MARYLAND DEMOCRATS RECEIVE AN

F

GRADE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAWS

Democrats Continue to Fail the Women and

Children of Maryland By Putting Politics and

Personal Greed Above Saving Lives

A recent report card gave Maryland's Democratic General Assembly an F for its "effort" on reducing domestic violence. Not only are Maryland's current laws woefully weak and insufficient, but Democrats in Annapolis forcefully struck down the few new laws that were proposed.

What laws did those powerful Democrats oppose?

Democrats siding with greedy trial lawyers (some are trial lawyers themselves) stopped a law that would have denied parental rights to rapists. It's outrageous. That is a page right out of the Brian Frosh playbook. That's the Senator Brian Frosh who opposes mandatory sentences for predators, remember?

These same Democrats also opposed lowering the unusually high bar Maryland requires victims of domestic violence to hurdle in order to receive a protective order.

After many years of talking about domestic violence, Democrats have failed again to protect the citizens of Maryland. Don't forget, the Democrats' pro-crime agenda in Rockville and Annapolis has led to Maryland becoming the most violent state in America. And now, they've brought Maryland to a new low yet again, with a rare, failing grade on domestic violence issues.

It's outrageous.

KNAPP, COUNTY COUNCIL,

WSSC VOTE TO

RAISE YOUR WATER BILL

8%

Monopoly Utilities Continue to Devastate

Working Families in Montgomery County with

Full Cooperation of Elected Officials

They've done it again. Your taxes are going up, food and gas prices are skyrocketing, and now yet another one of your monopoly utility bills has been raised. From the same county council that told you the new energy tax(!) will be "only $30 a year" and that the new "green" homebuilding rules will "only add $20,000" to the price of a house, comes a massive 8% increase in your WSSC water bill. This after they and your Democratic representatives in Annapolis recently approved massive increases in your PEPCO bill.

Don't forget, it was the monopoly WSSC that allowed its system to deteriorate over many decades and failed to maintain its infrastructure, even while receiving record sums of taxpayer cash. Now they want you to pay - again to the power of ten - for their years of mismanagement.

Thank the Friends of the WSSC, Mike Knapp & the County Council, for selling you out to the monopoly utilities again for political gain.