“Our focus must be jobs, jobs, jobs,” declared a Democratic leader. “The Republicans will say, ‘Taxes, taxes, taxes.'”
The individual or party that frames the debate usually wins it.
We’ll know the outcome in 83 days.
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“As legislators, we make a lot of decisions – from answering a constituent’s email questioning why we voted for a bill to actions in the operating budget conference committee that preserve Maryland’s AAA bond rating.
Our decisions are based upon our ideology and politics, but in many instances, we benefit from the advice of our staff.”
I said those words on the House floor as we honored Bill Ratchford for his 50 years of work with the General Assembly.
After heading the legislature’s Department of Fiscal Services, a semi-retired Bill now crunches numbers for Baltimore City’s lobbying team.
He remains an adviser and friend.
