Aide?s brother to fill new county position

Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith has named the brother of one of his top aides to a newly created $96,000 position, officials confirmed Thursday.

Mike Mohler, brother of Smith spokesman Don Mohler, will oversee the county?s code enforcement division as a second deputy director of the permits and development management department starting Monday, officials said. The county did not advertise the job, nor interview other candidates before hiring Mohler, a member of the county?s Board of Appeals and a brokerage consultant.