OK TIME FOR A REALITY CHECK…. The supposed 9% salary increase to county employees you blasted Craig for was really about a 7% increase. Craig negotiated with unions to increase employee contributions to health coverage (a huge give which in the long term will help control costs), and he also was able to re-structure government pay scales to eliminate the given annual 3% steps for county employees. (another huge step forward in reforming government). The step increases as many knew it no longer exist. Now, increases are no longer automatic, they have to be earned. Exactly like wat is done in the private sector. In the long run, Craig acted like a true conservative and actually negotiated wisely to save taxpayer money. Secondly, David Craig I don’t know where you read that David Craig has raised taxes as County Executive. If you are really keeping track of what is going on you would know that he introduced and suppored measures to cut taxes. That is the REST OF THE STORY!

You are grasping at straws. As much as it pains me to say it, the GOP in Maryland might as well be nonexistent. The recent voter registration figure show that Dems have gained an additonal 80,000 votes over the GOP.

It really doesn’t matter what the GOP does in MD. The days of the conservative Democrats like Walter Baker and Cas Taylor are over. The liberal wing of the Dems rule this state.

The Maryland GOP as been preaching fiscal restraint for the last two years. You can preach all you want, but without the votes to make it happen it does not matter. Victory is the only thing that matters in partisan politics.

Maryland is as one party a state as is possible.

David Craig can preach about your points all he wants, but in reality he is as big a spender as the rest of them. A 9% increase in government salaries when the rest of the state was keeping budgets level or even making cuts ia hardly conservative. This will come back to haunt him when the state cuts the counties to the bone. Craig will either have to make Draconian cuts or raise taxes again. He may even have to fire a relative or two to help balance the budget.