Cecil County Spending Project

01/03/12 of last month the Cecil County Commissioners voted unanimously to buy a farm for preservation purposes costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars — was this really what we want government to spend money on?  Cecil County Commissioners and County Executive candidates Tari Moore (who made the motion) and Diana Broomell (who seconded the motion) supported this as did Mullin, Dunn, and Hodge.  If our county had a regulatory and tax…

From the office of Congressman Andy Harris: Today, Rep. Andy Harris continued to voice his opposition to the largest toll hike in the state’s history. “Maryland families and job creators, particularly on the Eastern Shore, cannot afford another tax hike,” said Rep. Andy Harris. “Maryland doesn’t have a revenue problem – they simply want to raise tolls by hundreds of millions of dollars to fund transportation projects for the Washington,…

The leadership in Maryland just passed the highest toll increases in state history!! Following is the list with all the increases: http://www.mdta.maryland.gov/Toll_Increase/documents/Public_Notice_Approved_Plan_092111.pdf Despite the thousands of people who turned out to fight the toll increases at hearings across the state, tolls will double and even triple on our highways, bridges and tunnels.

Recently, Republican Senator Nancy Jacobs, Democrat Delegate Mary Delany-James, and others have been publicly claiming “victory” in the battle over the toll increases.  A new toll increase plan was released by the MDTA that was less than what was initially proposed–but the newly revised plan is still a substantial increase of tolls in the state of Maryland and locally in Cecil and Harford Counties.  The citizens of Maryland and especially…

A newly revised sham toll increase plan was released today by the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) that will STILL increase tolls across our state.  It doesn’t seem like the MDTA heard the thousands of people who came out to the hearings from all over Maryland demanding the MDTA not increase tolls.  Visit the MDTA website to read the specifics of the new proposal: Click Here to See Today’s Notice to…