20071029 Marylanders Rally To Stop The Tax Increase

Marylanders Rally To Stop The Tax Increase

Posted October 30^th, 2007

I have received several reports that yesterday’s rally was well attended. I received the following e-mail from the Maryland GOP yesterday evening.

I have been busy with some other assignments today and have not heard much about how the hearings are going in Annapolis today.

Anyone have a report as to what is the latest news?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 29, 2007

Marylanders Rally To Stop The Tax Hike

"No Tax Hike” Is The Clear Message

Thanks to everyone who showed up at today's Rally

and made it such a huge success.

We even got to deliver our message to Mike Miller

when he accidentally walked by our Rally.

Keep calling legislators each day.

Toll-free (800) 492-7122

ANNAPOLIS – Just hours before the start of the Special “Tax Hike” Session, hundreds of Marylanders rallied at the steps of the Maryland General Assembly to state loud and clear that they oppose the O’Malley tax hike.

Organized by the Maryland Republican Party, the “No Tax Hike” Rally made very clear that there is a spending problem, not a revenue problem. Working families need to work within their means, and so should the state government.

Those speaking before the crowd included Maryland Republican Party Chairman James Pelura, Senate Republican Leader David Brinkley, and House Republican Leader Tony O’Donnell. While the rally was organized by the Maryland Republican Party, it was open to all Marylanders frustrated with the proposed tax hike.

Dr. James Pelura, Chairman of the Maryland Republican Party, stated: “We have heard from thousands of Marylanders of all political stripes, and nobody wants their taxes going up. Nobody believes Martin O’Malley has made a genuine effort to reign in spending, and that’s where the problem is. The Maryland state government has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. O’Malley is trying to rush through a tax-and-spend plan without public debate or scrutiny, and this is politics at its worst.”

Delegate Tony O’Donnell, House Republican Leader, stated: “The governor has called the General Assembly into session for the express purpose of raising taxes and raiding the bank accounts of Maryland’s working families. We are being forced to look at these tax bills without the context of a budget, as we would in the regular legislative session. Maryland citizens will have to cut their own household budgets to pay higher taxes, while the Governor and General Assembly refuse to look at the state budget.”

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