Maryland Governor Larry Hogan Jr. has reportedly made a habit of directing state transportation resources toward areas where his family real-estate business is heavily invested
Larry Hogan is governor of a state with a rich tradition of corruption. Photo: Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Im The advent of a billionaire real-estate mogul with fingers in many pies as president of the United States has helped educate us about the many forms of public corruption more subtle than direct cash-and-carry transactional deals.
As governor, one of Hogan’s signature policies has been to expand state spending on roads, highways, and bridges at the expense of mass transit. His most controversial policy to date was to cancel the Red Line — a planned $2.9 billion metro rail line through Baltimore, for which the state had already acquired land. In the process, Hogan gave up $900 million in federal aid from the Obama administration.
In this and other occasions where state transportation decisions appear to have benefited the Hogan Companies, the governor’s spokespersons — when they’ve deigned to address the appearance of impropriety — have tried to minimize the governor’s personal role in project-specific decisions and have touted a “trust agreement” that limits Hogan’s involvement in company business.
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