The Red Maryland Network

It’s an all new episode of Red Maryland Radio tonight at 8 PM on the Red Maryland Network.

On this week's show:

We'll have an extended interviews with Delegate David Vogt and Robin Ficker on their 6th Congressional campaigns.And we'll have the results of the Red Maryland January Poll.

All that and more is why you can’t afford to miss an episode of Red Maryland Radio on the Red Maryland Network…….and don’t forget that you can subscribe to all Red Maryland Network programming on iTunes and on Stitcher.

Some food for thought prior to tonight's Presidential Debate.

Red Maryland Network Presents the first Conservative Refuge Radio show.  We call it "Refuge Reboot" as a homage to the fact that CRR was reborn from the Conservataive Refuge Podcast and became a regular part of the Red Maryland Network lineup.

In this show, an epic "Get Off My Lawn Segment", political and campaign insights and Greg's legendary "secret campaign tapes."

A great listen. So sit back and enjoy as Red Maryland Presents "Refuge Relaunch".

Last week Gov. Hogan announced that he'll be introducing a tax-cut package as part of the coming budget proposal in this year's General Assembly session. The proposal would cut taxes and fees by $400 million and will benefit an estimated 1 million Maryland citizens and over 300,000 small businesses over the next five years.

The Marylanders who will benefit the most from the Governor's tax proposal are those struggling most families, retirees and small business owners. Maryland Democrats are already complaining that we can't afford to cut taxes, this from the same folks who raised them over 40 times under the eight years of the O'Malley administration.

Once again Governor Hogan has shown that his very modest tax cut proposal is doable even with a balanced budget, even with record education spending and even while shoring up our state's rainy day fund.

The fact is this Governor is proposing modest tax relief that goes just a short way to rolling back the tax increases we've received from Democrats. But even this is going to meet harsh resistance in the coming General Assembly session.

That's why it's critical that those of us who support the Governor's efforts let our legislators know that we want our money back.

On tonight's show:

Full coverage of Governor Hogan's budget preview and his proposed $400 in tax relief including the reaction from Democratic leaders and media.Discussion of the opposition to overriding Governor Hogan's veto of SB 517 expanding the legalization of marijuana in Maryland.We open the "Nut Ball Box" to discuss the proposed constitutional amendment to give full rights to animals, including fish and insects.

Abortion is not a political issue. It is a moral issue.

Last week Gov. Hogan previewed his budget proposal for the coming legislative session. Among these proposals were the following:

Full funding of 100 percent of education spending increases – based on the formulas set by the legislatureFull funding of the Geographic Cost of Education Index (GCEI)$6.3 billion for K-12 education, an increase of $140 million$314 million for new school construction projects

Despite what you hear in the media and from Democrats, this Governor has done more than any other governor in the history of our state to fully fund K-12 education and will continue to do so.

Keep in mind he has managed to find a way to do this while controlling the over our rate of state spending, shore up our state’s rainy day fund and even proposing tax cuts hundreds of millions of dollars in tax cuts.

This is precisely the kind of fiscal responsibility our state has long needed and also proves what Maryland Democrats long denied, that you can fund education and cut taxes not raise them.

The most important issue in Maryland this week is Governor Larry Hogan's efforts to keep Maryland's fiscal house in order through mandate reform and tax cuts for middle and working class Marylanders.

On the RedMaryland NewsHour for this week:

Gov.Larry Hogan talks about the 2017 budget

We hear from Speaker of the House Michael Busch

Clips are presented from the debate with the candidates for Congress in district 6

Our news update mentions Officer Porter and his right not to speak, appreciating cops, the Cordish Spark co-working project, the Governor tearing down abandoned buildings at the C.O.R.E. of Baltimore blight, and thoughts from House Minority Leader Nic Kipke on the upcoming session and veto over-rides.

On the Red Maryland Network

As the Maryland General Assembly convenes, it's important to remember that our state faces many critical issues. From reining in state spending, shoring up our pension liabilities and rainy day fund to providing for the excellent transportation system, crime that is out of control city of Baltimore and elsewhere, a rampant heroine problem, the need to reduce regulations and improve job growth, there are so many problems that need to be solved.

So why then do some of our legislators waste time on completely irrelevant issues? I will give you good example.  Recently a state senator from Anne Arundel County, a Republican at that, introduced a bill to change our state's motto.  Now our state's motto comes from the old Calvert family crest and is an old Latin phrase that's arguably politically incorrect but why in the world should we be discussing it and expending any legislative time or resources on it when so many more serious problems confront our citizens?

It is this kind of small thinking and shortsightedness that keeps real problems from being solved. Our legislators don't have enough time to fix the problems we have in Maryland, to stop the bad legislation and roll back the bad things that happened over just the eight years of the O'Malley administration, to waste time on irrelevant and silly nonsense.

It is time to wake up folks!