In his Inaugural address today, Governor Hogan declared, “I am prepared to create an environment of trust and cooperation, where the best ideas rise to the top based upon their merit, regardless of which side of the political debate they come from.”

The proof will be in his policies.

As a freshman member of the Appropriations Committee, I learned that the budget bill is the policy document of the state.

Where you spend the public’s money establishes the state’s priorities.

Governor Hogan’s budget bill will be introduced on Friday.

The late Mario Cuomo said, “You campaign in poetry and govern in prose.”

The prose and the numbers are about to take center stage.