The Democrats New Class Warfare
The latest attempt by Maryland Democrats to seize power from the office of the Governor is starting to look a lot like class warfare.
The Governor’s office put out the following graphics today regarding transportation funding in Maryland. This first graphic shows you the transportation projects currently being funded by the Administration.
And these are the projects that would be funded if the Democrats get their way.
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It doesn’t take a genius to see that instead of providing transportation funding for all Marylanders, that their transportation funding plan redistributes money predominantly to Montgomery County.
The Governor’s office also released a list of every single project that would be cut if the Democrats had gotten their way last year and passed this bill that includes the proposed scoring system:
| AGENCY | COUNTY | DESCRIPTION | COST (MILLIONS) |
| MAA | Anne Arundel |
International Concourse Extension at BWI Marshall Airport |
$105.2 |
| SHA | Anne Arundel |
US 50, John Hanson Highway; US 50, MD 70 to MD 2 (Severn River Bridge) |
$26.6 |
| SHA | Anne Arundel |
MD 175, Annapolis Road; MD 175, from Brock Ridge Road to MD 295 Interchange (Ft. Meade) |
$111.4 |
| SHA | Allegany | MD 47, Barrellville; MD 47, Bridge over North Branch | $6.9 |
| SHA | Allegany | MD 36, Mount Savage Road; MD 36, Bridge over Jennings Run | $4.1 |
| SHA | Baltimore County |
MD 140, Reisterstown Road; MD 140, from Garrison View Road to Painters Mill Road |
$17.7 |
| SHA | Baltimore County |
US 40, Pulaski Highway; US 40, Bridges over Little and Big Gunpowder Falls |
$12.4 |
| SHA | Baltimore County |
I-695 Baltimore Beltway; I-695, Bridge on Crosby Road over I-695 |
$6.9 |
| SHA | Baltimore County |
I-83, Harrisburg Expressway; I-83, Bridge over I-83 | $10.9 |
| SHA | Baltimore County |
MD 137, Mount Carmel Road; MD 37, Bridge over I-83 | $4.8 |
| SHA | Calvert | MD 2/4, Solomon’s Island Road; MD 2/4 from Fox Run Boulevard to Commerce Lane |
$29.7 |
| SHA | Cecil | MD 222, N. Main Street; MD 222, Aiken Avenue | $4.6 |
| SHA | Charles | MD 234, Budds Creek Road; MD 234 Bridge over Gilbert Swamp Run |
$4.0 |
| SHA | Carroll | MD 86, Lineboro Road; MD 86, Bridge over South Branch of Gunpowder River |
$6.2 |
| SHA | Carroll | MD 496, Bachmans Valley Road; MD 496, Bridge over Big Pipe Creek |
$3.6 |
| SHA | Frederick | MD 85, Buckeystown Pike; MD 85 from Crestwood Boulevard to Spectrum Drive |
$118.1 |
| SHA | Frederick | US 40 ALT, Old National Pike; US 40, Old National Pike, Ivy Hill Drive to Middletown Parkway |
$14.6 |
| SHA | Frederick | MD 355, Urbana Pike; MD 355, Urbana Pike | $9.2 |
| SHA | Frederick | MD 355, Urbana Pike; MD 355, Bridge over CSX | $6.9 |
| SHA | Frederick | MD 180, Jefferson Pike; north of I-70 to Bridge 10140 | $31.0 |
| SHA | Frederick | MD 140, Main Street; MD 140, Bridge over Flat Run | $6.2 |
| SHA | Frederick | US 15, Catoctin Mountain Highway; US 15, Bridge over MD 26 | $6.6 |
| SHA | Garrett | US 219, Chestnut Ridge Road; US 219, Interchange at I-68 | $96.7 |
| SHA | Garrett | MD 39, Hutton Road; MD 39, Bridge over Youghiogheny River | $6.2 |
| SHA | Howard | MD 32, Sykesville Road; from MD 108 to Linden Church Road | $16.5 |
| SHA | Howard | MD 32, Patuxent Freeway; MD 32, Bridge on Triadelphia Road over MD 32 |
$5.9 |
| SHA | Howard | I-95, Montgomery Road Overpass to I-895 Interchange | $12.8 |
| SHA | Montgomery | I-270 Eisenhower Highway; I-270, Active Traffic Management and Innovative Congestion Management |
$100.0 |
| SHA | Montgomery | I-495, Capital Beltway; I-495, resurface from I-270Y to Seminary Road |
$10.7 |
| SHA | Montgomery | MD 355, Frederick Road; MD 355, Bridge over Little Bennett Creek |
$5.2 |
| SHA | Montgomery | MD 195, Carroll Avenue; MD 195, Bridge over Sligo Creek Parkway |
$12.2 |
| SHA | Prince George’s |
US 1, Baltimore Avenue; US 1, from MD 193 to College Avenue | $56.1 |
| SHA | Prince George’s |
I-95/I-495, Capital Beltway; I-95/I-495, Access to Greenbelt Metro Station (FBI relocation) |
$152.1 |
| SHA | Prince George’s |
I-95/I-495, Capital Beltway; I-95/I-495 Bridge over Suitland Road |
$33.5 |
| SHA | Prince George’s |
I-95, Capital Beltway; I-95, resurface I-495 to MD 212 | $13.0 |
| SHA | Prince George’s |
I-95/I-495, Capital Beltway; I-95/I-495, Bridges over Suitland Parkway |
$15.0 |
| SHA | Prince George’s |
US 50, John Hanson Highway; US 50, south of Lottsford Vista Road to Anne Arundel County Line |
$12.9 |
| SHA | Saint Mary’s |
MD 5, Point Lookout Road; MD 5, Camp Brown Road to Ranger Station |
$19.6 |
| SHA | Saint Mary’s |
MD 5, Point Lookout Road; MD 5, at Abell Street/Moakley Street | $13.7 |
| MVA | Statewide | Project Core (Enterprise Management System) | $16.3 |
| MTA | Statewide | Light Rail Safety Improvements | $22.8 |
| MTA | Statewide | Agency-wide Elevator and Escalator Rehabilitation | $12.0 |
| MTA | Statewide | Agency Radio and Telecommunications Upgrade | $28.7 |
| SHA | Talbot, Caroline |
MD 404, Shore Highway; MD 404, US 50 to MD 309 and west of Hillsboro Road to Holly Road (Cost split between counties – $80.25 each) |
$160.5 |
| SHA | Wicomico | MD 349, Nanticoke Road; MD 349, Bridge 2201500 over Winsor Creek |
$3.3 |
| SHA | Worcester | US 113, Worcester Highway; US 113, Public Landing to Massey Branch (Phase 4) |
$86.4 |
| TOTAL |
*Not including MDTA Projects*
|
$1,611.9 |
So what you have here is class warfare of the crass and political kind. The Maryland Democratic Party, not content with Governor Hogan’s decision to work on behalf of all Marylanders and to fund transportation projects across the state, have decided to implement a plan that will create net benefits only to Democratic counties. Democratic leaders are knowingly trying to tip the scale not only toward Democratic jurisdictions, but predominantly toward Maryland’s wealthiest county. They are trying to ensure that taxpayer money designated for transportation projects that benefit all Marylanders benefit only one specific county, one that happens to have no elected Republicans in it. This is what political class warfare looks like.
It’s sad, but not surprising, the depths that today’s Maryland Democratic Party will sink to in order to strike a blow, any blow, against this Governor.
