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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The answer is that whether Democrat or Republican, Maryland politics have always and historically been - and the Assembly in particular- one of the most corrupt in the country. We are talking centuries of corruption.

For example, until the state Constitution was amended by ballot initiative in 2020, Maryland was the only state in the country where the legislative branch did not have authority over the state budget. The Governor would propose a budget and the Assembly could only vote it up or down. They could not change or amend it. The voters of Maryland changed the Constitution in 1916 to take this power away from the Assembly because they were disgusted with the levels of corruption.

[b]Also keep in Maryland that Maryland’s history of having state and local politicians go to prison is a decades long tradition that is unmatched[/b]. Our most successful statewide politician, Spiro Agnew, ended up in jail.  More recently we have Mosby, Pugh, Dixon, Leopold, etc. It is not normal for a state to have so many corrupt officials. It’s baked into the political culture and DNA of Maryland just as much as Old Bay.

So it should surprise no one that Maryland has that most ridiculously and shamelessly gerrymandered Congressional districts in the country.

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Illinois say: hold my beer[/quote]
At least Illinois has Lincoln and Obama to call their own. Maryland has William Donald Schafer?[/quote]

Those are the only two have haven't gone to our finely built politician prison.[/quote]

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