Wednesday marks the 100th day since Brooke Lierman (D) was sworn in as Maryland’s 34th comptroller.
The first woman to hold the position in its 172-year history, Lierman is still putting her mark on the office.
“I think the job of comptroller is really unique in American state government,” Lierman said. “If you look at the Constitution, the state comptroller has the general superintendence of the fiscal affairs of the state. That is a broad mandate in our Constitution.”
“…So that means, yes, we are the revenue administrator — which is a nicer way of saying ‘tax collector,’” Lierman grinned. “But it’s also about how we spend our money. This agency sees every dollar in and every dollar out of our state government.”
In addition to being determined to modernize the state’s tax and revenue infrastructure, Lierman said she also intends to use her role on the state’s uniquely powerful Board of Public Works to ensure equity and opportunity in state contracting and to protect state infrastructure and investments from climate change threats.
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