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Saturday, January 22, 2022

18-years ago on Wednesday, January 14, 2004, this was the editorial in the Carroll County Times.

18-years ago on Wednesday, January 14, 2004, this was the editorial in the Carroll County Times. 

Editorial for Wednesday, January 14, 2004 “Another tight budget”

The 2004 legislative session opens today looking remarkably similar to the opening day last year, with talk of a tight budget year, low revenues and a major battle brewing over Gov. Robert Ehrlich's desire to legalize slot machines. 

Add to that increased state mandates and additional costs to education by the still unfunded recommendations of a state commission tasked with improving education and additional costs associated with improving schools as required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act; a Department of Transportation that says it is desperately underfunded and wants to increase its revenue by increasing the gasoline tax or install toll booths on some roadways; word that the governor's promised rollback of last year's property tax increase isn't going to happen; and municipal budgets that continue to strain under the weight of increased services without a means to pay for them and the situation looks dire for Maryland taxpayers hoping to escape the 90-day session without having to fork over more of their hard-earned paychecks. 

Apparently state legislators and the Ehrlich administration have done little in the nine months since the last legislative session ended to identify where programs can be made more cost-effective or identify new sources of revenue that don't include taking money from taxpayers.

As such, we should expect that legislators will not be introducing any legislation that will add to the size or cost of government.

We should expect that programs in existence will be evaluated for the benefits that are received in relation to their cost, and an emphasis will be placed on fixing or eliminating inefficient programs while maintaining those that are working.

In short, legislators have to do their homework.

The trend of turning to taxpayers for more money even as government expands must stop. Failing that, taxpayers will take another hit this year, and the stage will be set for more tax increases in 2005. 


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Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Dec. 29, 2006: This was one weird year Doug Tallman, Gazette

Dec. 29, 2006: This was one weird year Doug Tallman, Gazette

9Jan2018: My note - - I was doing file maintenance on the top stories from years past and came across this one from Doug Tallman. It is one my favorite year-end stories.

As a matter of fact, it is one of my favorite stories, among many favorite stories written by Doug Tallman. Doug runs neck and neck with Katherine Heerbrandt, Bryan Sears, and Carrie Knauer, on my list of favorite story writers over the years. Just saying.

So, anyway, Doug wrote this in the Gazette on Dec. 29, 2006 – and I was surprised to see that it is still up on the web. (I wish my old stories were still on the web – but that is another subject for another day. For me, 2000 stories later, and sadly only a fraction are still on the web…. Sad.

So, Doug wrote: “This was one weird year — and don’t forget the rats! - From ogling to challenging fitness for the office, 2006 was full of unexpected twists and turns,” Friday, Dec. 29, 2006 by Douglas Tallman, Staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS — There were times in 2006 when it was hard to keep a straight face.

It was the year a political icon asked a comely aide to walk away so he could get another view of her derriere. On Election Day, voters asked the icon to do the same.

It was the year a quick-thinking politician administered the Heimlich maneuver to a choking man, who turned out to be his political rival.

It was the year an attorney general candidate was barred from running. Days before Election Day, another AG candidate faced a similar challenge.

And it was the year that the renovation of Annapolis office space led to rats roaming the hallways.

‘‘It looks like a Mel Brooks movie,” said D. Bruce Poole, a former House majority leader who observed the state capital’s shenanigans from a safe distance, his law office in Hagerstown.



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