Cecil County Spending Project

While reviewing information on the current Cecil County toll hikes at the Hatem Bridge I came across some interesting commentary from one of our elected officials on this issue a couple years ago.  You have to ask yourself whether these comments haven’t contributed to the sorry predicament we’re facing today. 

Roy Whiteley, founder and leader of Marylanders for Fair Property Taxation, encourages you to get involved with changing the way that tax assessments are done in the state of Maryland.  As many of you are aware the state of Maryland does a very poor job of assessing properties in a way that truly reflects real market conditions often resulting in citizens being assessed way too high and being taxed accordingly. 

Gabriel J. Michael of the The Maryland Public Policy Institute is reporting that the Maryland’s Board of Public Works voted on Wednesday to purchase 1,062 slot machines for Penn National Gaming’s casino in Cecil County, at a cost of over $49 million.

Ted Patterson, candidate for delegate for the State of Maryland, made a public commitment on the record to not raise taxes if elected, while attending the Cecil County Tea Party. This is the first of a series of videos collected while at the Tea Party. I’ll let viewers judge on the strength and seriousness of the commitment of each candidate or politician. Video #1 after the break…