Republican View of the State of the State
– As Prepared for Delivery –

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 5, 2025

Contact: Carrie Simons-Sparrow, [email protected]

Good afternoon, I am Delegate Jason Buckel, from Allegany County in Western Maryland. I have the privilege to serve as the Minority Leader in the Maryland House of Delegates, and in that capacity, I join you today to give the Republican view of our great state.

At this moment, Maryland is truly at a crossroads. In one direction is the path our state has followed for decades – one of uncontrolled government growth and foolish partisan policies that always result in chronic budget deficits, astonishing increases in the cost of living, and calls by complicit politicians for higher taxes on everything under the sun. It is a path that relies too much on the over-taxation of its citizens and the federal government's largess.

This month the Montgomery County Council will vote to take away gas cooking and heating from your home while imposing some of the most stringent energy use standards in the nation known as Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) (https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/exec/Resources/Files/17-23.pdf ).

PUBLIC HEARING - TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2025

1:30PM and 7:00PM

Sign up to speak - https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/calendar.html

Deadline to sign up to speak is March 10 at 2 p.m.

(Sent February 7, 2025) This morning Friedson stated that 500 homes in district 1 would be impacted by N.O.W. Do you know how many homes will be affected in your district? Stay tuned, I'll be sending more information on each of these ZTAs.

Subdivision Regulation Amendment (SRA) 25-01, Administrative Subdivision - Expedited Approval Plan, would create an administrative subdivision process for a Commercial to Residential Reconstruction expedited approval plan, and generally amend the subdivision provisions.

By Stacey Sauter

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear that someone identifies as a liberal? Mostly likely that they’re a Democrat. It seems confusing then, that Western civilization is built upon the concept of liberalism, a political and moral philosophy grounded in the consent of the governed. Yet do today’s “liberals” uphold those virtues of “liberalism?” Classic liberalism bestowed freedom on “we the people” by our founding fathers. Our U.S. Constitution blessed us all with personal liberty and individual rights, including the right to private property, political equality, and equality before the law. The very values that we “conservatives” are constantly fighting to “conserve” against progressive liberal doctrine.

We believe in the rights embedded in our Constitution. Such as the individual right to make personal choices and to act freely upon them so long as you’re not breaking the law or hurting anyone. We believe in free speech, the right to peacefully assemble, the right to practice any religion, and the right to privacy. And yes, we fight to “conserve” those values as should anyone who calls themselves an American.

• Feb 11 Mid County Muster
• Feb 12 Leisure World RC
• Feb 13 LD-15 PAC Meeting
• Feb 13 CCWRC Happy Hour
• Feb 14 Valentines Day
• Feb 15 UMRWC Meeting
• Feb 17 President's Day
• Feb 17 RRWC Come out to the Country
• Feb 19-22 CPAC
• Feb 20 Wheaton Republicans
• Feb 25 Day of Action
• Feb 26 CCWRC Winter Luncheon

MORE EVENTS HERE

By Lori Jaffe

President Trump has been in office for about two weeks, and we already see several positive changes. He is standing up an infrastructure led by strong men and women who are dedicated to restoring America. Through his executive orders, and by rescinding some invoked by the previous president, he has taken the reigns of our federal government and is turning it around. “To commence the policies that will make our Nation united, fair, safe, and prosperous again, it is the policy of the United States to restore common sense to the Federal Government and unleash the potential of the American citizen.  The revocations within this order will be the first of many steps the United States Federal Government will take to repair our institutions and our economy.” Here are a few examples:

It's been a long time since the US Leadership has been from the Republican party. Here's a historic photo (L to R) of Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Senate President and US Vice President JD Vance, President Donald Trump and US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson.