Posted on 10/21/21
| News Source: WBAL
There were some harsh words In Annapolis for Gov. Larry Hogan over police funding on Wednesday.
During a Board of Public Works meeting, Comptroller Peter Franchot, Democratic candidate for governor accused Gov. Hogan of using the view of one Baltimore City Council member, Ryan Dorsey, who wants to defund police, as the view of the entire Democratic Party.
The criticism from Franchot comes less than one week after Hogan proposed a $150 million "re-fund the police initiative," which would increase state spending on public safety.
Franchot said Hogan's rhetoric on police reform is not a good one.
"What does not build safer communities or ease the political tensions we're used to seeing down the road in D.C. is sending fundraising emails with the subject line 'far-left lunacy.'" Franchot said. "Nowhere is a solution to characterize those of us who believe that we need to invest in more mental health, social services and economic opportunity and better training as being in favor of defunding the police."