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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What has Hogan done for Maryland? Where are the new businesses, transportation initiatives, and stellar education?  Baltimore City is still a mess, and MOCO schools are overcrowded.  I'm still waiting for people to list all the reasons why Hogan has been a good governor.  Please post a list of achievements.[/quote]

Let's see:

Finally got the Purple Line started
Reduced tolls state-wide
Started an initiative to reduce congestion on 495 and 270
Kept Marriott here; is working hard on Amazon HQ2
Is working to take over B-W parkway so we can widen it
Approved Musk's hyper-loop between DC and B'more
Working on other high-speed rail initiatves between DC and B'more (the Japanese train option)

As for schools, blame the counties on that -- the state has little control over it compared to the counties.

I generally vote Democrat but Hogan has been good for MD. He's Republican in name but is about as moderate as they come.[/quote]

So let's see.

Stalled the Purple Line, then cut its budget.
Reduced tolls, leading to a hole in the transportation budget.
Spent pocket change in the I-270 corridor, which came from canceling the Red Line in Baltimore and redistributing the money to road projects mostly in rural counties that voted for him.
Didn't get in the way of Montgomery County paying Marriott to stay here.
Is supporting huge highway-widening projects without saying how they will be paid for. 
Approved a goofy futuristic transportation concept (the "hyperloop").while failing to invest in current transportation needs.
Approved a goofy futuristic transportation concept (the "maglev") while failing to invest om current transportation needs.

This isn't a Democratic/Republican issue. It's a lousy transportation policies issue.

And yes, I do blame Hogan for forcing all school districts in the state to start and end when he thinks they ought to, rather when they think they ought to.[/quote]

Let's unpack these.

You say "cut the budget" of the purple line, I'd say he managed to get it across the finish line, while also getting cost control.

-The only thing shortchanged in the transportation budget was Omalley's constant raiding of it, and preferring mass transit (used by less than 10% of Marylanders), over roadways.

-The red line in Baltimore was a controversial boondoggle that not even all of Baltimore was in support of.

As for Maglev- that will never happen, cmon.  [/quote]

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