Proposed Baltimore Co. school board legislation termed 'personal attack'

Legislation proposed by a Baltimore County state senator to ban lobbyists and their spouses from serving on the county's school board was termed a "personal attack" by the board's only member associated with lobbying, the Baltimore Sun reported.

Board Vice President Valerie Roddy, the wife of a regulated lobbyist, has been on the board more than four years. She says Sen. Bobby Zirkin's bill is a "personal attack" on her. Zirkin says the bill would prevent an "appearance of impropriety" that could…