Showing posts with label Gov O'Malley Martin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gov O'Malley Martin. Show all posts

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Eagle Archive: Budget and the economy were worries in 1837 ... and still are

Eagle Archive: Budget and the economy were worries in 1837 ... and still are

by Kevin Dayhoff


This is the time of the year when many citizens turn their attention to the budget processes of Carroll County government and its eight municipalities. No matter where you live in Carroll County, money matters.

Statewide, Gov. Martin O'Malley has announced that on Monday, May 14, the General Assembly will get together for a couple of days to raise taxes and enact more laws, rules and regulations. (For more on this read, "Delegation says county stands to lose $1 million in special session," on ExploreCarroll.com.)... http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/opinion-talk/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0513-20120509,0,1799107.story



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Thursday, January 5, 2012

Lutherville-Timonium Patch: VIDEO: O'Malley Addresses Proposed Gas Tax Increase - Lutherville-Timonium, MD Patch

VIDEO: O'Malley Addresses Proposed Gas Tax Increase - Lutherville-Timonium, MD Patch:

"VIDEO: O'Malley Addresses Proposed Gas Tax Increase

Lutherville-Timonium Patch readers have been vocal about the proposed tax hike. Where do you stand?

By Nick DiMarco Email the author December 30, 2011

Lutherville-Timonium Patch: VIDEO: O'Malley Addresses Proposed Gas Tax Increase - Lutherville-Timonium, MD Patch
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Mark Newgent - Red Maryland: O'Malley Repeats Budget Cuts Fiction

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2011




O'Malley told the Annapolis press corps, "Ever since this recession hit we've been relying almost exclusively, with some exceptions, but almost exclusively on the cuts. That's why we've racked up $6.8 billion in cuts."

Except that under O'Malley the state budget has ballooned.

Here’s how much O’Malley spent in his five budgets since he took office in 2007... http://redmaryland.blogspot.com/2011/12/omalley-repeats-budget-cuts-fiction.html

Mark Newgent - Red Maryland: O'Malley Repeats Budget Cuts Fiction

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Robert Lang WBAL: O'Malley Says Gas Tax, Other Increases Part Of Agenda In 2012

O'Malley Says Gas Tax, Other Increases Part Of Agenda In 2012


Thursday, December 29, 2011

Robert Lang in Annapolis and Associated Press

Governor Martin O'Malley says lawmakers in 2012 will have to have the "courage" to consider tax hikes as well as spending cuts, and that includes an increase in the state's gasoline tax.

At a briefing for reporters in Annapolis today, O'Malley said lawmakers have already cut $6.8-billion in spending over the last four years.

He says more money is needed for road and bridge projects.

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He notes that the state's 23.5-cent-a-gallon gasoline tax was set in 1992 when gasoline was selling for more than $1.10 a gallon. Regular now sells for more than $3 a gallon. He notes that gas tax revenue has not kept up with rising costs of infrastructure projects.

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Earlier this year, a commission recommended a 15-cent-a-gallon increase in the gas tax over three years.

The governor also says he may seek an increase in the so called "flush tax" on septic systems, and plans to pursue legislation to restrict new septic systems… http://www.wbal.com/article/84939/2/template-story/OMalley-Says-Gas-Tax-Other-Increases-Part-Of-Agenda-In-2012






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Thursday, November 3, 2011

A Message from the Governor: Veterans Day, Energy Efficiency and State Regulatory Review



 A Message from the Governor

In all the many difficult decisions that we have to make as a people, job creation must be our number one priority, always.

To create jobs, a modern economy requires modern investments. That isn't a Democratic or Republican idea, it's an historic and economic truth.

But in our country today, we face a serious investment deficit. While our global competitors like China invest 9% of their Gross Domestic Product in infrastructure like roads, bridges, and tunnels – in the United States, we invest only 2%.

It's not what other countries are doing to us; it's what we're not doing for ourselves. President Obama has a plan to move us forward. The President's proposal would create hundreds of thousands of jobs rebuilding our roads, railways, and runways. How? With a $50 billion investment in surface transportation and the creation of a new, National Infrastructure Bank.

The President's plan will make a difference for those of us in Maryland – allowing us to create jobs and improve our quality of life, with investments in priorities like widening the I-70 bridge over Concocheague Creek in Washington County --and reconstructing the I-695 Baltimore Beltway bridge over Milford Mill Road,… a bridge that is 50 years old and structurally deficient.

Rebuilding America's infrastructure matters for job creation. It matters for our global competitiveness. And it matters for the type of country we leave to the next generation

- Governor O'Malley

What's Happening?

