The following letter was sent from Timothy Liegey to Governor Larry Hogan, U.S. Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin, as well as members of the Maryland General Assembly. A copy was provided to The Dagger for publication: Dear Governor Hogan: My name is Timothy Liegey and I am a school librarian with the Harford County […]
Whiteley: “Governor is Looking Hard at the SDAT Situation”
From Roy Whiteley, Founder, Marylanders for Fair Property Taxation: Hello Fellow Dissatisfied Property Taxpayers As promised, Mr. Roy McGrath, Senior Advisor to Governor Hogan, called us to discuss some of our issues regarding the flawed, failed, property tax assessment and appeals system. We sent the Governor and staff members a copy of our November, 2012, […]
Maryland Watch: When It Comes to Concealing Communications, O’Malley Was Ahead of His Time
A quick update on the Hillary Clinton vs Martin O’Malley presidential campaign. Hillary Clinton has suddenly become target number one because she used a private e-mail server set up in her home to do all her official business as Secretary of State. People are rightfully outraged because it circumvented record keeping laws along with security […]
Maryland Watch: Is Gov. Hogan Really Raiding the Transportation Trust Fund?
Democrats think they have their teeth in a new way to get a piece of hide out of Governor Larry Hogan over the Transportation Trust Fund (TTF). Their target is because Governor Hogan has proposed two major changes that will bankrupt the TTF for new projects, one is stopping the gas tax increase where it’s […]
Maryland Watch: Why Repealing the Rain Tax Doesn’t Mean Much, But Means Everything
Governor Larry Hogan followed through on his campaign promise to try to get rid of the rain tax, and it’ll probably pass, but in the end, it won’t actually do much. The “rain tax” itself was the state getting in between a Federal Environmental Protection Agency and any place that operates a stormwater management system […]
Sen. Jennings: “Rain Tax Has the Potential to Transform Maryland From a Business-Unfriendly State to a Business-Hostile State”
From State Sen. J.B. Jennings: Governor Larry Hogan Introduces Legislation To Repeal “Rain Tax” Governor Larry Hogan held a press conference on Tuesday announcing his legislation to repeal the “rain tax”. This repeal will instead give local governments control of how they will pay for the stormwater management mandate. Maryland’s legislature passed the rain tax […]
Maryland Watch: Hogan’s Mic-Dropping State of the State Speech Cuts Short Honeymoon in Annapolis
At the end of the State of the State Speech, Governor Larry Hogan pulled the microphone from the podium, turned it sideways, stared straight at Senate President Mike Miller and Speaker Mike Busch, and dropped the mic. The only thing heard for a few seconds as he walked out of the room was the sound […]
State Senate Republicans Applaud Gov. Hogan’s First State of the State Address
From the Senate Minority Office: In front of a joint session of the General Assembly in the House chamber this afternoon, Governor Larry Hogan delivered his first State of the State Address and outlined his legislative agenda for the remainder of the 2015 session, which includes the repeal of the rain tax, the restoration of […]
