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The State of Maryland’s main money man, Controller Peter Franchot, one of the tax and spend, fiscally-irresponsible Democrats is suddenly getting tough on tax scofflaws. More likely it is political opportunism and a desperate attempt to distance himself from O’Malley’s Raiders in the legislature. Franchot lent his support to the Internet tax bill and has done nothing to warn against the out-of-control spending in Annapolis that has gotten Maryland into the mess it is now in.  They didn’t use the so-called stimulus to preserve the state’s finances they squandered it. Now the Dems have decided they need to go after tax scofflaws? How interesting. Franchot should be doing this anyway. Why has he taken so long?

Franchot says in a recent campaign email, “My office is committed to ensuring that everyone pays their fair share, especially in these difficult economic times.”  Marylanders have been paying their fare share of new outrageous taxes since O’Malley was elected and Franchot has helped the agenda along the way. They are out of money and need more NOW. It’s like an addiction to these people.

I’m sorry, I don’t like tax cheats either but progressives much farther down the food chain. We need to vote the fiscally irresponsible scofflaws out of office this year. Franchot’s behavior speaks volumes. Use your vote and remove him from office.

How many times have you had to apply for the Homestead Tax Credit? How many times have you forgotten to send the form back in a tax year? How much have you over paid in state property tax to the benefit of our spendthrift legislature?

I am furious that I have to keep filing this status while I am STILL in the home and paying property taxes for it. We almost missed our application deadline. It was in one of those envelopes that got over looked during the time of my serious illness last year. It occurred to me that the spendthrifts are HOPING that many homeowners FORGET to apply for this credit and thus LOSE the exemption. You think?

Incredulity is the word for finding that the online application did not work for me at the state website. A match between my property tax account number and access number does not work as of February 11th. The letter says I have sixty days.

Warning to all Maryland property tax payers. SEND IN YOUR HOMESTEAD TAX CREDIT APPLICATION. The state is banking on you that you don’t. Pun intended.

Please note that a family member also living in Maryland sent an ONLINE and a MAILED application and NO HOMESTEAD CREDIT was applied! My relative paid the state an extra $1000 in state property taxes. We applied last year and the year before that. Both times online. As taxpayers we should NOT tolerate this kind of incompetence. My relative FINALLY made a personal visit to a state tax office and offered a prayer to the Almighty.

My favorite candidate for Maryland State Senate, District 27, Prince Georges and Calvert County signed the 9-12 pledge last evening, June 7, 2009. Ron Miller made the announcement on his Twitter feed http://www.twitter.com/teamronmiller

Now I knew having met Ron and after having seen him in action at the Solomons Tea Party that he was the right Miller for me in 2010. I was very glad to see Ron take the time to make a formal pledge. A conservative, a family man, and now a candidate that recognizes the beliefs, values and principles of many potential voters, Ron is ready to serve and govern for the people.

Ron’s announcement read, “I signed the 9/12 Candidate Pledge committing myself to upholding its nine principles and twelve values http://is.gd/SvGQ #TCOT #MDReps.”

Maryland needs new 9-12 candidates to run for public office. I’m solidly behind Ron Miller as the best possible candidate to defeat the Democrat incumbent. Join me in supporting Ron in 2010.

(Red County) by Ron Miller 5/26/09 “When U.S. Senator Arlen Specter switched to the  Democratic Party earlier this spring, it sent shock waves through the political establishment. The GOP’s ability to influence the debate in the Senate was suddenly in jeopardy, and his defection touched off an argument that continues to rage about the role of moderates in the present and future Republican Party”

Read the rest of Ron’s article at Red County. District 27 voters for Prince Georges and Calvert County Maryland Ron Miller is the right Miller for state senate in 2010!

The Maryland State Department of Health continues to call residents of the state asking personal questions about their health. I am one of those residents. Despite repeatedly telling this agency to mind its own business the intrusive calls keep coming in after regular business hours.

The telephone number the caller ID shows is 410-767-6774. This shows up on the Internet as:

Diabetes Control Prgm Coordinator
MD Dept of Health & Mental Hygiene
Division of Diabetes Control
Office of Chronic Disease Prevention
Community & Public Health Admin
6 St. Paul Street Suite 603
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Phone 410-767-6774
Fax 410-333-2885

When you ask the callers to stop calling they become defensive and angry and remind you they are the “State of Maryland.” This agency harassed us last year as well. That is what it is – government harassment. When you tell someone or some organization to STOP calling you every call after that is HARASSMENT.

