Armacost, who had known Kamenetz since the early 1990s, said I certainly was totally shocked to receive the news of Kamenetzs death, as anyone would be. She described a lot of tears and disbelief as Kamenetzs chief of staff, Don Mohler, called people to inform them.
"(Kamenetz) has a different perspective than his colleagues," said Don Mohler, a spokesman and chief of staff to the Baltimore County executive. "The county executive believes that the governor has developed a reasonable approach to the transfer of pension costs to local governments."