NO NEW OR INCREASES IN TAXES. MORE CUTS IN ADDITION TO THE ONES MADE.

All I can say is that people keep voting the same ones in every time and this will happen every time. When are people going to wake up.

Dumbocrats can't even do their job, they are all to blame. It's time to elect Republicans to straighten the messes they made.

Pathetic. At a time where our school systems need maintenance the most, and state universities pricing needs stabilization, once again O'Malley - despite having full control of both houses of the State Congress, fails.

You get what you voted for. It's just terrible because you just KNOW a Republican would come in and do the same thing O'Malley's going to get blasted for too.

Doesn't make his failure any less important - I'd argue it makes it more important.

President O'Malley in 2016? Not a snowball's chance in hell.

the state can and will learn to live with less.

"Doomsday" budget?? C'mon man, who are they kidding? The federal government has an annual deficit of over 30%. That is a "doomsday" cut waiting to happen.

Our administration and legislators are looking for one and a half percent (1.5%). They should be able to find that in the trash can. Yes some of that is debt service and can't be reduced.

Get to work and find the required cuts.

Why bother with State Legislators when OWE Malley just steps in and makes executive decisions after they vote. Let's see.....Gas Tax, Sales Tax, Same Sex Marriage, School Budget, Tax this and Tax that. Oh, I can't wait until we vote him out!

Maybe they should rethink their $450 million worth of stimulus spending... From the Baltimore Sun: "One piece of business that did get done Monday was the capital budget. Legislators gave final approval to a $3.6 billion capital spending plan that includes extra money O'Malley requested to pay for improvements to parks and schools and to encourage construction of rental housing. The governor in effect asked the Assembly to agree to spend about $450 million now that it otherwise would have waited to spend in the next few years. He said the extra money would launch projects that would stimulate the state's construction industry."

I'm more concerned about pending approval being added to my posts...??
What the hell is that all about..??

Free speech does not require anyone's approval.. a move in the wrong controlling direction.

And of course the counties will cry that there's no money for schools, etc. but I'll remember from last week's council meeting the announcement of a one month moratorium for teachers to pay for their insurance because of greater than expected insurance reimbursements. I figure than must be about $200 each and with 4327 teachers and staff employed by the county that's roughly $865,000 dollars being kicked back. When's the last time an employer other than the government gives you money back like that...and in this case it isn't even their money. It's our money...the taxpayers. It's all cooked up and served to us to mask the waste, fraud and abuse on a scale never seen before. We need more cuts; we could reduce the size of government federal, state and local by 20% and not even feel it. How many people do we need to watch the people watching the people?

They don't need to cut schools or fire fighters. There is plenty of stuff to cut. This is how they scare us. It is a lie. We need to vote O'Malley and Mike Miller out. They need to spend less. They are trying to call our bluff.

This is just sad. How about starting budget cuts with their "expenses"? Out education system in MD is in need of more, not less!

It's about time Maryland starting cutting back on the millions of tax dollars wasted on state colleges! If you want a college degree earn a scholarship or pay for it!

If our state (and federal too) government was run like corporate offices, we'd fire most of our elected officials and get rid of waste. It's time to take a hard look at where OUR money is spent and cut the waste. Annapolis should have to submit to every person in Maryland a detailed report of spending down to the last penny.

PENDING APPROVAL...

Obama is nothing but a closet muslim, a wolf in sheep's clothing. Just wait and see, he won't leave the White House when he's not re-elected. He will replace Secret Service with his muslim new Black Panthers. And he will be the new Adolph Hitler.

Stop the entitlement fraud , that should save millions alone .. Stop giving illegals benefits they didnt earn !!!!

"There were 90 days to work all of this out." Really? So why did you offer a ridiculous tax proposal with 7 days left to work things out? Why did you bail on your own bills to fly off to South Carolina to bemoan Mitt Romney? Why did you travel to NYC to raise money for other Democrats in other states? Why is Maryland such a low priority of yours, Gov?

He is really not a happy camper!!
NO MORE TAXES.........NO MORE SPENDING..........NO SPECIAL SESSION!!!

Same sex marriage was OweMalleys number one priority, and he got it. the heck with everything else.

want to save money maryland? stop allowing the purchase of soda and snack food on EBT cards. Bam!

Same sex marriage was OweMalleys number one priority, and he got it. The heck with the budget!!!

If everybody here who is complaining had gone to the Perryville slots, we wouldn't be having this wandering discussion

Yes, Mr. Rickles, you can still buy alcohol and cigarettes in Baltimore City. Have you lost your mind? Need a drink?