I have read at other websites that these calls are made at random but I have my doubts.

Are you getting these calls? Have you asked the state to go away? How many times have they called after you have asked them to stop? Has your doctor or other medical provider or pharmacist given your personal information to the state? I do not need or want a government bureaucrat asking me personal and private questions about my health. What don’t these people understand about NO!

This intrusive call with its request for personal and private information from a caller we cannot verify has to stop. There is no excuse for a government agency to behave in this way.

Three hundred people braved the elements to attend the Bel Air Taxpayer Tea Party today, one of hundreds of such events held nationwide on the day federal and state tax forms are due to be filed.

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Maryland State Senate candidate Ron Miller spoke at yesterday’s Annapolis Tea Party. Ron fills us in on his impressions of the people and the event on his blog. The grass roots events thought enough of Ron to ask him to speak. I think that was a compliment since at many tea parties across the nations the people’s frustration with politicians kept politicians off the stage. Politicians were not asked to speak at many events.

(Reflections)  – Ron Miller of Huntingtown, MD makes his formal announcement to run Against incumbent Mike Miller for Maryland State Senate, District 27 in 2010.

Click through to Ron’s Reflections blog and meet Ron. 

Maryland Republican Party
James Pelura, DVM, MS
Chairman

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Justin Ready

April 8, 2009 410-263-2125

State Budget Language Calls for Disenfranchisement of Maryland Taxpayers

The Democrat leadership in the Maryland General Assembly has included language in an amendment attached to the state budget that would allow any additional federal funds received after the Legislative Session is over to be spent by House or Senate Committee Chairs alone with no oversight or debate by the entire legislature.

“This attempt to thwart the democratic process by allowing tax dollars to be spent without the oversight and debate that our representative form of government demands is one of the most underhanded and despicable examples to date of the destructive policies that result from one party rule,” said MDGOP Chairman Jim Pelura

“By using a little noticed addition to the budget, Governor O’Malley, President Miller and Speaker Busch are attempting to do an end-run around the open and fair allocation of taxpayer dollars.”

“This budget should not pass due to the total lack of fiscal responsibility that it represents. This horrendous attempt a back-room politics makes it even worse. I call on all members of the General Assembly, regardless of party affiliation, to reject this outrageous provision,” concluded Pelura.

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April Showers bring May Flowers! Or in my case, they bring May fruits and vegetables.

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Jump over to the Maryland House Republlican Caucus website and watch the video on the Maryland State budget. Remember if you expect to vote intelligently in 2010 you need to remain informed. Part of that responsibility is taking advantage of the political news from those who represent us in Annapolis. In this video House Minority Whip Chris Shank and Delegate Gail Bates discuss the state budget recently passed by the House.

Visit the Maryland House Republican Caucus

ReguarFolksUnited.com – Rom Miller April 6, 2009 – (Excerpt) “If you want to deliberately get yourself agitated, read the comments sections after any political news item or commentary on the Web. I usually hope against hope to gain some insight I didn’t have before, but most comments are rude, ignorant or downright violent. Take as an example the comments I read after the transcript of an interview with Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele. I was reminded of the lyrics of a song: “Some people act like crabs in a bucket, scramblin’ over each other so none of them ever get out.”

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Ron Miller, Candidate for State Senator 27th District of Maryland

When I read Ron’s article I was taken back to my own childhood. My parents and grandparents taught me and my sisters not to be racists. Oddly enough mom and dad were Democrats but I later became a Republican when I realized that the Democrats in power just wanted me to assimilate and keep my mouth shut. Born out of that was political correctness and of late Internet left-wing character assassinations of those the left wants to marginalize. Ron shares his feelings in this piece. He recognizes and understands what the truth is in our country today and I for one would be very proud to call him Senator Ron Miller because he is a man of wisdom and character!

Reflections Blog – I read with more than a little amusement about Senator Mike Miller’s frustration concerning a pastor who had the nerve to close his opening prayer in the Senate chamber on March 25 by invoking the name of Jesus. Herewith the rant that ensued:

“Miller (D-Calvert) asked that Lehman’s remarks not be journalized, that is, saved for posterity. Then, sounding annoyed, he asked the secretary of the Senate, ‘Do we see these things ahead of time? Do we?’”

