, in my view, has forfeited her claim on moral leadership," Franchot said during the Board of Public Works meeting in Annapolis. "It's with a heavy heart, I believe, in the best interest of Towson University that she should resign." The Towson University president was not present during the meeting. Instead, she was scheduled to speak at a breakfast meeting of the BWI Business Partnership about 30 minutes north of Annapolis. Marina Cooper, deputy chief of staff to Loeschke, wrote in an email that Loeschkehas the support of the University of Maryland System, as well as students and faculty at the university. "It's …
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The Towson University president gets a pass on an expected April 19 appearance before the Board of Public Works
Maravene Loeschke's expected appearance before the Board of Public Works Wednesday will not happen. "President Loeschke appreciated the opportunity to meet with the governor, the treasurer and the comptroller, privately," Marina Cooper, deputy chief of staff ton Loeschke, wrote in an email response to a reporter's questions. "The issue has been resolved with the governor and Legislature's approved intercollegiate athletics donation incentive match program for qualifying University System of Maryland institutions." The Towson University president was scheduled to appear before the board to explain the elimination of the men's baseball and soccer teams last month. The three-member panel, which includes Gov. Martin O'Malley, Comptroller Peter…
Monday, April 8, 2013
The governor said the Towson University president may not have to come before the Board of Public Works next week.
Towson University President Maravene Loeschke may have an excused absence for next week's Board of Public Works meeting. Gov. Martin O'Malley Monday said he's not sure Loeschke will need to attend the meeting next week to answer questions about the elimination of the men's baseball and soccer programs. "I don't think I need her to [attend]," O'Malley said, adding that Loeschke had already been to Annapolis late last month to meet with him and Comptroller Peter Franchot. Loeschke has said that the programs needed to be eliminated because of concerns about federal Title IX laws that guarantee athletic participation for women attending college. The meeting with the governor resulted in $300,000 being added to a supplemental budget request to …
Monday, April 1, 2013
Gov. Martin O'Malley includes $300,000 in a supplemental budget to continue the program. The men's soccer program would not receive additional money.
UPDATED (9:08 p.m.)—The fat lady may not have sung for at least one Towson University sports program eliminated last month by President Maravene Loeshcke. The Towson University men's baseball program could receive an additional $300,000 in each of the next two years under a supplemental budget proposed today by Gov. Martin O'Malley. The budget does not include additional money for the men's soccer program. That program was also eliminated by Loeschke last month. The money proposed in O'Malley's supplemental budget, which needs to be approved by the General Assembly by midnight April 8, will not save the baseball program forever, according to Raquel Guillory, an O'Malley spokeswoman. "This is a compromise that gets them two years to create …
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Gov. Martin O'Malley had asked the university's president to explain herself regarding a controversial athletic decision.
Earlier this week, Gov. O'Malley asked that Towson University president Maravene Loeschke "come down here" and explain herself regarding the elimination of the university men's baseball and soccer programs. Now it looks like that's exactly what will happen. Len Foxwell, chief of staff for state comptroller Peter Franchot, recently wrote on the Facebook page Save Towson Baseball that Loeschke will appear before the Maryland Board of Public Works early in April to "discuss the events that transpired." Foxwell said that Loeschke would appear at 10 a.m. April 3 for a meeting that is open to the public, and that those who could not attend could watch the proceeding online through the Governor's website. The Maryland Board of Public Works is …
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Comptroller Peter Franchot and Gov. Martin O'Malley want President Maravene Loeschke to "come down here" to explain how the men's baseball and soccer teams were eliminated.
The cancellation of two Towson University athletic programs has resulted in the delay of a construction contract related to a university building in Harford County. The state Board of Public Works Wednesday delayed a decision on the contract until university President Maravene S. Loeschke can explain events surrounding the cancellation earlier this month of the men's baseball and soccer programs. "I'm pretty disgusted by what Towson [University] has done with recent events concerning their athletic teams," Comptroller Peter Franchot said, referring to what he called the "bizarre decision" to disband the teams. Loeschke and university Athletic Director Mike Waddell said earlier this month that the decision to end the men's soccer and …
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Officials from around Maryland head to Annapolis to compete for a share of $336 million in school construction money at the annual gathering known as beg-a-thon.
State House Insiders and veterans call it "beg-a-thon." Gov. Martin O'Malley once tried to re-name it with the more pleasant sounding "hope-a-thon." And on Wednesday, the tradition begins anew as officials from around the state appear before the state Board of Public Works, hat in hand, seeking funding for school construction and renovation projects. Last week, County Executive Kevin Kamenetz charged county delegates and senators with "ensuring that the county gets its fair share." Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent S. Dallas Dance will make his first appearance before the board made up of O'Malley, state Treasurer Nancy Kopp and Comptroller Peter Franchot. Gov. Martin O'Malley has proposed $336 million for school construction …
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Married same-sex couples who reside in Maryland can file jointly in 2014.
Same-sex married couples in Maryland will be able to file joint tax returns but they'll have to wait a year to do so. Comptroller Peter Franchot said Wednesday in a statement that "same-sex couples in the State of Maryland – whether married in this state or in other states – will have the opportunity to file joint tax returns for Tax Year 2013, and will receive the same state tax treatment as any married couple." The comptroller issued the statement a day after a Washington Times story reported that same-sex couples in Maryland would not be eligible to file jointly. Franchot said the story "contained significant misinformation regarding the tax filing status of same-sex couples in Maryland." That story raises questions about Maryland's tax…
Michael Sheraton
9:31 am on Wednesday, April 24, 2013
I was wondering how Brochin would stand behind the propaganda campaign they've created to support Loeschke's complete indifference to a transparent and open decision-making process. That is until I found out he WORKS for her. What I still don't get is why someone with nothing to hide would be so afraid to speak openly and publicly about it was necessary and even more so about why she handled it … more ›