There was an amazing article in The Baltimore Sun yesterday. I am not sure the editors even understood what they were writing.  They certainly could not have intended for it to read the way I read it.

"Addressing The Divide"

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One of O'Guvnah's favorite tools to spur "economic development" when he was Mayor of Baltimore was the use of tax abatements and property tax breaks to prompt corporations to keep their headquarters (or at least major operations) in the City of Baltimore.

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Taxes, that is. Compulsory contributions to the state revenue pool.  Based upon what?  A moral judgement.

My uncle is fond of telling me that you "can't legislate morality".  He is, of course, wrong.  Our entire tax code is replete with legislated morality.

That is all sin taxes are.

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In Part II of Starve The Beast, I want to focus on "interacting with government".  But not in a normal take.

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It's Day 6 of O'Misery in O'Maryland, and O'Guvnah does not disappoint.  The Baltimore Examiner is reporting that O'Guvnah is proposing tough new standards for poultry farms to help cure the ills of the Bay.

I wonder what Rick Pollitt and Barrie Tilghman think of this one?

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Word from the lovely and vivacious Michelle Malkin on White House plans for an economic stimulus package, as they begin to panic over the subprime mortgage mess, the price of energy, and the "possibility" of recession.

Why is it that politicians always return to failed notions of Keynesianism when they think the economy needs a "stimulus"?

It's as if George W. learned nothing from his own policies...

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Austin Shlick, head of the Attorney General's Office on Civil Litigation, was caught in court yesterday with his pants on fire, according to the Calvert Street Communist Party Newsletter.

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Well, it's day 5 of O'Misery in O'Maryland, and already, business groups are pushing back on including computer services -- anything from web design to technical consulting to wiring cable -- in the new 6% sales tax.

All fine and good, but where in the hell were these supposed "business groups" during the Special Session?

I am going to hold my breath while I wait for an answer...

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Today, word came from the Calvert Street Communist Party Newsletter that the state GOP has asked the Attorney General of Maryland to investigate the fact that the House of Delegate's Chief Clerk, Mary Monahan, admitted that documentation was forged in order to support the contention that permission was granted for the State Senate to adjourn for more than three days.

Gansler's response, in the vernacular of Annapolis politics:  Go Fuck Yourself.

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I don't want to direct all my fire at O'Guvnah.  You see, like Sauron, he has his own dark servants.  In this case, I am talking about the county executives and municipal leaders and mayors who cozied up to O'Guvnah at the expense of their own constituents.

In particular, I have two in my sights:  Mayor Barrie Parsons Tilghman of Salisbury and County Executive Ricky Pollitt of Wicomico County, Maryland.

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