Board of Public Works thumbs nose at voters and unanimous MD General Assembly .

East shore, West shore, all around the bay.
O’Malley’s dissing the voters, Nancy Kopp says its OK.
Lamone’s inflated contract, arrived at Public Works,
Where Franchot was outvoted, by one Mensch to two jerks.

In 2007 the MD General Assembly voted UNANIMOUSLY
to require a new voting system that allows voter verification and recounts of individual votes [1]. You'd think that would have settled it.
But no.
Last Thursday (February 24th, 2010) two thirds of the Board of Public Works,
O'Malley and Kopp, to their everlasting shame, thumbed their nose
at the legislature and the voters by ignoring that law.
Instead, they used distorted and inflated cost estimates from the
Board of Elections as an excuse to fund continuation of the present system
that was so decisively rejected in 2007[2]. Franchot, to his credit,
voted against this travesty and betrayal.
At age 75, I wonder if I will live to see real voting reform in my state.

[1] HB 18 that became Chapter 548.
[2] Baard of Public Works Feb 24, 2010, Item Institution County Vendor, Contractor,
4-IT ELECTLAW Statewide Cirdan Group, Inc. Information Technology Contract - Voting
System Support. Services. Term: 3 years from Notice to Proceed with four one-year
renewal options. Cost: $20,877,852 (3 years). ACTION: APPROVED DISCUSSION: YES 2-1
COMPTROLLER VOTED NO.