HAT TIP to Oliver Willis for this nature video, below the fold....

Baltimore Sun, February 13, 2008:

Comptroller Peter Franchot today accused Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller of plotting to slash the tax collector's budget and eliminate two senior advisers as "political payback" for Franchot's outspoken opposition to slot machine gambling and other legislation passed in November's special General Assembly session.

Moments later, Miller dismissed Franchot's claims as an "outrageous" public relations stunt designed as a "pre-emptive strike" against necessary budget scrutiny of all state agencies. He attacked the comptroller as "an embarrassment to the state of Maryland."

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