If you read previous threads you will see that he was NOT making up stories. Still waiting to find out who set him up.
Actually it indeed was an Erlich administration employee that was promoting rumors about Mayor Martin O'Malley (Dem) of Baltimore. This guy was passing stories over a web forum of some sort. He's gone now. That was in bad taste. Fraudulently obtaining a credit report is in violation of law.
And to that previous poster the Montgomery County Exec is Doug Duncan. Duncan and O'Malley are the two most prominent aspirants to governor that will be fighting it out in the dem primary next year.
It appears at present that Governor Erlich will be looking for a new running mate because of the likely candidacy of Lt Gov Michael Steele for the Senate seat being vacated by Paul Sarbanes.