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Our Say: Latest budget cuts a painful necessity in these tough times

Published 11/20/09

If the actions taken by the state Board of Public Works are any indication of Maryland's economic peril, we had better fasten our seat belts.

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This week, the board cut another $362 million from the budget. It wasn't pretty or kind - but neither is this nation's economic recession.

Among the victims in this round were college students of low- and middle-income parents who will lose $7 million in financial aid and Eastern Shore residents who will lose a state psychiatric hospital in Chestertown.

Those losses will mean many financially strapped students will not be able to afford college this fall and several...

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Maryland budget - 2009-11-21 01:40:43

..Nice bold move by a sitting governor. . . .It takes a clear mind to visualize and evaluate a course through "troubled times." . . .and that is why we call him "governor." . . It is his job. . .I do not want it; he does. . . Let him do his job and govern. . .That's why I voted for him.

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Slots cure cancer... - 2009-11-20 15:09:25

Just an idea for this weekends 'Our Say' column to follow up on the "job fair."

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