Bryan P. Sears' Insider Politics
Ceremony Commemorates Smith's Two Terms as Executive (With Video)
Portrait hung in Old Courthouse joins those of 10 previous county executives and an uncle who was a circuit court judge.
For eight years Jim Smith served as county executive in an office on the mezzanine of the Old Courthouse in Towson. Now his portrait will hang in the hallway outside that office along with those of the 10 previous executives from the man known as "Iron Mike" Birmingham, the county's first executive, to Dutch Ruppersberger, Smith's predecessor and current congressman. Current County Executive Kevin Kamenetz and former County Executives Ted Venetoulis, Donald Hutchinson, Dennis Rasmussen, Roger Hayden and Ruppersberger lunched with Smith before a ceremonial unveiling of the photograph. The tradition of hanging the portraits was started 20 years ago by Hayden, one of two Republicans to hold the office. The photo of Smith was taken six months …
Toucan Sam
3:44 pm on Monday, January 24, 2011
I seem to remember the 3 that are on the wall by themselves are paintings. The number of seals is a pure guess though. more ›