| The county commisioner races in St. Mary's are major referendums on the path our county should take. I ask all voters to recall what happened four years ago when an all Republican board failed to do anything but fight amongst themselves. In 1998 we kicked all of them out of office and replaced them with five great leaders who could accomplish things. The opposing candidates may complain about taxes, bloated spending, or increased regulation but none of those have affected us so much that we fail to thrive. The anti-spending candidates will get into office and realize that the budget increases every year because of inflation, because the superintendent needs more money to give our children the best possible education, and the sherriff needs more to bust crime. The anti-spending candidates are merely blowing smoke out their backsides and are acting irresponsibly, impractically, and wrongly. So on election day reelect the entire board. |