“It’s okay - the people of Maryland love high taxes”
Not in the part of Maryland where I was raised (Carroll County). It’s crazy because, as Carroll County and the counties west were strongly Republican areas, the Democratic-dominated state legislature and the Democratic governors virtually ignored us.
Maryland’s politics are virtually controlled by three areas: Baltimore City, PG County & Montgomery County (Democratic strongholds). That’s where virtually all the state spending goes and it’s all the government in Annapolis cares about. Only when Bob Ehrlich was Governor (though he was a RINO), did Carroll County really get any glance from Annapolis.
>>>Maryland’s politics are virtually controlled by three areas: Baltimore City, PG County & Montgomery County (Democratic strongholds). That’s where virtually all the state spending goes and it’s all the government in Annapolis cares about. Only when Bob Ehrlich was Governor (though he was a RINO), did Carroll County really get any glance from Annapolis.<<
And on a differently related subject, I know at least one state - Connecticut - that had a state legislature in which one chamber was apportioned by geography and the other chamber was apportioned by population. That way, the rural areas wouldn’t constantly be on the losing end compared to the cities.
Our black-robed saviors eliminated that kind of state legislature in 1962 with a case called Reynolds vs Sims. It’s interesting to read from the dissenters in the case. Justice Harlan said the court was ignoring the original intent of the framers by imposing its own vision of government on the states; Sen. Everett Dirksen said it would leave states unbalanced, with the four million in Chicago overwhelming and ruling over the one million in 100 counties.
And here you are.
God help us.
I live in Howard county... but vote in Florida, so I don’t tend to follow the local politics much.
Any idea of how Howard county tends to vote (I’m figuring Democrap, though)?