At45, a wiser O?Malley?

Martin O?Malley celebrates his 45th birthday next week and completes his first year as governor. He has accomplished or started to accomplish much of what he promised to do in his campaign with the glaring exception of putting a lid on electricity rates.

There have been minor missteps along the way. In the riskiest move of his first year and maybe his first term, he persuaded the General Assembly to pass $1.4 billion in tax increases along with a referendum on slots ? actions he never discussed in the 2006 election.