He is just another Obama bot. Leader of the freeloader nation. He will make the neighbors pay your share as well as their share.

The cuts listed sound like a good start to me!

AWWW ! King O'Malley didn't get his way ! Don't those dumb legislators know that the great O'Malley knows what's best for all of us lesser beings! How on earth will we ever "move forward" now?

Someone mentioned $111 less for a childs education, about 1/6 Harford County gave for bonuses to government workers!

I read through these posts and I think: "Hardly a one has an argument; they certainly know how to make up ridiculous names to be "cute" but what are they really saying? Nadda." >sigh< Let's not ask why kids are bullies when our adults act twice as bad. My two teens laugh at the remarks by the adults and wonder what gutter the adults climbed out from. Smart boys.

That said, I'm *glad* they shut down the 'money horse'. It's time to give all you *good* Marylanders what you want: Bad roads, less cops, less firefights and EMT's, bad teachers (that's all the state will be able to afford) and horribly run down schools to 'educate' your kids in along with a crumbling infrastructure. Have at it. Of course, you will find someone to blame for it rather than yourselves. You always do. I personally have no time to "suffer fools gladly.". But it will be fun to sit here and read the remarks in a years time, 5 years time, etc....

What is doomsday about spending 500 million more than last year ? Seems to me we should have spent 500 million less than last year.

No special session, no new tax increase, stay with the same budget as last year. That would mean that spending would be the same for next year as this year. Doomsday budget my aunt Rosy. Just not an increase in spending for the first time since MOM has been elected. Believe it or not we all would not die if this occurred and the sun would come up tomorrow. P.S. Can you believe the utter arrogance of that bunch down in Annapolis!!!!!!!!!

If we remove Mr. Miller and Mr. Bush and reduce the salary of the governor and reduce his staff that would be a start. Reducing the state work force by 500 positions, that could probably be done through attrition - but wait - do not state employees have a sweet pension plan which would still reduce the amount available for the cut.

You have no right to free speech on a privately owned forum. Your right lies with the government not a private entity. If your post disagrees with the forum owner's position, then the owner has the right to censor it's own forum. Sorry.

@ Karl

A couple of items not all teachers use insurance. Second our county self insures. This means that essentially the insurance claims are paid by the pool of money collected from employees etc and than if there is an overage there is a policy that covers the county. If there is an underage there is a return. Since part of that money was contributed by the employee in the first place and it went unused than it would make sense to return it to those employees in the form of an insurance premium holiday. Taxpayers do not fund 100% of the benefits!!! Also remember the employee paid taxes on the part the county did pick-up. It is called the state pick-up.

I have an idea, why don't we cut the staff for all those politicians, freeze their salaries, and reduce the operating budgets, and stop spending lots of money for their leather chairs! Make them pay for parking like the rest of us, no overtime pay, and reduce all the other perks. Cuts should always start at the top!

I believe no new session is required and as a maryland tax payer I would like to thank the general assembly for finally taking a step in the right direction. As far as our govenor Hey Martin it's my money and the cost of living in this state is so high I can't afford to give you anymore so get over it

There are always certain advantages to politicos in having a population who can find their way to the voting booth but who can't find their way through budget math.

Why does it seem some commenters recieve instant approval and other wait for about 10 days for their comment to be approved? Not being a smart alec just a question?

Buck to answer your question about public schools....
.it is Constitutionally mandated in our state

Adam, check out this kink while your at it. You no longer receive emails on what's going on regarding the topic. That has got to effect the hits on the site.

Let's stop calling this a 'Doomsday Budget' and instead call it 'a first step in the right direction'.

Turns out this "doomsday budget" is actually an increase, just not enough to cover usual out of control projected increases - lest anyone forget the way government calculates a cut isn't really a cut at all. Can't imagine how in the world we could ever expect government to plan, cut or ration responsibly. Oh the humanity...

I'm having trouble understanding why the State is having such difficulties funding education. Are we not receiving plenty of NEW revenue from our recently opened Casino? Wasn’t that why we allowed it to be built?

According to this article: http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2012/04/05/maryland-casino-revenue-up-8-to.html. The state receives almost 8 million dollars each month from our casinos. So if there's 8 million EXTRA dollars each month that's supposed to go to education, why is there a shortfall? My guess is that gaming winnings go to the schools, but the money that formerly went to the schools, now goes somewhere else. Clearly a bait and switch is going on here. I'm surprised that a young aggressive news reporter, eager to make a name for himself/herself, doesn't crack this story and expose these dirty details.

Remember the education funding being cut is the rollback of Thornton. There has been a noticeable increase in performance since Thornton was implemented and fully funded