It was Deja Vu for Maryland Wes Moore as he addressed Maryland Association of Counties last week.
Ever since the Blueprint for Maryland’s future was implemented a few years ago, local jurisdictions have been warning the State of Maryland that the education overhaul was too expensive and would break not only the state and county budgets but will also drastically increase already high state and local taxes.
All along, Democrats have denied that this will happen, and members of the Kirwan Commission who developed the plan seemed to think that somehow the money to support this monstrous state overreach would appear as if by magic. Every time necessary tax increases to local jurisdictions are mentioned, Blueprint supporters claim the impact will be minor and that the citizens of Maryland should just suck it up and pay.
That strategy seems to be failing and State officials, including Governor Moore, are now trying to change the message regarding spending of the initiative.
At this month’s Maryland Association of Counties (MACO) conference, Moore delivered a speech that pointed out the dire straits of the State’s financial status. In June, cuts to the Public Works budget totaling $150,000 million were made to address the State’s deficit of nearly one billion dollars. Going forward, legislative budget analysts project a structural budget deficit of $1 billion in the coming fiscal year, rising to $1.3 billion by fiscal 2027, and $3 billion a year later.
Now, after promoting the Blueprint as the answer for all education problems in the state, Moore is singing a slightly different, if not carefully crafted, tune. Clearly, he sees that this kind of deficit during his term will damage his re-election chances as well as any possible national aspirations. Blueprint funding must be addressed:
“But if there’s one thing that legislative history has taught us, it’s this: Laws of enormous potential must always be refined after they are passed,” Moore said. In other words, “we have to make cuts to this behemoth but we don’t want to call them ‘cuts’.”
“I think people always want to hear details,” Senate Minority Leader Sen. Stephen S. Hershey Jr. (R-Upper Shore) said. “Could we have heard more details? That’s the December speech, right?” Moore will address legislators in December to add more substance to the Blueprint message.
It’s a message local officials want and need to hear as the Blueprint has increased pressures on their districts and caused them to make cuts in other areas to support the leviathan education bill. Many predict that the program will cause catastrophic economic collapse locally and statewide.
Baltimore tells you all you need to know about throwing more money at education in hopes of producing better results. Top 3 per student spending in the country and no students at grade level proficiency. School choice is the only way to hold districts/politicians accountable. Let us spend OUR tax dollars where we want to for our children’s education. The government should have a minimal role in education. Instead, they’ve weened districts onto state and federal funding for decades to the point local districts can’t survive without it which means they have do and say what they’re told or the funding is cut off.
Wes Moore, being in charged of the east coast California, will do all the same things that Newsome does.
When you were voted into office ( not by me ) there was a budget surplus. How after your very short time in office so far is there a budget deficit ?
You are nothing more than a tax and spend democrat. You are going to flush the state of Maryland down the toilet just like Newsome as flushed California down the toilet.
Wes Moore is an incompetent do nothing racist that only self promotes and pats himself on the back for being black
I don’t trust this libtard any further than I can throw him.
When asked “Why don’t the democrats want to secure the border?”, his answer was “I’m not even sure what that means”. Is Moore an idiot, a liar or both.
In a color blind world wouldn’t have been nominated, let alone elected. Had no practical experience. Was just another flower from the Soros cultivated socialist/communist/prog hothouse. Woe is us!
He will destroy Maryland!!!!!