Comments on: WCRC meeting – April 2008 http://monoblogue.us/2008/04/28/wcrc-meeting-april-2008/ I've presented news and views from Maryland's Eastern Shore since 2005, but my writing can be found at several conservative websites. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: monoblogue » Blog Archive » Wicomico Neighborhood Congress - April 2008 http://monoblogue.us/2008/04/28/wcrc-meeting-april-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-83501 monoblogue » Blog Archive » Wicomico Neighborhood Congress - April 2008 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:23:04 +0000 http://monoblogue.us/?p=950#comment-83501 [...] And while I applaud the groups who sent their representatives to speak to us showing relative restraint and making this more or less about individual responsibility, I know that many among the groups they represent have no objection to government running roughshod over private property rights. One recent example brought up at last night’s WCRC meeting by Delegate Elmore was the compromise that “only” extended development buffer zones to 200 feet instead of 300 feet - still, that’s twice as much land placed off limits because the law was originally set for a 100-foot buffer zone. The secret weapon of bigger, more intrusive government is incrementalism and if the radicals in groups like the CBF don’t get their way in a particular session they don’t seem to get the hint that maybe what they’re asking for is too much - they just lay low until a more friendly Governor or General Assembly is in place, or ask for just a little less the next time. [...] [...] And while I applaud the groups who sent their representatives to speak to us showing relative restraint and making this more or less about individual responsibility, I know that many among the groups they represent have no objection to government running roughshod over private property rights. One recent example brought up at last night’s WCRC meeting by Delegate Elmore was the compromise that “only” extended development buffer zones to 200 feet instead of 300 feet – still, that’s twice as much land placed off limits because the law was originally set for a 100-foot buffer zone. The secret weapon of bigger, more intrusive government is incrementalism and if the radicals in groups like the CBF don’t get their way in a particular session they don’t seem to get the hint that maybe what they’re asking for is too much – they just lay low until a more friendly Governor or General Assembly is in place, or ask for just a little less the next time. [...]

]]> By: Final Frontier http://monoblogue.us/2008/04/28/wcrc-meeting-april-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-83463 Final Frontier Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:23:54 +0000 http://monoblogue.us/?p=950#comment-83463 "Delegate Elmore chimed in by noting that Governor O’Malley had the “greenest” administration he’d ever worked with and negotiations were key to dealing with him, not simply saying “no.'" Are either of these supposed to be bad traits in our Governor? If you ask me, Elmore just gave a great endorsement to O'Malley. Maybe there's hope for you Republics yet! Final Frontier “Delegate Elmore chimed in by noting that Governor O’Malley had the “greenest” administration he’d ever worked with and negotiations were key to dealing with him, not simply saying “no.’”
Are either of these supposed to be bad traits in our Governor? If you ask me, Elmore just gave a great endorsement to O’Malley. Maybe there’s hope for you Republics yet!

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