There is no doubt that it was wrong for Baltimore County Council Chair Julian E. Jones Jr. to invite Council members to a private, off-the-record meeting to discuss amendments that Jones wanted to make to two bills affecting the Office of Inspector General (OIG).
But what about the five members of the Baltimore County Council who, according to The Brew, attended the meeting? The members were Todd Crandell, Mike Ertel, David Marks, Izzy Patoka and Pat Young.
Many years ago, I worked for the late Warren B. Duckett, Jr. when he was the state’s attorney for Anne Arundel County before becoming a circuit court judge. I recall his advice, always prefaced with the statement that he learned the lesson the hard way:
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