Response to the State of the State

Statement from Delegate Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio
on the Governor's State of the State Address

I am shocked and dismayed that the Governor would ask the citizens to do more and to make tougher choices. The citizens I talk to everyday have already done their part.  They have made tough choices and they are living within their means.  They have a reasonable expectation that their State government do the same.

We work for the citizens - not the other way around.

The Administration’s continual overspending and inability to manage their own budgets is hardly an adequate excuse to increase taxes, take away tax exemptions and burden the taxpayers even more. His budget proposal and his tax proposals go way too far and again demonstrate how out of touch he is with the citizens of our State.