MDGOP: Cut the fat from the state budget
By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com ReporterThe Maryland Republican party says the state government doesn't have revenue problem, rather, it has a spending problem.
"The advertising from advocates of the slots constitutional amendment claims that the only solution to the projected deficit is to raise taxes or pass the referendum, I want to make it perfectly clear that the MDGOP is firmly opposed to raising taxes," said MDGOP chair Jim Pelura in a statement.
Pelura suggested that with a careful evaluation, spending could be brought under control.
"Martin O'Malley continues to ask the citizens of Maryland to make sacrifices while never seriously cutting the fat from the state budget," added Pelura.
The Board of Revenue Estimates released a report last month that showed the state's general fund revenues at roughly $14 billion - $432 million less than original estimates.
Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-Baltimore) said last month he would be asking state agencies to identify cuts of up to 5 percent in the current year's budget, which he will propose at the next Board of Public Works meeting in mid-October. In addition, O'Malley is pushing for the passage of November's slots referendum, which would allow up to 15,000 slot machine installations at five different locations across the state.
The Maryland Democratic Party declined comment.
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I was wrong
When reading David Paulson's newest column I stated:
"I feel like for any decision O'Malley makes MD Republican "leaders" probably have attack lines ready. If O'Malley has to choose between option A or option B, be assured the state GOP has an attack line ready for both no matter which decision they actually believe is right."
I was wrong.
The GOP didn't decide to just to attack O'Malley for not making enough cuts...then attack O'Malley for making cuts that are too harsh...they have now decided with the new MDGOP press release to attack O'Malley for not making enough cuts...again.
I knew the MDGOP probably had attacks ready to go if O'Malley made cuts or not...I didn't know they would use both attacks at the same time. I guess they decided "well we have attacks for either situation...we don't want to let any possible attack against O'Malley go to waste so lets just use both no matter what he does even if our attacks contradict each other."
No wonder the people of Maryland have completely rejected the Republican Party...viewing a 10-20 point loss for McCain, nearing a voter registration deficit of a million, and on the verge of losing what little relevance they have by becoming even weaker in Maryland when they lose one of their two congressional seats.
The MD GOP needs to come up with real solutions not make baseless attacks on O'Malley if they ever want to make inroads with Maryland's voters again.
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