An hour before Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) gave a “State of the State” speech touting bipartisanship on Wednesday, Democratic leaders from the state’s largest jurisdictions came together in Annapolis to criticize the governor’s budget, saying it neglected major education, infrastructure and transportation priorities needed by 3 million residents in those areas.
Democratic state lawmakers from Prince George’s, Montgomery and Baltimore counties and the city of Baltimore crowded together behind a microphone to ask why their jurisdictions had not received the level of funding they say they deserve as home to the state’s biggest blocs of taxpayers.
“Today, the governor will tell us that the state of the state is good,” said Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D). “What the governor won’t tell you is that his budget leaves out funding that impedes counties like Prince George’s County from continuing to make progress.”
