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Join the Protest of the EZ Pass TaxPromoting
the EZ-Pass system as a means to achieve greater traffic efficiency and
to reduce highway congestion was a hallmark of the Ehrlich
Administration's transportation policy.
Unfortunately, under
Governor O'Malley's leadership, the EZ-Pass program will be turned into
a cash cow as a newly-created monthly administrative fee will be
assessed as a tax on all EZ-Pass account holders.
In a typically
cavalier lack of transparency increasingly shown by the O'Malley
Administration, the Maryland Transportation Authority (MdTA) adopted
the new EZ-Pass administrative fees as well as increased tolls on
truckers in January after allowing a public comment period of only 22
days between the announcement of their intention to raise fees and the
final adoption by the Board.
At this stage, the only way that
these increases can be reversed is if Governor O'Malley rejects the new
fees. During the 2006 campaign, then-candidate O'Malley promised to not
"nickel and dime" Maryland's citizens with unsuspected transportation
fee increases.
TO REGISTER YOUR PROTEST: The "Legislative Action
Center" of AAA Mid-Atlantic has posted an online alert that allows
Maryland citizens to contact Governor O'Malley urging him to reverse
these fee increases. To access the AAA Mid-Atlantic website. MidAtlantic AAA website Action CenterYou
may also want to contact your business colleagues, friends and
neighbors and encourage them to protest these transportation policy
decisions that are detrimental to Maryland's businesses and citizens.
Mark Uncapher
Montgomery County Republican Chairman
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Washington Post Article Spotlights County Disability Pension Abuse
In the past week a Washington Post highlighted the findings of Montgomery County Inspector General Thomas Dagley concerning the county's employee disability pensions. See Washington Post Story
According to the Post story:
"No other local government appears to award disability retirement
packages as often as Montgomery, where 41 percent of officers who
retired between 2000 and 2007 receive the benefit. In contrast, not one
of the 252 police officers who retired from the Fairfax County force in
that period is collecting disability.
"In the past 10 years, 91 percent of Montgomery's officers who applied
for disability payments received them. The county pays about $38
million a year to all public safety and general government disabled
retirees. Officials were unable to immediately break down the payments
to police."
Inspector General Thomas Dagley's office's reports are a valuable source of information about problems with the county government. See Inspector General Reports
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O'Malley Fiddles While Maryland Burns
ANNAPOLIS
-- In light of falling tax revenues, Governor Martin O'Malley, author
of the largest tax increase in Maryland history, is calling for more
cuts in state spending. These cuts may include revisiting state worker
layoffs and across the board state worker pay decreases. Even cutting
education spending is not off the table.
"Republicans tried to
warn Governor O'Malley that if you raise taxes, particularly during a
recession, tax revenues will go way down because people leave the state
or do their shopping elsewhere," said MDGOP Chairman Jim Pelura.
"Our
state is hemorrhaging businesses, retirees, and families, because of
out of control taxation and an unfriendly climate for free enterprise.
Rather than pulling back the reins on the growth of government when
revenues were already down, O'Malley added spending to this year's
budget and is now having to backtrack.
"Maybe Martin O'Malley
should have been spending more time working to really streamline
Maryland's government and relieve the burden on working families and
less time recording his latest 'O'Malley's March' albumn," Pelura
concluded.
"In the midst of a budget crisis, during one of the
most difficult economic times our state and nation has faced in recent
years, Martin O'Malley is holding a "CD Release Party" in Baltimore on
Saturday, March 14th to promote his newest album. Tickets are $25,"
said MDGOP Executive Director Justin Ready. "Perhaps Governor O'Malley
could donate the proceeds from that event to help state employees keep
their jobs."
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Special Election Planned for Montgomery County Council District 4
Montgomery County voters will have an opportunity to express themselves in the upcoming special elections. During last year's special election in the same district, fewer than 10,000 voters out of the 180,000 people residing in the district turned out.
