February 11, 2026

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 Delegates Szeliga and Nawrocki: Governor Moore's State of the State Focuses on Misplaced Priorities

ANNAPOLIS, MD — Following the Governor's State of the State address, Delegates Kathy Szeliga and Ryan Nawrocki criticized the administration's focus on political priorities over the rising cost pressures facing Maryland families. The delegates said the speech failed to address the state's growing affordability crisis, particularly soaring energy costs and the strain on working families. 

Over the last three years, Governor Wes Moore has passed historic tax and fee increases to cover unsustainable, reckless government spending. Despite these historic tax increases, Maryland is still facing significant budget deficits due to the Governor's spend-and-tax approach. While Moore attempts to blame President Donald Trump for Maryland's fiscal crisis, his policies have driven up taxes and made your gas and electric bills unaffordable. 

The Montgomery County House Delegation will hear MC 19-26 during the meeting on Friday, February 20th at 9:00 a.m. via Zoom. The deadline to sign up to testify for MC 19-26 is Thursday, February 19th at noon. The sign up link is here. The meeting will be livestreamed on Youtube for viewing.  Link to YouTube

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Fixing What Annapolis Won’t: Jobs, Energy, and a Plan for Maryland

Dear MoCo

Maryland families are feeling squeezed. Energy bills keep rising. Traffic steals hours every week. Development decisions are being made without the people who actually live here ever having a real say.

I hear this everywhere I go, and it’s exactly why affordability has to be more than a slogan. Families don’t need another speech – they need a plan that lowers costs, fixes what’s broken, and creates real opportunity without raising taxes.

 "WOW! A pro-ICE ad just ran during the Super Bowl"

X.COM | Nick Sortor

By Dennis Brent Melby

The major cutbacks at The Washington Post caught everyone by surprise with a wide range of emotions. If you’re a subscriber like me, you checked out yesterday’s paper with curiosity and courage, no major changes yet. As a local Washingtonian, it was the only hometown paper left, but as a Republican, virtually every word, every page reeked of bias and hatred. Is this any way to run a major news outlet?

Some folks responded with glee, some folks responded with doom, and others with hatred toward Amazon founder Jeff Bezos – many of those haters were The Washington Post's own employees! They felt they were owed a job. Even if people didn’t buy the paper they wanted the owners to continue paying them high wages with heavy staffing because their philosophy was more important than the fact that the outlet hemorrhaged cash year after year.

As Republicans all we wanted was a news outlet with straight reporting. No comments to the side, no I Hate Trump All The Time. Heck, even middle of the road – some criticism, some praise and mostly just common sense reporting is what we wanted. Rarely seen…and never admitted. Folks tell me that a moderate newspaper was not what folks wanted (it’s what I wanted) and that they have a few, a very few conservative voices (Marc Thiessen yes, George Will no…)

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Yep, your street may not be cleared yet but MoCo is paying to have the never used bike lanes cleared...just in case a biker wants to use one. How 'bout them apples? Watch our bike lane video HERE.