Tuesday, January 14, 2003
Gov. Ehrlich's hitman
Maryland's Gov.-elect Robert Ehrlich has a unique way with dismissing people.
The first of the letters arrived as early as 9 a.m. yesterday when the man in the dark coat -- promptly dubbed "trench-coat man" by his targets -- showed up at the Annapolis office of the Department of Natural Resources. Assistant Secretary Carolyn Watson said she had just arrived at work when a guard at the front desk asked her to accompany the man to the secretary's office.
When the two got into the elevator, Watson introduced herself and stuck out her hand. The man shook her hand, "then pulled his away in one fluid motion, dipped into his leather portfolio, whipped out very dramatically this envelope and looks at me and says, 'Sorry.' "
"It was like being subpoenaed," she said. "It was so absurd, it was funny."
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