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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seven pages and still waiting for someone to point out one concrete accomplishment of the  Hogan administration.[/quote]

He demonstrated his support for Ocean City by requiring all school boards in Maryland to set their school calendars based on the perceived needs of the Ocean City economy, rather than the educational needs of the kids in each school district.

Before Hogan's executive order, there was a grand total of one school system in Maryland that started after Labor Day. Guess which one?
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Other accomplishments include cancelling the much needed Red Line in Baltimore and then turning around and having MTA sign a 36-year multi-billion dollar deal with a private company for the more controversial Purple Line without any break clause for failure to secure the necessary approvals or financing. The delays due to the court case alone are unnecessarily wasting tens of millions of dollars in tax payer money, when that could've been mitigated by either waiting to sign the agreement or including necessary provisions to back out with limited financial penalties.

All that said, the current crop of challengers don't stand a chance. That is because MD Democrats are insular and self-dealing. Potential good candidates cannot ever get elected because no one will run against bad and entrenched insiders. It's how we end up with so many losers running for government, such as Kennedy-Townsend and Brown. Neither of those two ever stood a chance to win, but it was "their turn". Just look at the last election. Ken Ulman, the outgoing Democratic Howard County Executive in a county now controlled by Republicans somehow could only be allowed by insiders to run for Lt. Governor. If it was Ulman v. Hogan in the general, Ulman would've easily won. Instead the guy is basically now out of politics.

I like Ben Chavis as a person for example, but he'll never win the governorship and even though I like him, I wouldn't vote for him for Governor. For the House, sure. But not Governor. On the other side, I am not a big fan of Trone but at least he has a chance because he has a compelling story coming from outside politics and he executive record. Problem for Trone is that he'd have a hard time beating Delaney in a closed primary and Delaney has no chance of winning. If Trone ran as an independent, I would be certain that he'd have a higher likelihood of winning. Instead, I think people better get used to a second Hogan term because MD Democrats have a long ways to go before getting their act together.[/quote]

The Baltimore red line was a complete and utter boondoggle.   Thank God Hogan vetoed it.   Talk about throwing good money at bad. [/quote]

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