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Visit the Reflections Blog of candidate Ron Miller ® Huntingtown to learn more about incumbent Mike Miller’s rather revealing derision of our Savior. I for one am tired of hearing my faith blasphemed by politicians who don’t have a higher power other than themselves. Ron Miller respects and will represent everyone regardless of their expression of faith. Ron is someone I respect and trust and I hope you will too come election time in 2010.

The Maryland Senate last night rejected by one vote a bill to authorize the use of cameras to catch speeding drivers across the state. But some senators said they were concerned that the cameras would be used largely to raise revenue for local governments and that they would represent an unprecedented intrusion into residents’ private lives.

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Yesterday Maryland just passed a law allowing the use of Speed Cameras in the entire state. They’re currently in use in Montgomery County, where the Police that receive speeding tickets themselves refuse to pay the tickets. The law says the owner of the vehicle has to pay the fine – and they don’t own the cop cars… so they refuse to pay.

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The Maryland Senate changed its mind and passed a law it had just defeated that will allow cameras to issue speeding tickets within a five mile radius of schools and work zones.

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Lawmakers Divided on Driver’s License Issue

Senate votes to deny licenses to illegal immigrants; House backs two-tiered system

By Julie Bykowicz | [email protected] 11:21 PM EDT, March 30, 2009

The House of Delegates voted Friday to allow undocumented immigrants who have a Maryland license to continue driving, while the Senate approved a proposal late Monday to end the practice.

The debate comes amid the state’s attempt to comply with “Real ID,” a federal act that, among other security measures, prohibits states from issuing driver’s licenses to people who cannot prove that they are in the U.S. legally.

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Social Change Project Mercatus, State and Local Policy Project at George Mason University.

“This paper presents the first-ever comprehensive ranking of the American states on their public policies affecting individual freedoms in the economic, social, and personal spheres. We develop and justify our ratings and aggregation procedure on explicitly normative criteria, defining individual freedom as the ability to dispose of one’s own life, liberty, and justly acquired property however one sees fit, so long as one does not coercively infringe on another individual’s ability to do the same.”

” New York is the least free by a considerable margin, followed by New Jersey, Rhode Island, California, and Maryland.”

Read the details here.

Download the study PDF file here.

Thanks to BobEhrlich.com and Ron Miller for the news.

(Ron Miller – Huntingtown) There’s another thing in life that’s as sure as death and taxes; if politicians find out that people are angry about an issue, they swoop in like superheroes to declare they will save the day. When they do that, I suggest that rather than letting out a cheer, you tug on their capes and ask them, “What exactly are you going to do?”

Read the rest at Ron’s Reflections

SALISBURY — In her final State of the City address, Salisbury Mayor Barrie Parsons Tilghman warned residents of what she sees as a great danger to the city: malicious bloggers.
Tilghman said in her address Thursday that over the last five years, the presence of a small group of suspicious, mean-spirited people focused on the negative…

(Ed note: What? Might be a small town mayor with a small town reaction to anyone taking to an opinion not her own perhaps? Whatever the reason this doesn’t bode well for bloggers. This is an attack on the First Amendment right to free speech. The blogosphere over there is rather intense but maybe, just maybe there is a reason for it. Voters ought to consider the sources and then decide and the Mayor should attend a Constitutional Law class and get back to the business of the people. Read the Salisbury News Blog and then you decide.)



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(WUSA9.com 031209 BALTIMORE, Md.) — The coldest winter in years and skyrocketing energy bills have put 120,000 Maryland residents between a rock and a hard place. Their power could be cut off by April Fool’s Day. But Maryland state regulators have given these consumers a one week reprieve.

(Ed. Note: Our power and oil costs are outrageous despite having taken steps to conserve and wearing heavy clothing in our own home.)

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Apparently in Maryland it was legal, until February 20 of this year, to change lanes without signaling. It all makes sense now. Everyone drives like they are omnipotent NASCAR racers. Even police don’t signal. Well Maryland is finally out of the dark ages realizing what a rolling multi-ton pile of metal can do to the human body–many deaths later. It is now illegal to change lanes without signaling. This should be one more tool in a police officer’s fight against aggressive drivers. Three violations in a row are required for reckless aggressive driving citations and one of those in the state of California has always been failure to signal when changing lanes.

I’m happy that this little over sight was corrected. Now it will, unfortunately, take generations to bring Maryland drivers up to par with the safer states. Are there safer states? Post for another time.

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