Posted on 10/27/2011 8:49:13 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley’s new jobs-creation package ranges from ordering top-ranking agency officials to review regulations to asking Marylanders for their input on making the state more business-friendly - and he’s already gotten an earful.
At least 183 people have posted suggestions to a state website since Mr. O'Malley, a Democrat, made the request last week.
Many of the comments detail how posters became tangled in red tape while trying to start a business or apply for a job. Others offered more wide-ranging complaints about what they considered general inefficiencies in state government - such as underperforming employees, overspending and overuse of written communication rather than email.
Some railed against tax and toll increases, including a possible gas-tax hike that the governor and General Assembly could consider next year.
A poster who identified herself as Kirsty said she had to file extensive paperwork to start a business in Maryland and paid an expediting fee in hopes that the process wouldn’t take several months.
“The hassle of starting a business in Maryland is ridiculous,” she said. “I filed in Indiana and didn’t have to pay additional fees.”
The governor made the request for input upon announcing an executive order Oct. 17 that requires state agencies to review their regulations for change or elimination over a 60-day period.
Mr. O'Malley said the order was an important first step toward developing a jobs package for next year’s assembly session that starts in January.
“Some of the best ideas we use in state government have come from Marylanders writing and calling in,” O'Malley spokeswoman Raquel Guillory wrote Wednesday in a blog post. “We know that the more comments we get, the better the results.”
Other respondents suggested that the state consolidate many of the services within agencies and pool resources more efficiently.
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Maryland “Freak State” PING!
Being a Democrat he will promptly ignore any suggestions not resulting in tax and fee increases.
He will put forth the total opposite of any and all suggestions regarding cutting red tape or stream lining anything..........particularly any such things coming from the Eastern Shore.
Unlike William Donald, I truly do believe O’Malley actually does hate the Eastern Shore.
85% of Montgomery County’s budget goes towards personnel costs. I’m sure a similar percentage can be found at the state level.
Reducing the number regulations isn’t going to do squat to satiate the black hole of government.
Trying to start a business in Maryland is horrible. I won’t bore you with the awful details, but now I’m wondering if, as a MD resident, I can start an LLC or a 501(c)3 nonprofit foundation in a more reasonable state, like nearby Virginia.
“Being a Democrat he will promptly ignore any suggestions not resulting in tax and fee increases.”
100% correct. It is all for show, like his leader, Obama.
Democrats rely on insane regulations to keep power.
Any businessman is going to look at that and say that he doesn't want to pay for that.
Don't believe a word out of his mouth.
Good strategy by obamao Jr...Now he’ll get to identify/catalog the troublemakers for future action...
Having Maryland next door serves a useful purpose for Virginians: A living reminder not to slide into an overregulated, overtaxed, commerce-killing socialist state. In other words, don’t become THEM.
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