Wicomico Council (At Large) – Bob Culver and Matt Holloway

The selection of two at large members for Wicomico County Council should be simple.  Do you believe that you should pay higher taxes?  Do you believe that Wicomico landowners should be stripped of their property rights?  If your answer to these two questions is “NO!”, then your choice is clear.  Bob Culver and Matt Holloway are the best choices for these two seats.
It’s very simple. Culver and Holloway both bring business acumen and experience.  Both men have ties to agriculture.  Both believe that the revenue cap should be kept in place unless, and until, the voters of Wicomico County choose to amend the charter again and remove the cap.  They also believe that our county’s farmers should not be stripped of their development rights UNLESS they are fully compensated.
Culver and Holloway’s opponents, former councilman Ed Taylor and Dr. Dave Cowall, are good people worthy of our respect.  Sadly, they are not who we need to serve in our county’s legislative body.  Both men want to see the revenue cap abolished.  This would not only result in a higher tax burden on Wicomico citizens and businesses, it would be in opposition to the express will of the vast majority of Wicomico voters.  If Messrs. Taylor and Cowall want to abolish the revenue cap they should start banging doors and gather the 10,000 signatures necessary to put a charter change on the ballot.  Attempting to do so through the County Council is NOT the appropriate way to handle this.
On the land use issue, Taylor and Cowall differ.  Taylor does claim that farmers should be compensated, although we question his means of doing so.  Cowall attempts to duck the question – for good reason.  Cowall’s ties to local environmental groups is well known.  The leaders of every local tree hugging group top his list of campaign contributors.  Without a positive statement to the contrary, we can only conclude that Cowall will support stripping farmers of their property rights without adequate compensation.  While none here have ever pulled a plow, we cannot stand silently while our neighbors are robbed by our own local government.  We are also concerned by the financial support he has received from the teacher’s union (his single biggest contributor).  We are left to believe that Cowall would simply be another Bill McCain, but with a beard.
We need strong voices on our county council who will help Wicomico County grow its economy.  Bob Culver and Matt Holloway are those voices.