One of the very first things I learned in my West Virginia University graduate-level statistics class was this: statistics can lie. Maryland Governor Marvin O’Malley must have taken a similar course at some point in his life. In a news release from the House Republican Caucus Minority Report for Week 3 of the Maryland 2014 Session in Annapolis reporting on O’Malley’s eighth – and last! – State of the State Address given on January 23, O’Malley claims to have cut spending by $9.1 billion during his reign. Reality check: the O’Malley/Brown administration has actually increased spending by close to $10 billion – plus having raised or created almost 80 separate taxes, fees, and tolls since 2007. David Brinkley, MD Senate Minority leader, further responds by saying O’Malley’s first budget was just over $29.5 billion; the budget submitted last week is almost $39.5 billion – about 33% more over the course of two terms. I received a final grade of “B” in my statistics class; O’Malley obviously must have earned an “A” in his as he is truly a master of statistics…
-Last week, Larry Hogan announced his candidacy for Maryland Governor in the 2014 race. He joins GOP candidates Harford County Executive David Craig, local businessman Charles Lollar, and MD Delegate Ron George – all looking to replace the term-limited O’Malley. Hogan has run “Change Maryland” for the past three years and claims a 75,000-member-strong grassroots GOP-plus Democrats-plus Independents following, all hoping for real change in Maryland in 2014. For more information, you may contact: www.HoganforGovernor.com.
-Join the “Work With Waugh” campaign for Steve Waugh, candidate for MD Senate, at a Business Breakfast at the Coffee Quarter in San Souci Plaza in St. Mary’s County on Thursday, February 6 at 8 a.m. For tickets and information you may contact (301)481-1422 or finance@waugh2014.com.
-And join Steve again in “An Evening Fit For t
