On Governor Hogan and his speech:<\/p>\n
I was disappointed. I like him personally. I know his father, I know his family. Maybe he\u2019ll grow into the job. I hope he will. I hope he\u2019ll understand what\u2019s doable and he\u2019ll tell the truth to the people that this is what we can achieve working together. But the responsible thing is to say Governor we can\u2019t do these things until we can afford them. And so it\u2019s going to take adults to tell him that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
On the Governor’s proposal to eliminate the rain tax:<\/p>\n
OK, fine. Let\u2019s eliminate the rain tax. Who pays for it? It\u2019s a federal mandate. So guess what. The counties are going to have to pay for it by themselves. The counties are supported by the taxpayers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
On the Governor’s proposal to eliminate personal property taxes:<\/p>\n
He says he wants to eliminate the personal property tax. Guess what. That goes to the counties, not the State. One of my counties has got five Republican county commissioners. They\u2019re going to resist that. They need that $3 million in personal property tax to pay for education. Again, it\u2019s campaign promises brought into his State of the State speech\u2014campaign promises that he knows can\u2019t be kept by either himself or the General Assembly until prosperity comes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Is Maryland in as bad a shape as the Governor describe?<\/p>\n
Maryland is in great shape. We have the highest income of any state in the Union. We have the lowest poverty of any state in the Union. We have either the 1, 2, or 3 best schools of any state in the Union. He\u2019s described the State like Arkansas or Alabama or Mississippi. I don\u2019t know what state he\u2019s talking about. This is a great state. We\u2019re very proud of our state. We need just to move forward. We need a governor that wants to work with the General Assembly to move us forward, not backwards.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On Governor Hogan and his speech: I was disappointed. I like him personally. I know his father, I know his family. Maybe he\u2019ll grow into the job. I hope he will. I hope he\u2019ll understand what\u2019s doable and he\u2019ll tell the truth to the people that this is what we can achieve working together. But … Continue reading The Senate President Pans the State of the State<\/span>