A Former Maryland Governor Ignored Warnings About Mega-Ships
A Former Maryland Governor Ignored Warnings About Mega-Ships
As Maryland governor, current GOP senate candidate Larry Hogan flouted safety warnings and sought to attract massive cargo vessels to Baltimore’s port — vessels just like the one that crashed into the Key Bridge last week.
As Maryland governor, current GOP senate candidate Larry Hogan flouted safety warnings and sought to attract massive cargo vessels to Baltimore’s port — vessels just like the one that crashed into the Key Bridge last week.
In 1980, when a ship collided with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida, killing thirty-five people, a top state engineer said the Key Bridge could not withstand a similar crash. “I’m talking about the main supports, a direct hit — it would knock it down,” the official reportedly told the Baltimore Sun.
Seems ignoring the warning signs for the bridge is a long standing tradition amongst Maryland politicians.
Fuck Larry Hogan. No idea how Marylanders decided to elect a fucking Republican for so long. Incumbency bias has never had such a good example.