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| Hogan vetoes transportation bill, setting up fight with legislature | Hogan vetoes transportation bill, setting up fight with legislature |
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| Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) vetoed a bill on Friday that would create a new method for deciding which transportation projects are funded, setting the stage for a veto override battle with the Democratic-controlled legislature. | Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) vetoed a bill on Friday that would create a new method for deciding which transportation projects are funded, setting the stage for a veto override battle with the Democratic-controlled legislature. |
| The measure was one of several bills presented to Hogan on Friday as part of an effort by Democratic legislative leaders to give them time to overturn the governor’s vetoes before they adjourn on April 11. | The measure was one of several bills presented to Hogan on Friday as part of an effort by Democratic legislative leaders to give them time to overturn the governor’s vetoes before they adjourn on April 11. |
| [Md. Democrats plan preemptive strike on possible vetoes by GOP governor] | [Md. Democrats plan preemptive strike on possible vetoes by GOP governor] |
| In a letter explaining his veto to the legislature, Hogan called the transportation bill “the worst kind of policymaking.” | |
| “By establishing arbitrary new criteria to guide transportation decisions in Maryland, the bill may harm our State’s competitiveness and could degrade the quality of life for Marylanders for decades to come,” Hogan wrote in a three-page letter to House Speaker Michael E. Busch (D-Anne Arundel). “This bill was constructed in a secretive and haphazard manner with enormous input from political pressure groups but with no real thought and no meaningful input from the Department of Transportation.” | “By establishing arbitrary new criteria to guide transportation decisions in Maryland, the bill may harm our State’s competitiveness and could degrade the quality of life for Marylanders for decades to come,” Hogan wrote in a three-page letter to House Speaker Michael E. Busch (D-Anne Arundel). “This bill was constructed in a secretive and haphazard manner with enormous input from political pressure groups but with no real thought and no meaningful input from the Department of Transportation.” |
| The governor said the bill did not meet his “simple test” on whether a law or action makes it easier for families and small businesses to stay in the state and whether it helps to attract new families and businesses. | The governor said the bill did not meet his “simple test” on whether a law or action makes it easier for families and small businesses to stay in the state and whether it helps to attract new families and businesses. |
| “This bill miserably fails the simple test,” Hogan said. | “This bill miserably fails the simple test,” Hogan said. |
| The governor said the bill is “poorly conceived” and contains “vague and imprecise language.” | The governor said the bill is “poorly conceived” and contains “vague and imprecise language.” |