Gov. Parris N. Glendening filled several remaining slots in his Cabinet yesterday by reappointing the commanding general of the Maryland National Guard and the director of state planning, and appointing a new director of assessments and taxation.
The governor also proved once again that it often pays, literally, to leave the state legislature: He appointed recently retired Baltimore Del. John W. Douglass to become deputy director of assessments and taxation.
His other appointments included:
* Maj. Gen. James F. Fretterd as adjutant general of the state's 9,400-member Army and Air National Guard. A resident of Federalsburg on the Eastern Shore, General Fretterd has served in the Maryland National Guard for 43 years and as adjutant general since 1987. He will be paid $84,508.
* Ronald M. Kreitner of Baltimore as director of planning, a position he has held since 1989. The governor said he would help with administration efforts to direct new development toward older, established communities. He will be paid $83,012.
* Ronald W. Wineholt of Severna Park as director of assessments and taxation. He has been deputy director since 1991 and acting director since the middle of last year. He replaces Lloyd W. Jones, who became lottery director in December 1993. Mr. Wineholt's salary will be in the "high 70s," a spokesman for Mr. Glendening said.
* Mr. Douglass, a delegate for 24 years, left the assembly this year and unsuccessfully ran for the $100,000-a-year job as state treasurer. Though backed by the Legislative Black Caucus, Mr. Douglass received only 45 votes out of 182 cast by the legislators.
In his new state job, Mr. Douglass, a veteran of the House Appropriations Committee and a licensed real estate agent, will be paid $68,294 -- more than twice the salary he earned as a delegate.
At least two other former legislators, both of whom lost their re-election bids last year, are now members of the Glendening administration.
Former Baltimore Del. John D. Jefferies, a career union official and close ally of Baltimore state Sen. Larry Young, was appointed last week to the $68,294-a-year post of assistant secretary for licensing and regulation.
Gene W. Counihan, a former Montgomery County delegate who lost a bid for the state Senate, was hired several weeks ago on a contractual basis as a lobbyist for the new governor's legislative office.
The job, which does not include benefits, pays $25,000 and is to terminate May 17.