Pollitt Fundraiser Indicates True Stripes

Wicomico County Executive Rick Pollitt wants your money – and not just your tax dollars. Rick wants you to dig deep in order that we may enjoy another four years of whining about the revenue cap and a steady whittling away of county services in the hope that taxpayers will finally capitulate and agree to the tax increases that Pollitt desperately wants to levy on us and on our neighbors.

On July 10th we are all invited to a fundraiser at the home of Wicomico’s most notorious lefty – Mike Pretl:

Even more telling than the hosts – Pretl and his Mrs. – is the litany of co-hosts:

Phil Tilghman – unwittingly responsible for the revenue cap by leading the largest property tax increase in the history of Wicomico County.

Mike Dunn – veteran of shady land deals and the $80 million debacle known as the waste water treatment plant. All accomplished in a single term on the Salisbury City Council.

John Groutt – part of Wicomico’s more radical tree-hugging element, who along with Pretl, helped Pollitt in his unsuccessful attempt to strip Wicomico farmers of their property rights without compensation.

Delegates Norm Conway and Jim Mathias – we can thank them for supporting some of the largest tax increases and most profligate spending in Maryland’s history.

REMEMBER – when Rick asks for your vote this year look at his record AND the record of some of his supporters. Pollitt’s record has proven that he is not the moderate / conservative he claims to be. The revenue cap and the state’s requirement that we have a balanced budget are the only two things keeping your taxes in check and your county government (at least nominally) in the black!