On this last day of July, we can revisit the topic of Larry Hogan. I personally think that Hogan has done an excellent job protecting us from COVID. However, many have disagreed. Here is an article submitted by Jackie. Is Hogan really that bad?
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Hogan should be made to personally pay the difference between the $18 for CV tests which he accepted from South Korea as opposed to the $12 offer from US manufacturers. ("U.S. firm offered Md. less-costly virus tests: Hogan got supply from South Korea: emails show state official didn't pursue lower price.") WashPost 7-18-2020 Hogan congratulated his Korean-born wife Yumi, claiming that "you helped save a lot of lives." So much for Republicans being the fiscally conservative party! apparently this is true only when it suits the politician.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to the "Buy America" policy?!
Hogan obviously has no love for Baltimore City. He doesn't have to live there, so he can look down on the citizenry from a distance. It's also easy for a Republican with presidential ambitions and who doesn't have to worry about being reelected in a liberal state to pretend to be a moderate anti-Trumper. Before he was first elected as governor here, he aced the the three prime questions asked of candidates by the Maryland Catholic Conference. They like to inform their members as to which candidates support further public funding of non-public schools, oppose further loosening of restrictions on abortion, and oppose permitting the very ill to choose to end their suffering and die with dignity. You can also know Governor Hogan by the bills of which he is the indirect prime sponsor and the legislation he has vetoed over the years.
ReplyDeleteIn 2015, he vetoed three pieces of legislation that he obviously regarded as soft on crime. In 2016, he vetoed a climate control bill. In 2017, he vetoed legislation that would provide paid sick leave, protect our public schools, and allow college admission to those with a criminal history. In 2018, he vetoed bills that would soften public school disciplinary policies and bypass the Board of Public Works (on which he and Comptroller Franchot sit) on public school construction matters. In 2019, he vetoed legislation that would gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, allow county school boards set their own dates at which their school years would begin and end, expand college opportunities under the Maryland Dream Act, ban employers from using a checkoff box regarding criminal records for potential employees, repeal the gun-friendly Handgun Permit Review Board, and delete the Comptroller's role in the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission.
All of these vetoes were overridden by the legislature.
Here's the Washington Post's report on Hogan's many last minute vetoes this year, all of which are subject to override when the legislature next meets:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/hogan-vetoes-sweeping-education-plan-citing-economic-downturn/2020/05/07/de9046da-905c-11ea-9e23-6914ee410a5f_story.html
Yes, thank God we have a democratic legislature with significant override power. While it is true that Hogan did sign to ban fracking in the Maryland, he supports increasing gas pipelines in the state which would bring gas fracked in neighboring states to Maryland.
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