Gov.-elect Martin O?Malley?s 41-member transition team was supposed to hand in its suggestions for filling top jobs in the new administration this week, but a key State House player not on the team, Senate President Thomas Mike Miller, has decided to send O?Malley his own list of recommendations.

Miller, an often highly partisan Democrat, suggests the new governor retain members of the Ehrlich administration, including several Republicans, among them State Police Superintendent Thomas Hutchins and Marty Madden, head of the Bay Critical Areas Commission. He?d also like O?Malley to find a job for Sen. Sandy Schrader, a Howard County Republican he helped defeat through funding Democratic Party committees.