Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier and WYPR Reporter John Lee. Photo courtesy of Lee.

Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier said the anger over her not nominating Inspector General Kelly Madigan for a second term caught her by surprise.

In an exclusive interview with WYPR, Klausmeier said if she could do it over, she would not change the way she picked Khadija Walker over Madigan for IG.

The county executive spoke with WYPR ahead of Monday night’s county council up or down vote on whether to confirm her nominee.

Read more (and listen) at WYPR.