Of Course they will - why - becuase they love them taxes MD does !!!!!!

OWEmalley is such an idiot - he was going to make sure we pay out more because he does not have to worry about re-election and he has no idea how additional taxes affect the average family. He has made the comment that "a one cent tax wont bankrupt anyone"....yeah but if you factor in all the other gazillion taxes already imposed - the gas tax on the table - the other fees in this State - you know what it does add up. Vic Carter interviewed the Gov one time and asked him basic questions about how much a gallon of milk cost, a loaf of bread, and a gallon of gas and he was off on all of them.

If he runs for President I am absolutely forming a Marylanders against OWEmalley group.

Tax this!

Gloria - you will be right hand person! Let's do this!

Maryland government in the Annapolis State House, Senate & House chambers are failed business models but they always seem to find ways to make $$$$. FREEZE the budget 1 or 2 years, as my pay has been. Also, deduct for each day of any Special Session" from each representatives pay (Dem & Rep to be fair) 1/90th of what they get paid for their regular session pay to go toward the cost of the special session(s). Just my 1 cent, can't afford 2.

Hang onto your wallet and pocketbook since O'Malley and the den of thieves are going to "work" once again to find more of our money to waste. They have pushed the budget up by almost 2 billion dollars from 34 billion last year to 36 billion this year. And then they can't find 500 million in cuts from this bloated monster of waste?

Sure hope the Annapolis crowd of dunderheads don't use this same type of lack of control on their household budgets.

Why should we pay for a special session. What was accomplished in the 90 day session. What was in the hundreds of bills the gov signed the other day?
Not only should there be no special session but what can we do to push for a session once every 2 years.

I usedto love living in Md. These Morons in Annapolis do nothing but TAX,Tax,Tax!!! How would you idiots like it if you had a basic pension, Socicial Security. You guys make over 200,000 in your pension, Glad to live in Md,!!!

Why, oh why, can't O'Smelly and the Beer Brothers move to another state? Haven't they run this one into the ground enough already?

Maryland established the Spending Affordability Committee in 1982 to limit the rate of growth of State spending to a level that does not exceed the rate of growth of the State's economy. Annapolis has failed to follow its own Committee every year since. The incompetence in Annapolis has reached an all time high and they justify it by stealing more from hard working taxpayers.

If only we could sever PG county and Baltimore City from the rest of the state......
Maryland will never, ever get rid of the liberal clowns. Fortunately Harford county has enough local votes to counteract many of the liberal commenters on the Patch pages. There's a long line of women and "men" on the HdeG patch that would do for Owe'Malley what Monica did for Clinton.

Why should I have to pay for:
1. Police - I never break the law
2. Fire Fighters - I have insurance
3. Schools - no kids
4. Roads - no car
5. Sewage - I have septic
6. Parks - I'm obsese and never exercise
7. Smokers - no tobacco use
8. Drinkers - I don't
9. Sick people - I'm healthy
10. Dummies - I have a very high IQ

Give everyone a gun and a dirt bike and let fend for themselves

Bend over again People!!!! free spending OMally and his Buddies Bush and Miller are getting their thugs together to rob your pockets and be on the lookout for your favorites in Towson to start their robbing ways also

I'm just sayin... do something about this... join us at: http://HowardCountyGOP.com

I don't understand how even liberals can continue to support this- they are losing a lot of money now, too! I will help with that group, DS.
.just tell us what to do! What else can we go now???

Two of the highest paid state employees earn in excess of 2 million dollars - the University of MD women's basketball coach and the men's football coach. Why? Neither is a necessity for academic excellence. Both are a waste of tax payer money and a burden to students who take out college loans to finance their education. It's time we start getting real with the tax dollars we spend. Cut the waste.

Enough taxes for me in Maryland. Sold the the house. Moving to another state. Going to see o'mommy so he can kiss my ass good-bye.

Hear is an example of how STUPID those who support O'Malley and this special session are .Call ten people out of the local durectory ,try varios ones ,ask them if they think we NEED this special session.The Patch can do this because people wouldn't believe the results I got .I called until I got ten Responses did't count no answers or I don't believe in polls or who the heck are you and then hung up.The Patch has papers throughout Maryland have everyone get ten responses .Same question "Do we need this special session" Yes or No .Forget all the extra answer (believe me you'll get plenty ). Fact is I di three of the small whitepagebooks balto city county and anne arundel .NEVER GOT A YES answer .
DO you hear Annapolis ? There is NO support from the people but the Stalinistic O'Malley (Must build more expensive road projest keep my donors happy and the rich able to get From Rockville,Montgomery from waiting on traffic lanes open) is going to make his puupets dance .Maybe if the Patch did it across Md. maybe local delagates and senators MIGHT get a clue what is going to happen in 2014.

That's what Democrats do, don't cha no!

Please excuse my typing on my last post sent it before I proff read .I made a mistake but I'm sure The writers of the Patch would understand.This would be a great example of how powerful the Patch is to Neighborhoods across Maryland .The Sun doesn't care .Post the results even if they are pro session just have about 5 different locations and actually call because if you have on line they WILL be manipulated .

Owemalley is a solipsistic jerk!

Everybody go rent Season Series of The Wire. Watch how big a jerk, phony and duplicitous the Carcetti character based on Owe'Malley is. The Wire is must see for the diagnosis for all that is wrong and corrupt in Baltimore City and Maryland state politics.

