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State Of The State

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

O'Malley to Focus on 'Choices' in State of the State

Gov. Martin O'Malley will reflect on the effects of the policy decisions he's made since being elected in 2006.

The word of the day is "choice." Gov. Martin O'Malley will give his seventh State of the State speech at noon on Wednesday. The focus of his address will be the choices state government has made during his terms in office, according to portions of the speech released by his office. "When the national recession hit—wiping out jobs and revenues all across our country—other states tried to cut their way to prosperity. Many found this only made things worse. Laying off police officers, fire fighters and teachers, cutting public education, hiking up college tuition by double digits every single year, continuing down the merry path of cutting taxes for the very wealthy, hoping against cruel experience that somehow it would trickle down to the …

1ke

11:25 pm on Sunday, February 3, 2013

No fear, no paranoia. Super Bowl Champs. I get a kick out of how worked up you and your pals get over your teabagging politics and your peashooters. Patriot Buck. JoeBlob, B.O., Lorna Doom.   more ›

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

O'Malley Rolls Out Gas Tax, Highlights Tough Choices

Republicans say governor's tax proposals will hurt the working families he wants to help.

Gov. Martin O'Malley called for legislators to pass a sales tax on gasoline, saying on Wednesday that the decision would be unpopular but much needed. The governor made his comments in Annapolis during his sixth State of the State speech in which he focused on jobs, taxes and what he called tough choices. "Asking our fellow citizens to do more will not be popular," O'Malley said. "But without anger, fear or meanness, let’s ask one another: how much less education do we think would be good for our children’s future? How much less education do we want? How much less public safety? How many fewer jobs?  There are costs, and there are values." Republicans in the General Assembly criticized O'Malley for policies they said will hurt the same …

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Craig

10:43 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013

@Tom Barnes - You sir need to rip the scales from your eyes. Quick question, and answer it honestly: would you take the economy, both national and local, back in 2006 or now? Or how about 2002, when we were coming out of a (much milder) recession? I am no Bush fan... far from it. But DO NOT LIE - you would take 10 years ago in a heartbeat. With Ehrlich in power, we had a certain energy in this …   more ›

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