Strong Enough

January 29th, 2009 by Kenneth Burns

“Our great challenge for this session is to redouble our efforts, doing all we can to stand up for Maryland families and power through the other side of this recession ahead of every other state.”

Those words from Governor Martin O’Malley (D) who delivered his final state of the state address before the next election cycle who said that the tough decisions made over the past couple of years has made the state strong enough to face the tough times ahead.  The Governor in the speech pushed for abolishing the death penalty, freezing college tuition at public universities and eradicating childhood hunger.

House Minority Leader Anthony O’Donnell (R-Dist. 29C) said that O’Malley is basing most of his budgeting decisions on getting a federal bailout.   “A bailout that will be financed not just by you and me, but by our children and our children’s children,”  O’Donnell said while making a formal rebuttal on Maryland Public Television.   “The governor is hoping to be bailed out for the mismanagement of our fiscal house with money that the federal government just does not have.”

COVERAGE FROM THE BALTIMORE SUN AND WBAL (1090AM).  WBAL also has the speech in it’s entirety.