What is it that Republicans/Conservatives/Tea Party types don't understand about people who vote Democratic?

Most people who vote Democratic are not single issue voters. They don't like taxes anymore than anyone else. If the only thing Republicans brought with them to the table were lower taxes, they would run this State. But across the entire country, look at what Republicans do when the get control of their state legislatures. Planned Parenthood, abortion, union rights, lower taxes for wealthy, etc. Fix it and the Republicans will take over, but they won't.

MOB stands for Miller, O'Malley, Bush. Need I say more. They think they can run this state like the MOB runs their organization. They answer to no one but themselves. Shame on the voters of Maryland for continuing to elect these "losers."

As long as I live in Md, these men will have their way. My only solution is to eventually leave this state

MD is a disgrace. Even liberal states like Mass, Ny, NJ and others occasionally elect republicans statewide. With the exception of Ehrlich (once) no republican has won a statewide election in this state in 30 years. Therefore the democrat party knows they can do whatever they want with no consequences. O'smelly is looking at the white house in 2016 and I will change my registration just to vote against him in the primary.

Nobody gets it right all the time.

Amark, I think that is a good idea. Since this is a one party state, I guess the Republican voter will have to change to a Democrat so we can vote against these do nothing politicans in the primary. I know too many people that have moved out of the state of Maryland and not one person is unhappy. They all have a better quality of life and more MONEY!!! The AARP website shows Maryland the 6th worst state to retire.

You have your choice: lobbies without TV commercials, campaigns with TV commercials, or reruns of Law and Order.

Del. Olszewski may have spoken too soon about the county not covering a portion of the teachers pensions. It will part of the special session and we are not talking about pocket change.

@kevin (2:28 pm on Sunday, May 6, 2012): Hear, hear! A cyber high-five to you for the excellent (and dare I say it, ACCURATE) comment.

Your right? Mussolini? Sounds right and fascist. Nevertheless, Mini-Me approves emphatically, thinks you are brilliant, and that is all right with me.

O'Malley? Twice duly elected by the majority of votes cast in Maryland. My approval or disapproval (and yours, incidentally) is irrelevant and fleeting...

But, "The Wire" is forever.

If you were attuned to public life in Baltimore, you would recognize aspects of more than a dozen of public figures in "The WIre". But you're not. You're stuck in the boonies, out of the mix and without a voice in anything but local politics. Thank God!

But, I'd vote for you anyway if you were running for office and I lived in the boonies. We're cool like that.

Quite by way, the only Curran I knew was the old man and his wife who ran a fine deli on Harford Road. Joe Curran helped a friend of mine who needed a job in the early '80's.

So you understand the connections that David Simon had to the police department through his work on Homicide; A Year on the Killing Streets and his collaboration with Ed Burns, police officer and schoolteacher. You got the creative process and all of that down.

Don't get defensive, Kevin, and you needn't truck out your curriculum vitae. Just understand that moderation in public discourse is the least we can do. If your work with adults in an online environment were of the same quality as your work with children, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

You don't like O'Malley. I am not nuts about him either, any more than I was nuts about D'Alesandro, Schaefer, or Schmoke. Mary Pat Clarke kinda sends me, however.

Think temperate and nice. OK?

Nope... For example, you could write: O'Malley has a stranglehold on the legislative process and that he is causing hard-working citizens to suffer under increased taxes and fees. Marylanders deserve better.

I couldn't write this, but you could.

Thos of you you do the personal attacks are what huts our country. Stick to the issues and grow up. now....Here come some personal attacks.

Mr. Z, I agree. I will even admit to retaliating. Racist commentary, labeling ("liberal", "crook", "idiot", "Republican", "Democrat" etc.) and libel are indecent in a public forum. Anybody who attacks you is....heh heh!

All I can say is watch who benefits from this special session. Will it be the citizens of Maryland? I doubt it. Those will be the same citizens who will pay the per diem for the lawmakers who failed to do their constitutional duty and pass a balanced budget. That duty being the ONLY duty they are required to perform. Or will it be special interest groups and unions? That seems more like who will benefit And remember this, there will be no public testimony needed during the session, seems politicians like it this way. How's that for transparency in government.

More people will leave the state. Those that can afford to will domicile in Florida. So Maryland will continue to lose out. If only they backed off taxing everythng just a little, their coffers would be full.
But it is all about get elected!

Actually, according to the Tax Foundation, Maryland's tax burden is only 36 out of 50, which puts us in the lowest 3rd. (The Worst at No 1 is Tennessee--who would have thought?) But taxes don't tell the entire story--Hawaii at 45 has one of the lowest tax rates, but it has a broad sales tax and is ridiculously expensive to live there. And Florida's ranking is 29th, which makes it a higher tax burden for working people, but since they don't tax investment income (I think) or estates , it is a better place to retire. I guess the point is, if all you care about is the tax rate, you can move to Montana or Maine (two of the least tax rates) but I find plenty to love about Maryland that makes it worth paying the taxes. (Although I would love it more if I paid less!)

THE ONLY WAY I WOULD VOTE FOR O,MALLEY IS TO VOTE HIM OUT OF OFFICE
http://dontvotemartinomalley.renthandy.com/

But the dummies with a D next to their voter card will vote for him anyway. If Hitler were a D, they would choose him over Jesus.

That's just because the Republicans always field very weak candidates.