Pros­per­ity Pledge for Maryland

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sep­tem­ber 23, 2010

HOUSE REPUBLICANS SIGN PROSPERITY PLEDGE FOR MARYLAND

Annapo­lis – Repub­li­can lead­ers and can­di­dates for the Mary­land House of Del­e­gates today unveiled the Pros­per­ity Pledge for Mary­land – a pledge to lower taxes, bring back jobs, and make gov­ern­ment trans­par­ent and account­able to the people.

“After decades of one-​​party rule in Annapo­lis, Maryland’s cit­i­zens are suf­fer­ing,” said House Minor­ity Leader Anthony O’Donnell.  “They are pay­ing higher taxes dur­ing record lev­els of unem­ploy­ment, and their gov­ern­ment con­tin­ues to burn through their hard-​​earned money. This state is at a cross­roads and with­out a sig­nif­i­cant change in Novem­ber this unchecked appetite for spend­ing is going to lead to higher taxes.”

The Pros­per­ity Pledge is built around four pil­lars; a roll back and repeal of the O’Malley tax increases, bring­ing jobs back; restor­ing Maryland’s sov­er­eignty dur­ing a time of increas­ing over­reaches by the Fed­eral Gov­ern­ment; and mak­ing Maryland’s gov­ern­ment trans­par­ent and account­able to its citizens.

“Around this state and around our coun­try we are see­ing cit­i­zens take their gov­ern­ment back,” said House Minor­ity Whip Christo­pher Shank.  “The cit­i­zens are reject­ing the irre­spon­si­ble spend­ing of their tax dol­lars and demand­ing an account­able gov­ern­ment. But among the Demo­c­ra­tic estab­lish­ment this demand is falling on deaf ears.  This Pledge is a clear mes­sage to the cit­i­zens of Mary­land that they have a choice in this elec­tion – that they can avoid the higher taxes and the con­tin­u­ous down­ward spi­ral that the Demo­c­ra­tic monop­oly will lead them to.”

More than 40 House can­di­dates and incum­bents signed the Pledge today and addi­tional sign­ing cer­e­monies are being planned on the local level over the next few weeks.

Sign­ers of the Pros­per­ity Pledge for Mary­land are:

Del­e­gate Anthony O’Donnell, Dis­trict 29C

Del­e­gate Christo­pher Shank, Dis­trict 2B

Del­e­gate Ron George, Dis­trict 30

Can­di­date Robert Long, Dis­trict 6

Can­di­date Henry Kah­waty, Dis­trict 14

Can­di­date Matt Mor­gan, Dis­trict 29A

Can­di­date Holly Hen­der­son, Dis­trict 26

Can­di­date Sylvia Dar­row, Dis­trict 15

Can­di­date Patri­cia Fenati, Dis­trict 14

Can­di­date Joseph Hooe, Dis­trict 12A

Can­di­date Bill Witham, Dis­trict 39

Can­di­date Seth Howard, Dis­trict 30

Can­di­date Mar­garet Moodie, Dis­trict 23A

Can­di­date Kat Nel­son, Dis­trict 21

Can­di­date Craig Frick, Dis­trict 17

Can­di­date Mark Ehrlich­mann, Dis­trict 41

Can­di­date Wayne Smith, Dis­trict 32

Del­e­gate Susan Krebs, Dis­trict 9B

Can­di­date J. Michael Collins, Dis­trict 11

Can­di­date Carol Byrd, Dis­trict 11

Del­e­gate Tony McConkey, Dis­trict 33A

Can­di­date Jeff Robin­son, Dis­trict 13

Del­e­gate Nic Kipke, Dis­trict 31

Del­e­gate Steve Schuh, Dis­trict 31

Can­di­date Stephanie Hodges, Dis­trict 32

Can­di­date Michael Hough, Dis­trict 3B

Can­di­date Al Phillips, Dis­trict 39

Can­di­date Steven Smith, Dis­trict 11

Can­di­date Meyer Marks, Dis­trict 16

Del­e­gate Susan McCo­mas, Dis­trict 35B

Can­di­date Herb McMil­lan, Dis­trict 30

Can­di­date Matt Mock­er­man, Dis­trict 15

Can­di­date Dustin Mills, Dis­trict 37A

Can­di­date Marty Pusey, Dis­trict 38B

Can­di­date Jeanne Turnock, Dis­trict 10

Can­di­date David Starr, Dis­trict 32

Del­e­gate War­ren Miller, Dis­trict 9A

Del­e­gate Michael Smigiel, Dis­trict 36

Del­e­gate Gail Bates, Dis­trict 9A

Can­di­date Linn Rivera, Dis­trict 19

Can­di­date Mark Fisher, Dis­trict 27B

Del­e­gate Leroy Mey­ers, Dis­trict 1C

Can­di­date Patrick Hogan, Dis­trict 3A

Can­di­date Jason Papaniko­las, Dis­trict 21

Del­e­gate Addie Eckardt, Dis­trict 37B

Can­di­date Daniel Richards, Dis­trict 28

Can­di­date Charles Otto, Dis­trict 38A

Can­di­date Jay Jacobs, Dis­trict 36

To read the full text of the Pros­per­ity Pledge for Mary­land, visit www​.mary​land​house​gop​.word​press​.com.