Taxes
Frank Kratovil’s Buddy is One of Top Congressional Porkers
Maryland 1st District congressional candidate Frank Kratovil has been crowing about his campaign’s designation as a DCCC-targeted race. His buddy, DCCC chair Chris Van Hollen is promising to pour all kinds of special interest money into Kratovil’s race.
We shouldn’t be surprised that Van Hollen is capable of funneling cash into Kratovil’s campaign coffers. [...]
The King of Borrow and Spend
Fiscal restraint means restraint on BOTH the taxing AND spending sides of the ledger… unless you are a member of the appropriating class or (evidently) Americans for Tax Reform. While I have always been an admirer of Grover Norquist, his folks over at ATR must be having a truly blond moment to name [...]
The Market Works - Even in the Free State
Our Red Maryland colleague Last Reporter confirms that the market does work, even in the Peoples’ Republic of Maryland. Gov. Martin O’Malley’s $1 per pack tax on cigarettes has caused a huge drop in per pack sales.
According to Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot:
“Pack sales have declined 23% to 35% each month since the tax was [...]
How To Speak Democrat
Thanks to my Red Maryland and Salisbury News colleague Kenny Burns for putting me on to this one:
Speaking Democrat: A Primer by Rep. Thad McCotter (R-MI)
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In Wicomico, Cutting Taxes Is Absurd
During yesterday’s Wicomico County Council meeting one thing was made abundantly clear - the Wicomico County government has little interest in tax relief for its residents and NO desire to cut spending.
I arrived a few minutes late to Tuesday’s meeting. I walked in to find that the agenda had been changed and the vote [...]
Salisbury - All’s Well in the Land of Low Taxes, Toys and Safety
If I didn’t know better I would swear that our own Daily Times had shifted from (supposedly) being a newspaper to becoming a humor mag. Unfortunately not.
This morning we learn that Salisbury Councilwoman Louise Smith WON’T support higher taxes. I haven’t heard anything so humorously absurd since a friend of mine stood before [...]
O’Malley’s One Maryland
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley appears to have turned the Department of Business and Economic Development upside down. O’Malley Watch has excellent analysis of issue.
However, I have to disagree with O’Malley Watch that focusing all of their effort on the Baltimore / DC corridor is a bad thing. Given O’Malley’s apparent desire to tax [...]
Wagner Trying to Save a Little Here, a Lot There
Delaware State Auditor Tom Wagner has found tens of millions of dollars in potential savings for the First State government (therefore the taxpayers). Can the people of Delaware expect the spendthrift (and lame duck) Minner administration to implement these cost cutting measures?
Time will tell, but don’t bet on Minner or her probable Dem successor [...]
What Is a Reasonable Profit …
No, this isn’t the sub-title of a class in Marxist economic theory (although it should be). From our friends at QandO we learn one of latest proposals put forward by the Clinton / Obama / (insert your favorite lefty here) school of economics.
Yes, the same government that can’t balance its own checkbook is going [...]
Lynn Cathcart - A Double Dose of Hypocrisy
During Wednesday night’s Salisbury City Council public hearing on the budget attendees had the pleasure of hearing the well expressed views of many of their fellow citizens. None was more interesting than former city councilwoman Lynn Cathcart.Like her fellows, did Mrs. Cathcart offer solutions to save the city (therefore the taxpayers) money? No. [...]
Hillary Tilghman Wants Your Money
Like her idol, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Salisbury Mayor Barrie Tilghman is a flip-flopper of the first magnitude. Raising taxes, mismanaging the taxpayers’ money, telling whoppers to the public (and the press) is all in a days work for the illustrious Queen of Barrieland. Now Tilghman wants to mimic the likes of Hillary and [...]
Daily Times Prints Tilghman Lies
Let’s forget for a moment that the only reason Salisbury Mayor Barrie Tilghman didn’t request an increase in water and sewer rates again this year is because there is an election in less than 12 months (that applies to a property tax increase as well). Let’s forget for a moment that the coverage of [...]
For Bill Duvall, the Enemy of My Enemy …
I’m sure that you have heard the old adage, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend”. If you have ever been involved in politics, you have probably been guilty of falling for it at one time or another. Unfortunately, few locals have been more guilty of this sin of vacuity more than [...]
Salisbury City Debt Is Just One Symptom of Gross Fiscal Mismanagement
Whether Joe Albero’s report of Salisbury Mayor Barrie Tilghman not seeking re-election proves true or not, the city of Salisbury is headed for some rough seas. The city’s debt load is only a symptom of the gross fiscal mismanagement of Tilghman’s administration.
Contrary to this morning’s Daily Times puff piece on the city’s debt, the [...]
Who Wants to Raise Taxes in Salisbury?
The short answer is nobody … until Salisbury Mayor Barrie Tilghman is re-elected in 2009. Then, the residents and business owners of Salisbury had better watch out.
Last year the taxpayers of Salisbury were hit with a double digit property tax increase and saved from a double digit water and sewer increase only through the [...]
