Robey, union at odds over endorsement: Accusations heat up Howard executive's tense relationship with firefighters.

From: The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) | Date: May 19, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Larry Carson

May 19--In a rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse at hardball local politics, Howard County Executive James N. Robey is accusing the firefighters union's president of trying to strong-arm him into contract concessions by threatening to withhold the union's support for Robey in his bid for state Senate. "It was improper. I was upset, and I'm still upset," Robey said of his private meeting April 19 with Richard L. Ruehl, president of the Howard County Professional Fire Fighters Association, Local 2000. Ruehl gave a different account of the meeting to his ...

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