Maryland politicians got a dose of their own medicine over the Orioles sale:
The other members of the Board of Public Works who signed off on the lease — Treasurer Dereck Davis and Comptroller Brooke Lierman, both Democrats — told The Baltimore Banner that they weren’t notified of the sale, either.
Davis spoke out at the Board of Public Works meeting, saying he felt Angelos lied to state officials.
In December, Angelos had placed a call to Moore to assure him that the Orioles were not for sale — which came after reports that Rubenstein was close to buying the team.
Davis said he was troubled by the fact that Angelos “categorically denied that that they were for sale” and then went and sold the team.
“I feel lied to. I feel misled,” Davis said.
TheBaltimoreBanner.com
Maybe they weren’t told over a lack of trust.
Well if an agreement was in place, even if it’s simply a “you can’t back out and sell to anyone else for thirty days” then technically the Orioles weren’t for sale.
A perfect political lie.