Members of the General Assembly, distinguished guests, and my fellow marylanders, it is an honor to appear before this 437th session of the General Assembly to give a report on the state of our great state. It was on a snowy day just two years ago when i stood before you in this very spot, in this beautiful historic chamber, to take the oath of office as marylands new governor. I was truly humbled, and deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve my fellow marylanders. I was full of hope, hope for our state, hope for our people, and hope for our future. Yet i was also fully aware that our state was facing some difficult challenges. It was an opportunity for a new beginning, and a new direction. We pledge to put maryland on a new path. With the revitalized spirit of bipartisan cooperation, where we could seek Commonsense Solutions to our problems, regardless of which side of the aisle those ideas came from. The work began immediately on day one to set a new course of economic growth, se
We will see later today the temperatures below average but warmer than yesterday. Well continue to monitor the storm and the rain and the snow. That is coming up a little bit later in the newscast. Michelle. This is a live look at sierra at tahoe. You can see plenty of snow. The weekend storm system that dumped all of the snow caused major delays. And that is because interstate 80 was shut down for nearly 16 hours this weekend due to all the snow. It is back open this morning however if you are heading that way beware chains are required from Placer County to the state lines. Heavy hail piled up making a mess for drivers near west burro boulevard. This morning crews are still warning drivers to be cautious. Give yourself a little extra time. We are still seeing that all around the area. The rain does keep on falling. Roqui has had her eye on a couple hot spots. We have a problem on the bay bridge toll plaza. Also the approach to the bay bridge. Lets take a look at westbound 80 and west
The last question is, i do believe that the comments on the central subway had a larger negative affect on some of the occupancies and vibrancy of part of stockton street in particular but also on some of the stores which are on the Market Street side of the central subway has slowed us down for many many years. It is the lower part of stockton and even with the christmas attempt to put some [inaudible] there and make some activities it has not really helped those stores at all. What has helped him its very interesting to see apple a strong flagship [inaudible] on union square when you see the shift with a topic used to be it was basically between macys, crate and barrel, and apple in the lower part of stockton. That has now all shifted to the upper part of marketof stockton street starting at the corner of union square, the park is much more used than was ever before. Now theres two cafes. It shows you the dynamics but holding onto that basic infrastructure of retail being the primary
The last question is, i do believe that the comments on the central subway had a larger negative affect on some of the occupancies and vibrancy of part of stockton street in particular but also on some of the stores which are on the Market Street side of the central subway has slowed us down for many many years. It is the lower part of stockton and even with the christmas attempt to put some [inaudible] there and make some activities it has not really helped those stores at all. What has helped him its very interesting to see apple a strong flagship [inaudible] on union square when you see the shift with a topic used to be it was basically between macys, crate and barrel, and apple in the lower part of stockton. That has now all shifted to the upper part of marketof stockton street starting at the corner of union square, the park is much more used than was ever before. Now theres two cafes. It shows you the dynamics but holding onto that basic infrastructure of retail being the primary
The last question is, i do believe that the comments on the central subway had a larger negative affect on some of the occupancies and vibrancy of part of stockton street in particular but also on some of the stores which are on the Market Street side of the central subway has slowed us down for many many years. It is the lower part of stockton and even with the christmas attempt to put some [inaudible] there and make some activities it has not really helped those stores at all. What has helped him its very interesting to see apple a strong flagship [inaudible] on union square when you see the shift with a topic used to be it was basically between macys, crate and barrel, and apple in the lower part of stockton. That has now all shifted to the upper part of marketof stockton street starting at the corner of union square, the park is much more used than was ever before. Now theres two cafes. It shows you the dynamics but holding onto that basic infrastructure of retail being the primary