A lot of people in the Washington suburbs (your humble blogger excluded) look down their noses at Baltimore. These Washingtonians, many of whom live in Montgomery County, think they are smarter and more sophisticated than Baltimore. 
    If they only knew. 
    Baltimoreans are having the last laugh every day at the expense of Montgomery County. Baltimore takes Montgomery to task every year in state funding. Montgomery County pays the state and Baltimore collects from the state. It is Montgomery’s money they are collecting. 
    Baltimore spends  even more than Montgomery on schools (spending $16,619 per student per year vs. Montgomery with $16,310 per student per year). However Baltimore only spends $2,685 of their money and Montgomery spends $11,060 of theirs. The rest is made up by the state funds which predominately come from Montgomery County.  
    The net result is that Montgomery spends 4 times as much of their money to educate their students than Baltimore spends of their money. 
    Who is smarter now?

Health Warning Republicans & Independents most at Risk!
Part 1
     The most significant symptom of why Montgomery County is under-served in state funding to Annapolis is “give up-itis.” It is a contagion that has gripped otherwise healthy adult members of our community for decades. 
    People believe that a Republican can never be elected to office in Montgomery County. That is only true as long as we believe that it is. That day is over. The electorate is not just open to new leadership they are yearning for it.
    The message of the Cave for Senate campaign appeals to Democrats, Republicans & independents. The only way it doesn’t work to win this election is if the Republicans in our community wallow in hopelessness and helplessness. This is the year the independents and independent minded Democrats are open to a moderate Republican message on fiscal responsibility. 
    Fortunately, we are getting great support from young folks and adults in our community who recognize that this is the year we can elect an independent, fiscally responsible candidate who will not take NO for answer from Mike Miller on getting Montgomery County her fair share of state funding especially for education. 
    However there still some people who are still indulging in give up itis. We need their support.  Seewww.caveforsenate.com for more information.

Health Warning Democrats also at Risk!
Part 2
    Give up-it is a disease that has plagued Montgomery County for decades for all political parties. Most Montgomery County residents realize that some of our money goes to Baltimore and other counties instead of returning to our county at the same rate as the rest of Maryland. 
    This year everyone is realizing that we can no longer afford this exodus of our hard earned money because we have unsustainable  $BILLION DEFICITS projected to occur every year in Montgomery County. At least half of this problem is a result of not getting our fair share from Maryland. We are underfunded for education alone to the tune of 308,000,000 which is 31% of our deficit on this one issue alone!
    So many people, Democrats included, have given up on the idea that we can fix this and get a more equitable allocation from the state. They are wrong. 
    Montgomery County has 32 member of state government. That is the most of any county. We have the power to ask even insist on being treated better. We just need to ask for it. It is really simpler than that. We need only one Republican representative to Annapolis from Montgomery County to be elected on this issue and then all the other Montgomery County elected officials will enthusiastically get behind the effort to get Montgomery County her fair share. They will have to or face being thrown out of office themselves. 
    There has never been less reason to engage in give up-it is than right now. Fortunately it is a disease you can put in remission with a change of attitude and a new course of action. Realize you can make a difference and support our campaign to get elected on the issue to get Montgomery County her fear share and then get behind our campaign. It is that simple.  See www.CaveForSenate.com for more information

    D.C. complains that they don’t have any elected representation that can vote. At least they know they don’t have any. Montgomery County, Maryland thinks they have representation when they really don’t have any. And then you have nearby Baltimore that has double representation. 
    Montgomery county Council president said the “Montgomery County representatives don’t bring home the bacon” in terms of state funding in spite of the fact that that Montgomery county funds most of the state. 
    One look at the budget and you can see that the money goes to Baltimore. In effect the Montgomery County delegates and senators such as Brian Frosh act as a second set of representatives for Baltimore. Montgomery county state senator Frosh won’t even ask for Montgomery county students to be funded saying “How can I ask for more money when Baltimore needs it.” Baltimore receives over $11,000 in state funding for every student from the state of Maryland and Montgomery receives $4,500. 
    In essence Baltimore has their duly elected representatives and then they have the ones duly elected by Montgomery County.

Cave for senate is hosting a fundraiser Monday, June 28th, 2010

Cave For Senate  Fundraiser
You are cordially invited to a reception given by:
Steve & Lizz Durante
Bob & Trish Elliot
Bill & Jennifer Manders
To support Jerry Cave
 Candidate for the Maryland Senate District 16. Join us for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres
  $100 per person
  Monday June 28th, 2010
11000 Spring House Court
Potomac, MD 20854

6:00-8:00 PM

Limited Capacity Please RSVP ASAP!

To RSVP: 301-263-0958
E-Mail: Maddie@caveforsenate.com

www.caveforsenate.com

Please make Checks Payable to: Cave For Senate
                Address:    7945 MacArthur Blvd
              Suit 205
                                           Cabin John, MD 20818

To pay by credit card please visit our website:  www.caveforsenate.com

I finished calling on every home in Cabin John Maryland for my campaign for the state Senate and I have some interesting observations. People care a lot about their schools whether their children go to Whitman Pyle, Little Flower or St. Bart’s. They are not happy about Montgomery county schools being underfunded and services being cut back. Many know that our money has gone to Baltimore but many didn’t know how bad it is. That aside the neighborhood is a great place to raise a family. There was a big pig roast going on and people were having a ball  in spite of the heat. This is a neighborhood where you can find great front porches. It is nice that the new houses put them on as well as the older homes. And they are real front porches. Not the narrow ones put on for appearances only but nice deep ones with plenty of room to practice front porch sittin’ and relaxin’.