Special Election District 4
These are the dates for voting:
Primary Election - April 21, 2009
General Election - May 19, 2009
These are the Republican candidates:
Louis August - Republican
301-879-3331
13605 Mills Avenue,
Silver Spring, MD 20904
Campaign Website
Robin Ficker - Republican
301-652-1500
1300 Peaceful Lane,
Silver Spring, MD 20904
robinficker@msn.com
Andrew L. Padula - Republican
301-384-5609
300 Soapstone Lane,
Silver Spring, MD 20905
apbluebass@erols.com
Campaign Website
These are the precincts:
Leg Dist Cong Dist Co Csl Dist Scl Bd Dist Pct Pct Location
14 8 4 99 05-001 Good Hope Com Ctr
14 4 4 5 05-002 Greencastle ES
14 4 4 5 05-004 Riderwood Village
14 8 4 5 05-008 Page ES
14 8 4 5 05-009 Westover ES
14 8 4 5 05-012 PAINT BRANCH HS
14 4 4 5 05-015 Cloverly ES -additional Pct
14 8 4 5 05-016 Stonegate ES
14 4 4 5 05-017 Fairland School Ctr t
14 4 4 5 05-018 Burtonsville ES
14 4 4 5 05-019 Banneker MS
14 4 4 99 05-020 Marilyn J. Praisner Community Ctr
14 4 4 5 05-021 Eastern Montgomery Regional
14 4 4 5 05-023 Marilyn J. Praisner Community Ctr
14 4 4 5 08-006 Sherwood High
14 4 4 5 08-007 Sherwood ES
18 8 4 4 13-028 Wheaton High School
18 8 4 4 13-036 Sargent Shriver Elementary School
19 4 4 5 08-003 Flower Valley ES
19 4 4 5 08-004 Sequoyah ES
19 4 4 5 08-008 Magruder HS
19 4 4 5 08-012 Rosa Parks Middle School
19 8 4 4 13-001 Georgian Forest Elementary School
19 8 4 4 13-002 JFK HS
19 8 4 4 13-011 Forest Knolls Elementary School
19 8 4 4 13-020 Brooke Lee MS
19 8 4 4 13-033 Kemp Mill ES
19 8 4 2 13-034 Weller Road ES
19 8 4 2 13-035 Weller Rd ES
19 8 4 2 13-037 St. John's Lutheran
19 8 4 2 13-043 Wheaton Woods ES
19 8 4 2 13-045 PARKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
19 4 4 5 13-046 Children's Learning Ctr.
19 8 4 4 13-048 Bel Pre ES
19 8 4 4 13-049 Wheaton Moose L
19 4 4 2 13-051 Rock Creek Valley ES
19 4 4 2 13-052 Earl B Wood MS
19 8 4 5 13-054 Leisure World Clubhouse
19 8 4 4 13-055 Strathmore ES
19 8 4 4 13-056 Argyle MS
19 8 4 5 13-061 Blake High School
19 8 4 5 13-064 St. Matthews Presb.
20 8 4 5 05-005 Springbrook HS
20 4 4 5 05-006 White Oak MS
20 8 4 5 05-011 Cannon Road ES
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| Conservative Author Exchange Series with
author Ronald Kessler
Sunday, March 22.
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Our new series begins at the home of Sam and Bina Malhotra in Potomac, with New York Times bestselling author Ronald Kessler, author of The Terrorist Watch.
Inside the
Desperate Race to Stop the Next Attack." Kessler is author of 17 books and chief Washington correspondent
of Newsmax.com, the largest conservative website with 4.2 million visitors a
month. He will describe why we have not been
attacked in more than seven years, how the media have distorted the tactics
used to stop those attacks, and whether we can expect President Obama to
protect us from terrorist attacks in the future.
Refreshments and hors d'oeuvres will be served.
Silver
Ticket - $75 Per Person, includes signed book; Gold Ticket - $125 per
person includes photograph with author and a signed book.
RSVP Online
or by calling Glynis Kazanjian at 301-674--7135 or send an email to bockaz@aol.com
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The Montgomery County Republican Party Annual Lincoln Day Dinner
Thursday April 30, 6:30 pm.
Join us at the Hilton Rockville Executive Meeting Center,
1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, conveniently located in front of the
Twinbrook Metro Station (red line accessible). Our speaker is Republican National Chairman Michael Steele and we will honor former Congresswoman Connie Morella for her career of distinguished public service.
Tickets -$125, VIP Reception, with photograph - $250. Look for more details soon. |
Next Precinct Training at MCGOP Headquarters
15833 Crabbs Branch Way, Rockville,
Saturday April 4, 2009 10-12n
Congratulations to the latest graduates of our Precinct Training School:
Geoff Troidl, Stephanie Jones, George Moy, Alice King, Julie
Sain, E Hope Rutley, Jim Herz, Deneice Robinson, Allen Murray,
Dorothy McIntire, Andrea Olson, Donna Reilly, and Charles Anthony.
Nearly 200 people have completed the program so far. We are asking every current Montgomery County Republican Precinct Chair that has not yet taken the course to do so in 2009. |
Volunteer with The Montgomery County Republican Party
Volunteers are the heart and soul of any successful organization like MCRP. We need dedicated individuals to help us get our message out, to host events, to recruit new members and to win elections. We need your help. Please volunteer today!
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CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Hon. Stella Green - 15 Communications Director & Secretary stella.green@comcast.net
Hon. Vincent DeCain - 18 decainvf@aol.com
Hon. Robert Dyer, III. - 16
Hon. Scott Dyer-39 scott@scottdyer.com
Hon. Adol Owen-Williams, Jr. - 17 the1andonlyadol@hotmail.com
Hon. George Sauer - 15 musicwilma@earthlink.net
Hon. James Shalleck- 39 jimshalleck@hotmail.com
Hon. Dan Willard- 19 dswlaw@willardlaw.com. |
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