Thanks for posting the link to find out our elected officials. I'm planning on letting Sen Kasemeyer and Dels DeBoy and Malone know that I am against a raise in gas taxes and an increase in sales tax. Raising the gas tax is likely to lead to a raise in prices for many other goods and services because it is going to cost businesses more to get their goods and services to customers. Increasing the sales tax will just push us to buy even more things online. Since the first sales tax raise we probably went from purchasing 25% of things we buy to 75% online. Our representatives in Annapolis need to realize that many cannot afford these increases. When citizens don't have the money to pay the bills they have to cut their expenses, it is time Annapolis started figuring out ways to make cuts, and stop spending their time trying to think of ways to raise more money (sales tax, gas tax, bottle tax, toll increases, flush tax, junk food tax, alcohol tax, cigarette tax, if this keeps up before you know it everything will have its own tax).

Reform Medicaid and stop the fraud and waste in the system first. Too many freeloaders and deadbeats. Start collecting taxes from the cheats --- more from the nearly 50% that don't pay any income taxes.

Democratic People's Republic of Maryland at it again. More taxes to support the people who don't get off their butts, but rather live off the state and their handouts. Maybe they should actively enforce that the freeloaders are actively looking for and taking jobs that are available every single day in the papers, internet job sites, craigslist, etc instead of taxing us working people more? Every time the lemming people of Maryland vote in these Socialists like O'Malley they should know what they are getting. Of course the majority voting for him are the ones with their hands out.

I don't understand why stupid people keep voting for these guys. I can not believe the gull of O'Malley. He should have taken the taxes from the alcohol tax to help pay the bills - NOT spend that money on stupid astro-turf at the high schools. I'll be sure to buy things out of state and on the internet.

O'Malley just can't seem to get enough money from Marylander tax payers. Obviously, the value of balancing the budget by spending less is an elusive concept for our governor, as it is for most Democrats. But then, since many of O'Malley's Democratic supporters pay no taxes, and are dependent upon welfare services provided by the state and federal governments, why would they vote to change the status quo?

My property tax assessment went down $60,400 this year. This means the revenue from my property will be reduced for the County in the form of taxes. Most of my neighbors are in the same sinking boat. This means revenues collected from property owners in Howard County will be declining this year. Why then are we always the first to increase spending in Howard County? Here is a novel approach: reduce spending and cut services that affect the least amount of people. Make the best with overcrowding schools in the short term, don't build 7 schools this year. Re-position the police force to better serve the community without adding new positions. Reduce the work force at Rogers avenue instead of spending millions to build a bigger building that will house even more workers. Do the same at the HC School Board on Rt 108. The private sector has been doing this for over 5 years, time for Howard County to have a taste of the real world!

Everyone's favorite leprechaun Omally. He needs a mask and a gun for the way he's robbing us blind.