Reviewing State Regulations

Last month, Governor O'Malley signed an executive order to spark job creation in Maryland and we need your help! The executive order calls for a 60-day state review of current state regulations to identify and potentially eliminate regulations that are duplicative, outdated or present a barrier to job creation.

Our Cabinet Secretaries have begun their internal reviews and will submit recommendations in December. An essential piece of the report will consist of feedback and suggestions from you.

Please visit our website to submit your suggestion for a regulation that can be eliminated or reformed.

Maryland Students Excel, Again

For the past three years in a row, Maryland's public schools have ranked #1 in the country. Our high school students lead the nation with their Advanced Placement scores and together we've been able to cut the achievement gap between black and white students by nearly half. This week, we received more good news that over the past two years, Maryland's public school students made greater improvements on national standardized tests than most other States, according to the recently-released 2011 Nation's Report Card.

Congratulations to our students, educators and parents on this achievement.

Marylander on the Move: Erin Byers 

 Erin Byers is an Army veteran and multi-media artist who devotes her time to the Veteran Artist Program.

At age 26, she joined the Army and was deployed to Iraq where she served as a combat medic, leaving her passion for photography behind.

After returning home, she found art to be a healthy way to deal with the realities of war. She explains that "… there are things you see that other people don't want to hear you talk about and art is a way that veterans can 'talk' about their experiences."

She wants to help other veteran artists return to the passion that many of them had to give up.

Innovative Maryland 

Maryland is committed to creating green jobs and building for an energy-efficient infrastructure to make our State more sustainable. Since 2009, Marylanders have saved over 900,000 MWh of electricity and over $117 million through efficiency upgrades, reduced consumption and investments in renewable energy options.


Just last month, Maryland was ranked one of the top 10 states in the nation for energy efficiency, according to the 2011State Energy Efficiency Scorecard by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. This determination is based on a variety of metrics comparing states on their efforts to advance efficiency in their residential, commercial, industrial and transportation sectors.
Maryland also received high marks in the area of transit-oriented development thanks to our high standards for greenhouse gas tailpipe emissions as well as our integration between transportation and land use planning.
Maryland has set a goal for electricity suppliers to procure 20% of their electricity from renewable sources by 2022. You can learn more about energy conservation in your own home and business here.

Labels: Maryland Municipal League see MML, MML, MML Municipal League
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For more information on the 2011 Fall Maryland Municipal
League’s Fall Legislative Conference at the Cambridge Maryland Hyatt Regency
Chesapeake Bay, including a “Complete 2011 Fall Conference Information (.pdf)”
packet, visit the MML website at www.mdmunicipal.org.


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Monday, October 31, 2011

ERIC JAFFE - The Atlantic Cities: Maryland's Governor Explains his War on Sprawl


Maryland's Governor Explains his War on Sprawl

Maryland's Governor Explains his War on Sprawl
Flickr/Governor Martin O'Malley
Maryland is running out of space. For decades now, a trend toward low-density development - in a word, sprawl - has created a lifestyle threatens the state's farmland, cities, and the Chesapeake Bay. An antidote has arrived in the form of PlanMaryland, a statewide smart growth plan that encourages the development of high-density residential pockets along established lines of infrastructure. The hope is that this effort will produce a  stronger Baltimore-Washington mega-region, and a more sustainable quality of life.
Over the past three years the state's Department of Planning has collected comments from thousands of residents and produced two drafts of the plan. The public feedback period will endin early November, at which point the department will prepare a final version for submission to Gov. Martin O'Malley. On the eve of this long-awaited step forward, O'Malley spoke to Atlantic Cities about the perils of sprawl, the promise of density, and the state's city-centric future.
"This is kind of wonky stuff," he says. All the more reason to get to it...
Eric Jaffe is a contributing writer to The Atlantic Cities and the author of The King's Best Highway: The Lost History of the Boston Post Road, the Route That Made America. He lives in New York. All posts »

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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Eric Jaffa: Maryland's Governor Explains his War on Sprawl



