Maryland Then and NOW

As many of you know my home town is Bethesda, Maryland, I came to Philadelphia for College as many of you know. For most of my life we in Maryland have had two great Governors and two lousy ones. I think we know the Great Ones but for those in Takoma Park it was Governors Schaefer and Governor Ehrlich.

Let us take a little look at Maryland as it was four years ago when during the Ehrlich – Steele Administration. Unemployment was 3.8% was 6.2% in 2002. Republican Governor Ehrlich cut unemployment by half in four years. Democrat Governor Martin O’Malley’s administration has doubled unemployment in four years.

Governor O’Malley signed into law the largest tax increase in history of Maryland. Now he is thinking of raising taxes yet again. Governor Ehrlich left us with a surplus of little more than $3 billion dollars. Governor O’Malley has gone through that and now he wants to raid the rainy day fund.

In addition to all of the above Governor O’Malley totally screwed up slots in Maryland. His policies have driven business out of our state and put small businesses out of Business. Governor Ehrlich and Aris Melissaratos brought countless numbers of new business to Maryland Ritz Carlton moved their corporate headquarters from Atlanta to Maryland; The O’Malley – Brown Administration put up a sign for potential business Closed for all Businesses. Guess it isn’t a surprise that we get this from a Governor who has never run a Business in his life.