A Shameful Spectacle: Delegate Brian Crosby’s Abhorrent Personal Attack on Len Foxwell by Clayton Mitchell
On March 12th there was a joint meeting of the Maryland House and Senate on the electric and gas rates hikes in Annapolis. The Vice-Chairman of the Committee was Delegate Brian Crosby of St. Mary’s County. To observe Delegate Crosby in action is to be reminded that bluster is no substitute for wisdom, and that […]
Governor Moore: Taxman by Clayton Mitchell
“Let me tell you how it will be There’s one for you, nineteen for me Cause I’m the taxman Yeah, I’m the taxman… And you’re working for no one but me.” -The Beatles In the grand tradition of political mendacity, Governor Wes Moore has presided over what can only be described as a fiscal calamity, […]
Delegate Moon’s Fiscal Folly: Tax, Spend, Repeat by Clayton Mitchell
n Maryland’s General Assembly, an insatiable appetite for taxation continues unabated. Rather than exercising the fiscal discipline expected of responsible stewards of the public trust, lawmakers such as Delegate David Moon (D-Montgomery) remain ideologically beholden to the notion that government largesse must never be curtailed, only expanded. The latest incarnation of this fiscal overreach is […]
Watch Your Wallet: The Legislature is Still in Session by By Clayton Mitchell
The great satirist P.J. O’Rourke once quipped that giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. Were he alive to observe the ongoing legislative session in Annapolis, he might have found his analogy woefully inadequate. While I have been out of town for the past few weeks, […]
Maryland Is Not Green; Maryland Is Irresponsible by Clayton Mitchell
Maryland politicians love to tout their environmental credentials. From Annapolis to Baltimore, they celebrate ambitious climate goals, promote expensive renewable energy projects, and impose stringent regulations on businesses, all under the banner of making Maryland a “green” leader. But in reality, Maryland is not green—Maryland is irresponsible. The state’s environmental policies are not about sustainability; […]
The Sorry State of the State by Clayton Mitchell
Governor Wes Moore’s State of the State address, draped in the familiar silken tone of his rhetorical flourish, was an exercise in the art of saying much while revealing little. The Governor, possessed of an almost celestial confidence, ascended the rostrum to regale the gathered legislators with the expected tributes to progress and prosperity. Yet, […]
Next Generation Energy Act: Powerless Policy, Costly Consequences by Clayton Mitchell
Maryland’s Democratic leadership, ever intoxicated with the heady vapors of their own ideological ambitions, has once again foisted upon the citizenry an energy proposal that, far from alleviating the plight of ratepayers, ensconces them deeper in the clutches of spiraling costs and bureaucratic folly. In their obstinate commitment to so-called renewable energy, they have demonstrated […]
Maryland’s Green Gamble: The high cost of idealism by Clayton Mitchell
Maryland’s foray into the progressive “green agenda” has led to a cascade of lamentable energy policy decisions that are both short-sighted and economically burdensome. The impending closures of the Vienna and Brandon Shores electrical generation plants provide a stark example of the perils inherent in abandoning pragmatism for idealism. These facilities, pillars of reliability in […]
Moore, Smoke and Mirrors by Clayton Mitchell
Governor Wes Moore, in his rhetorical dexterity, assures Marylanders that his tax proposals target only those who have prospered most, a genteel euphemism for the bludgeoning of the state’s economic backbone. He speaks of fairness, of the moral imperative to require the wealthiest to contribute their fair share, and in so doing, he emplthe oldest […]
Gov. Moore’s modified approach to reforming the Blueprint’s future by Clayton Mitchell
As I stated in a prior article, if Governor Moore adjusted the approach to mandatory spending, I would applaud him. In my opinion, he has recently taken a first step in acknowledging and acting upon the structural fiscal problems. Maryland Governor Wes Moore has taken an important step toward addressing the fiscal challenges posed by […]