Maryland: Jim Smith

Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith sounds an awful lot like a candidate for comptroller in a story by the Baltimore Sun's Mary Gail Hare that ran on Sunday. Smith, a Democrat, is raising money, traveling the state, and providing only...

Most of the action so far in the race to repalce BaltCo Exec. Jim Smith has been on the Democratic side, with two or three councilmen raising money and preparing for a run next year. On the Republican side, there...

The board members of the Maryland Association of Counties are urging voters to vote "Yes" on November's slots referendum.

"Taxpayers need to know that without the new revenue from slots, the only other options will be severe service reductions or additional taxes," Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith (D), MACo's president, said in a statement. "Slots aren't the silver bullet to the state structural deficit, but they are an important element in the solution." 

DENVER – Gov. Martin O’Malley (D-Baltimore) told Maryland delegates Tuesday morning that “Jim is doing well and he brings you his best regards.”

O’Malley was referring to Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith, who was supposed to host Tuesday’s breakfast for the Maryland delegation at the Renaissance Denver hotel. Smith was unable to travel to Denver because of the triple-bypass open heart surgery he underwent two weeks ago. The surgery was successful, but Smith is still in recovery.