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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That hissing sound you hear is the sound of the air coming out of Wes Moore’s presidential ambitions. Right now he is trailing Ehrlich as the worst Maryland governor since Agnew. He literally spent all of the money on extravagances the moment he was elected and now we are broke.[/quote]

Yep. Blew the entire surplus Hogan left us in a year. A YEAR. [/quote]
Wes Moore wasted all of the money literally months after taking the oath of office. [/quote]

What was it spent on?  The governor sets the budget not the state assembly?[/quote]
$1 billion on education, half of which goes to Baltimore (most of which goes to teacher salary increases and pensions). $500 million for Baltimore Red Line and WMATA (without demanding concessions from WMATA). $400 million on raises and bonuses for state employees. $200 million on expanding the EITC. And on and on and on. [/quote]

I don’t see a problem with any of that. Why should we not staff and pay our state employees? Why should we not fund education and transportation?[/quote]
Sure. All spending is reasonable until you’re broke. Same thing applies to your household budget.

Setting priorities and saying no is a big part of leadership, which is sorely lacking in Maryland. [/quote]

Hogan didn’t solve the problem though he just understaffed positions and left us all holding the bag. [/quote]
I have not noticed any improvement in state services since Moore has become governor. In fact, as far as I can tell, state services have gotten worse. Went to DMV recently and it was an absolutely mess.[/quote]

Moore can’t just instantly fix years long backlogs of understaffing caused by his predecessor. Be honest. Even once staffing is fixed it will actually take time for the new hires to show progress on their work. Have you ever worked in a dysfunctional company? How easy is it yo be effective under such conditions?[/quote]

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