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The system CEO has said that some of the contracts, including one with Democratic Mayor Catherine Pugh of Baltimore, were awardedwithout a bidding process. Pugh took a leave of absence as mayor Monday, citing her health. The Maryland State Prosecutor and the ethics board are investigating her sales of books she wrote to UMMS and other entities who paid her hundreds of thou- sands of dollars. are enduring a very, very difficult and unusual time, but this is a real opportunityandarallyingcry forus tobring communities andcivic leaders together and make sure that government is realizing the best interest of the Carter said on the Senate floor. LawmakershaveuntilmidnightMonday, when their annual legislative session ad- journs, towork out the differences between House and Senate versions of the UMMS reformbills.

Senators added a requirement that board financial disclosure formswould have to be published online, and that new members file such forms within 60 days of their appointments. The Senate bill also calls for board members to be removed if the governor finds that he or she willfully filed false information on the forms. Before the Senate vote, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, a Democrat, and Sen.AndrewSerafini, aWashingtonCounty Republican, said they recognized themedi- cal systemprovides an important service to Marylanders. It receivespublic fundingand provideshealth care in the city ofBaltimore and13 counties.

support this bill fully and I appreciate what doing, but just keep in mind the rank and file people there, the nurses and the doctors that do great work, sad for Serafini said. life was made better by the doctors and care I received Miller said thehospital an awful lot of good for the people of He said lawmakers would not change its structure, but wanted to ensure patients could have confidence in it. Senatorsalsoemphasizedthat theno-bid contracts and other business relationships uncovered involving the UMMS board are likely not limited to that institution. Miller said the scandal creates a chance all nonprofit boards to look at Carter suggested similar legislation could be necessary in the future to reform other entities. think we need to take a look at other entities, both in the private sector, the nonprofit sector, and even government, and ensure we have she said.

we see self-dealing and greed as we have seen, we know that does foreclose opportunities for people in Balti- twitter.com/ssdance State Senate also OKs bills on reforming UMMS board SENATE, From page 1 ment that benefits all parties involved without undulydamaging any Young was joined in his lobbying effort by Mosby and Gerald Stansbury, president of the Maryland State Conference of the NAACP. Mosby asked theMarylandRacingCom- mission on Wednesday to investigate the living conditions of racetrack workers at Laurel Park. The Baltimore Democrat toured Laurel Park with Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman last week and wrote that the living are and dis- The Maryland Racing Commission did not respond Thursday to a request for comment. Stansbury wrote to King saying the state Canadian Stronach Group to move the Preakness The Budget and Taxation Com- mittee could vote Friday on the legislation that would help build a in Laurel, said Sen. Nancy King, a Mont- gomery County Democrat who chairs the committee.

One option would be to move the bill forward would be an amendment to a bill that already passed the House of Delegates concerning funding for the race course at the state fairgrounds in Timonium. The amendmentwould authorize theMaryland EconomicDevelopmentCorp. to issue $120 million in bonds to finance $80 million in improvements to Laurel, plus $40 million for a training center at the former Bowie RaceTrack. Del. Nick J.

Mosby, a Baltimore Demo- crat who has been vocally fighting moving the race, said the proposed amendment the whole committee proc- is why people lose faith in the Mosby said. General Assembly accept this Young released his letter Thursday and met with state lawmakers, telling them he planned to discuss the future of Pimlico with Republican Gov. LarryHogan. biggest thing on my agenda is Young said. Young believes the governor could issue an executive order compelling The Stronach Group to to the and discuss the future of the Pimlico trackwith city officials.

office said the governor and Young talked briefly Thursday but did not discussPimlico.HoganspokesmanMichael Ricci said the two men planned to meet again soon. Bill Hecht, a Stronach executive, said his company is always open to meeting with city officials and other stakeholders. look forward to substantive and realistic said Hecht, who is CEO of Stronach Properties, a division of The StronachGroup. appreciate the acting lead- ership and we hope that this signals a change in added. Pugh sued The Stronach Group last month in hopes of blocking it frommoving the Preakness Stakes, the second leg in horse TripleCrown, fromPimlico.

Young, the City Council president who has been serving as ex officio mayor since Pugh went on leave Monday, told the Democratic leaders of the General Assem- bly in his letter that he did not want to lose the Preakness He added that plan to favor Laurel Park over Pimlico would yet another brutal blow leading city cannot afford to lose the nearly $50 million in economic impact provided by the Young wrote. thesearemyfirst fewdays in this temporary Iamdedicated to this city andwill passionately defend it. I amasking you to please The longtime Democratic official in Baltimore pledged to an agree- NAACP cannot support any legislative action until Park remedies living conditions for ask you to stand with us for the vulnerable citizenswho are forced to live in a work camp, not possessing the economic freedom to live Stansbury wrote. urge the General Assembly to require The Stronach Group to live up to their legal obligation to provide decent housing for vulnerable workers before approval the version of the legislation. Baltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater contributed to this article.

twitter.com/dougdonovan twitter.com/pwoodreporter Baltimore's acting mayor, Bernard C. "Jack" Young wrote a letter to General Assembly leaders, asking them to kill a bill that would favor the Laurel Park horse racing track. PAMELA BALTIMORE SUN Young asks officials to help preserve Pimlico MAYOR, From page 1 FROM PAGE ONE.