| Spreading wings as Falcon
That is something I learned from New England, really and truly believing in the team concept and one common goal, and that is ever forward toward excellence. "Again, it's indisputable role understanding so everyone knows where they fit. Let's not have any surprises here. Let's be communicative, let's be positive, let's be passionate, let's be persevering. I believe if you have those types of people around you, this can be a good journey." Dimitroff, who is married with a seven-month old son, was based in Boulder, Colo., while scouting for the Patriots. His hiring in New England came as a result of a connection he had made with Pioli in the early 1990s, when Pioli was working in the Browns personnel department and Dimitroff, a native of Barberton, Ohio, was performing various part-time jobs at the facility (one of his responsibilities was to help line the playing fields).
Governor proposes lean operating budget
After a bruising special session to address Maryland's chronic deficits, Gov. Martin O'Malley proposed one of the leanest state budgets in the past two decades, relying on cuts in open space and road maintenance and a slowdown in an education spending initiative to place the state on sound financial footing.
The governor proposed a 4 percent increase in the state's operating budget - the lowest in five years and one of the lowest in the past 25 years. A 7.5 percent increase was approved by the General Assembly last year.
O'Malley, a Democrat in his second year in office, has been working to put his stamp on the state's government but has been constrained by a structural budget deficit, projected at $1.7 billion for the fiscal year that begins in July.
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Napolitano outlines her $11.4B budget plan
The governor said the state budget has to grow because more people are asking for more services. She rejected the idea being pushed by some Republicans to cut spending -- or even to leave state spending at current levels. For example, her budget for the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, the state's Medicaid program, is expected to increase nearly 20 percent from what was set aside for this year, to more than $1.5 billion. And state aid to schools is up about $163 million, to more than $4.5 billion. .
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