Maryland's Governor Explains his War on Sprawl


Maryland's Governor Explains his War on Sprawl
Flickr/Governor Martin O'Malley
Maryland is running out of space. For decades now, a trend toward low-density development - in a word, sprawl - has created a lifestyle threatens the state's farmland, cities, and the Chesapeake Bay. An antidote has arrived in the form of PlanMaryland, a statewide smart growth plan that encourages the development of high-density residential pockets along established lines of infrastructure. The hope is that this effort will produce a  stronger Baltimore-Washington mega-region, and a more sustainable quality of life.
Over the past three years the state's Department of Planning has collected comments from thousands of residents and produced two drafts of the plan. The public feedback period will endin early November, at which point the department will prepare a final version for submission to Gov. Martin O'Malley. On the eve of this long-awaited step forward, O'Malley spoke to Atlantic Cities about the perils of sprawl, the promise of density, and the state's city-centric future.
"This is kind of wonky stuff," he says. All the more reason to get to it... http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2011/10/marylands-governor-explain-war-sprawl/369/#.TqqmrIMGuo0.facebook


Eric Jaffa: Maryland's Governor Explains his War on Sprawl

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Sunday, July 10, 2011

Kevin Dayhoff - Explore Carroll: MD Gov O'Malley appoints state redistricting committee

O'Malley appoints state redistricting committee

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley announced the make-up of his five-member Redistricting Advisory Committee on the Fourth of July holiday.

The announcement of the committee first appeared on the governor’s website July 5 and also noted the first meeting of the committee — the next day, July 6, in Annapolis.

The committee is charged with drafting a legislative and congressional redistricting plan for the state.

Jeanne Hitchcock will chair the committee. Hitchcock, who serves as the governor’s secretary of appointments, previously worked with then-Baltimore Mayor O’Malley as a deputy-mayor, and worked on the redistricting process that created single-member districts in the city.

The committee also includes http://www.explorecarroll.com/news/5536/omalley-appoints-state-redistricting-committee/

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Cross Purposes: Smart Grid, Shrewd Politics by Richard Cross

Tuesday, August 17, 2010


Smart Grid, Shrewd Politics

http://rjc-crosspurposes.blogspot.com/2010/08/smart-grid-shrewd-politics.html?spref=fb
This week, the Maryland Public Service Commission approved BGE’s plans to deploy “Smart Grid” technology across Maryland, ending a saga which began in June.

Smart Grid technology allows consumers to better track and control energy usage, resulting in significant energy and cost savings. The PSC’s action preserves Maryland’s eligibility for $200 million in federal stimulus grant monies earmarked for Smart Grid projects.

The whole Smart Grid saga has received significant local media attention during the past two months. Absent from all the coverage, however, was the extent to which gubernatorial politics guided the outcome.

Flash back to 2006, when BGE customers were hit with 70 percent rate increases. Then-Mayor Martin O’Malley used the issue as a weapon in his contest again Governor Bob Ehrlich. O’Malley assigned all blame for the rate increase to Ehrlich and the members of his Public Service Commission, promising to roll back the increases if he won. And, he got away with it.

Of course, Governor O’Malley and his own Public Service Commission failed to deliver on these promises.

Now, as Governor O’Malley fights to keep his job...  
http://rjc-crosspurposes.blogspot.com/2010/08/smart-grid-shrewd-politics.html?spref=fb
Cross Purposes: Smart Grid, Shrewd Politics by Richard Cross
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Commentary: Maryland's economic deterioration is 'progress'? By Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.

Commentary: Maryland's economic deterioration is 'progress'? By Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/06/AR2010080605931.html

Monday, August 9, 2010

By Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.

Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) often refers to his tenure in Annapolis as one of "progress," implicitly arguing that Maryland is better off today than when he took office.

Nowhere could this argument lack more credibility than on Maryland's economic climate, which is unquestionably less friendly to job creation than it was four years ago.

Consider the evidence: Unemployment in Maryland doubled from 2006 to 2010. Approximately 3,000 small businesses closed on the O'Malley administration's watch last year.

Neighboring Virginia easily outranks Maryland in eight out of 10 categories in CNBC's America's Top States for Business survey, including overall economy, quality of life, business friendliness, transportation and cost of living. Maryland has become a flyover state as businesses like Northrop Grumman move their corporate headquarters and jobs to the other side of the Potomac River. Since 2006, the Tax Foundation has dropped Maryland 26 spots in its ranking of the states' business tax climates.

The causes for Maryland's decline are clear. By passing the largest tax increase in Maryland history before a recession, Gov. O'Malley siphoned sorely needed dollars from job creators and families across the income scale. Second, regulatory agencies began treating small businesses as a source of new fines and tax revenue rather than a source of new jobs. Lastly, government spending in Maryland over the past four years increased by $22 billion compared with the preceding four years. Not surprisingly, a $1.8 billion deficit awaits the next governor and legislature.

As governor, I will redefine "progress" in Maryland by focusing on three priorities. ... [...] .... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/06/AR2010080605931.html

20100809 RLE WaPo Mds economic deterioration is progress
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