Candidate Debates - Presidential Election

I am still reeling from the Convention in Tampa - what a tremendous experience! - and it is hard to believe we are only 47 days from one of the most important elections of our time!  Now that I'm back many of you have asked about the candidate debates.  Here's what I know:

PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE SCHEDULE:

Wednesday, October 3, 2012
9:00pm-10:30pm (EST)
University of Denver, Colorado
Topic: Domestic Policy
Moderator: Jim Lehrer, Executive Editor of the PBS NewsHour


Tuesday, October 16, 2012
9:00pm-10:30pm (EST)
Hofstra University, New York
Topic: Foreign and Domestic Policy
Moderator: Candy Crowley, Chief Political Correspondent, CNN & Anchor, CNN's State of the Union


Monday, October 22, 2012
9:00pm-10:30pm (EST)
Lynn University, Florida
Topic: Foreign Policy
Moderator: Bob Schieffer, Chief Washington Correspondent, CBS News & Mod., Face the Nation



VICE-PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE SCHEDULE

Thursday, October 11, 2012
9:00pm-10:30pm (EST)
Centre College, Kentucky
Topic: Foreign and domestic policy
Moderator: Martha Raddatz, Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent, ABC News

For more information, visit the Commission on Presidential Debates web site at www.debates.org

Del. Haddaway-Riccio Donates Books to Schools

Delegate Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio donated books to public schools in her district again this year as part of Cat in the Hat Day in Annapolis. Her donation this year included a book written by her colleague Senator Catherine Pugh called Healthy Holly: Exercising Is Fun!.

The book was written to encourage youth to live healthier lifestyles. Delegate Haddaway-Riccio said, "I commend Senator Pugh for her leadership on childhood obesity issues and for taking the initiative to write this book. I gladly share it with the children of my district in hopes that it will inspire them to make healthier choices as well."

Haddaway-Riccio Meets with Motor Truck Association

This week Delegate Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio met with representatives of the Maryland Motor Truck Association (MMTA).  She toured a motor truck and talked with professional truck drivers about the impact that a proposed sales tax on gasoline would have on their industry and about their focus on safety. 

Delegate Haddaway-Riccio opposes an increase in the gas tax and also opposes a sales tax on gas, which she believes would be even more expensive and detrimental to Marylanders. 

The Maryland Motor Truck Association is a non-profit trade organization of Maryland's commercial trucking industry that has been in existence since 1935.  It is one of the largest trucking associations in the country, representing 1,000 member companies.

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.