Posted on 04/05/2007 6:19:35 AM PDT by sickoflibs
Saying the Maryland General Assembly has swung too far to the left, Republican leaders called on Gov. Martin O'Malley yesterday to veto four bills if they get to his desk, including measures that would provide in-state tuition to illegal immigrants and voting rights to felons.
"We hear in our communities, 'What are they doing down there?'" said Del. Anthony J. O'Donnell, the minority leader from Southern Maryland. "They're giving in-state tuition to illegal immigrants? Accelerating parole to repeat drug offenders? Giving the right to vote to offenders, including those who have committed treason against the United States? Giving Maryland's electoral votes to a candidate who was not supported by the majority of Marylanders?"
On a proposal to provide tuition for illegal immigrants, O'Malley has said it is a waste for the state to pay for the K-12 education of the children of illegal immigrants - which is required by law - and then deny them the chance to fulfill their potential. He supports restoring voting rights for felons who've completed their sentences so that these individuals can fully re-integrate into society, and backs possible parole for second-time drug offenders so that the system has more flexibility than mandatory minimum sentences allow.
And he has said that signing on to an interstate compact to award electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote would ensure that the votes of people in every state count equally.
Republicans said they think Democratic lawmakers are misreading the results of the 2006 election. The state faces serious problems, most notably a projected budget shortfall of more than $1.3 billion next year, but the legislature and governor have chosen to back initiatives that are anathema to a large portion of the state, said Del. Christopher B. Shank, the House minority whip from Western Maryland.
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Ma’am, with all due respect, Maryland is terminal. Republicans need not apply for public office. If the GOP puts up such an outstanding candidate such Mr. Steele and still lose, what hope is there? Please see my post (#40).
Please do. You can only benefit.
Possum you are right. Maryland has been split for many , many years. Even before the Civil War,when those of us in the Southern part of the State were for the South and those in the North were for the North. Still it is my home. I am not one of those who came into Md. to hide from DC.
My family has been here since the 1600’s. I am a native Marylander who loves his State despite its faults and I aint runnin, I am a-fightin.
Spiro Agnew wasn’t bad. Good MD governors have been few and far between for the last 100 years.
1) he raised many taxes and fees when dems refused to pass slots (versus shutting down the government I guess)
2) Democrats successfully blamed him for the BGE deregulation mess they created. Stupid Marylanders actually claimed O’Malley was on their side, the little guy, and talked like they would save money under him, when he had a history of massive tax increases.
The Baltimore Sun was in on this too, blaming Ehrich for the deregulation mess he got stuck with and pointing out that he raised taxes when they attacked him every day in office for not raising taxes.
One last point. I called Ehrlichs’ office a few times and suggested many talking points to counter the pure cynical politics that the democrats were playing against him but Ehrlich would not play political hardball. He acted like he had an easy win. Like Bush he acted like he was above politics and like Bush he appeared to be guilty of whatever they accused him of to the public, and now we are stuck.
I understand your point, and if I may be so bold as to turn your words around on you, if this can happen to you
Virginia and North Carolina, traditional Republican conservative states, are both under siege from Yankee liberals who have moved in. In Virginia it's the infestation in Northern Virginia (that got that state Sen. Webb in the last election) and in North Carolina it's the Triangle.
the reverse can happen in Maryland. Maybe we'll have an influx of conservatives. I know it's grasping but hey one can hope.
IMO....Conservatives need to start breeding conservatives. It's the only way to squeeze out the liberals. And, I don't mean birthing, either.
Not that I haven't been thinking a LOT about moving (which we hope to do one day at retirement).
I’ve lived in Maryland for about 33 of my 38 years. Everytime I’ve gone away, I longed to come home and have generally been pretty happy, even when the egregious Parris was governor. But O’Malley and his wrecking crew in Annapolis are hell-bent on bringing the state down and if there are any decent jobs in the South or Southwest, I’m gone and I don’t think I’ll come back.
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