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Maryland State Of The State 2013

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

O'Malley Pushes for Wind, Gun Legislation

The governor's seventh State of the State address is seen by many as a prelude to an expected run for president in 2016.

Gov. Martin O'Malley Wednesday urged lawmakers to pass his offshore wind bill and find more money for transportation projects—though he offered no details on a gas tax initiative. In his seventh State of the State speech, the Democratic governor also used his 35-minute address to remind legislators of what he sees as his major accomplishments since taking office in 2007. In many ways, the speech seemed to lay the groundwork for what many expect will be a run for President in 2016. Choice was a major theme in O'Malley's speech. "Better choices. Better results. The proof is in our progress," O'Malley said. [Read O'Malley's speech as prepared or watch it.] O'Malley's Legislative Wish List On the top of O'Malley's wish list are the passage of …

Tom Hope

3:55 pm on Sunday, February 3, 2013

I'll try to throw a different twist on this topic.... Look up the amendment Representative Jose Serrano from New York is proposing to the 22nd Amendment of our Constitution.   more ›

O'Malley to Focus on 'Choices' in State of the State

Gov. Martin O'Malley will reflect on the effects of the policy decisions he's made since being elected in 2006.

The word of the day is "choice." Gov. Martin O'Malley will give his seventh State of the State speech at noon on Wednesday. The focus of his address will be the choices state government has made during his terms in office, according to portions of the speech released by his office. "When the national recession hit—wiping out jobs and revenues all across our country—other states tried to cut their way to prosperity. Many found this only made things worse. Laying off police officers, fire fighters and teachers, cutting public education, hiking up college tuition by double digits every single year, continuing down the merry path of cutting taxes for the very wealthy, hoping against cruel experience that somehow it would trickle down to the …

1ke

11:25 pm on Sunday, February 3, 2013

No fear, no paranoia. Super Bowl Champs. I get a kick out of how worked up you and your pals get over your teabagging politics and your peashooters. Patriot Buck. JoeBlob, B.O., Lorna Doom.   more ›

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