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Scroby Sands Wind Farm Last year, Governor O’Malley pushed hard for the General Assembly to require electric utilities in Maryland to subsidize the construction and operation of a wind farm off Ocean City. The measure failed, largely because the cost of the subsidy – some $5 to $8 per month per homeowner for an indefinite period - [...]
The Tax Dance How do you support tax increases while seeming to oppose them? You get someone else to support them and ‘reluctantly agree’. That’s the dance we’re seeing at the state level in Maryland. Fresh off a convincing re-election victory, Governor O’Malley has made it clear that he will not include any new taxes in [...]
Well, the election is over, the victors are celebrating and I have some time to blog again. There are about 40,000,000 other bloggers out there analyzing what the election means and dissecting the voting, so I’ll skip that and go directly to discussing the problems facing those who are newly elected. I’ll start right here in Worcester [...] The General Assembly continues their hard work; more than 1100 bills have been introduced into the Senate and more than 1500 into the House. Very few of the bills have had votes on the floor of the Senate or the House as we are just about two-thirds of the way through the session. The appearance [...] Contortion is every day at the General Assembly Every single member of the Maryland General Assembly is in favor of ‘Saving the Bay’. Just ask them, they’ll tell you. Their heart is in the right place and most have ‘Save the Bay’ stickers on their cars. And it’s not just the General Assembly. Almost all Marylanders [...] You lookin' at me!!??? There’s been a lot of uproar on the Eastern Shore about the fate of the poor chicken farmer. It seems that the EPA has finally decided to start enforcing its own regulations and restrict how long poultry manure can sit on open fields without being tilled into the soil and require [...]
Opponents of nuclear energy frequently cite the problem of ‘waste disposal’ as their rationale for opposing this energy source. And it’s true that, for various reasons, including political infighting, this problem has not been completely solved. But the primary alternative to nuclear power doesn’t look so good either. The recent spill of coal ash [...] We know both from the calendar and from the changes in the weather that winter is on the way. On top of the economic problems we already face, the Energy Information Administration has already issued warnings that the cost of many heating fuels will be higher this winter than the last. Homeowners that heat with [...] With just about a month until election day, there are a few things that seem clear. In the Presidential race, Obama/Biden will win in Maryland and win big. Of course, this was a foregone conclusion from the beginning and neither party has mounted a presidential campaign here because of that. Obama's lead seems to be growing, [...] I just got back from some travel and ran across these items in the news. Energy Governor O'Malley has recognized that the solution to Maryland's energy problems lie not just in conservation but also in the construction of new generating facilities in the state. With brownouts or rolling blackouts projected for portions of the state [...] |
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