WBOC: Johnny pressed Moore to appoint a single bird flu coordinator

Bird flu hit Maryland and the calls started rolling into Johnny’s office — poultry farmers, neighbors, parents wondering whether the backyard flock down the road was safe, all asking the same question: who in Annapolis is actually in charge of this? Nobody could give them a straight answer.

Johnny didn’t wait for a press conference. He publicly called on Governor Moore to appoint a single coordinator with the authority to lead Maryland’s response — one source of information, one chain of command, one person to call when an outbreak hits a Caroline County farm or a Wicomico processor.

Eastern Shore poultry is one of the most important industries on the Shore. The families who run it deserve better than a runaround between agencies and a Governor’s office that won’t name a point of accountability. Johnny made that demand on the record.