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Rosa Luxemburg

(28,627 posts)
Mon May 18, 2015, 09:28 PM May 2015

Republican governor in Maryland won't give funding to education

Maryland's Republican Governor Larry Hogan refuses to spend $68 million for education in Baltimore City and 12 counties. This is going to mean job loses and cuts which will have devastating effects on Maryland's children.

"Much of the criticism of Mr. Hogan's decision has focused on its effect on Baltimore City schools, which would have gotten an additional $11 million if he had released the GCEI funds. The contrast between the need to do more for the city's children, so clearly demonstrated during the aftermath of Freddie Gray's death, and a decision to shortchange the school system could not be more stark"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/hogan-slashes-tolls-in-maryland/2015/05/07/096cd64e-f4d0-11e4-bcc4-e8141e5eb0c9_story.html

'Hogan the Horrible' was elected because of low turnout of voters in MD. He robs one source of funding to pay for another like reducing the toll fees to be popular and at the same time cutting funding from repairing aging bridges and highways.

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Republican governor in Maryland won't give funding to education (Original Post) Rosa Luxemburg May 2015 OP
The state has to pay back tax payers for over taxing them yeoman6987 May 2015 #1
No Rosa Luxemburg May 2015 #2
Hogan is cutting money for education and putting it into prisons. Koinos May 2015 #3
The typical after-effect of the left sitting out elections. n/t FSogol May 2015 #4
Seems to be a pattern Rosa Luxemburg May 2015 #5
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