Discord in MoCo's 39th District
There's a little dissension in Assembly District 39 in Montgomery County.
First Del. Saqib Ali (D-Montgomery) expressed disapproval of the manner in which Sen. Nancy King (D-Montgomery) received her appointment to the Senate. Now he is blasting her for her first Senate action, in the current special session on the state's budget crisis.
King was nominated by secret ballot by the county's Democratic Central Committee to fill former senator P.J. Hogan's seat. Ali, who also vyed for the position, says the process needs to be more transparent.
Their latest dispute involves part of Gov. Martin O'Malley's revenue plan that includes a movement toward "combined reporting," a method of collecting corporate income taxes that seeks to capture revenue lost by businesses that shelter income in out-of-state subsidiaries. And Ali said he took umbrage that King not only supported the budget committee's decision to delete O'Malley's provision from the revenue bill, but that she introduced a bill of her own that would essentially do the same thing.
"One way to kill something is to say we're going to study it," Ali said of King's legislation to study combined reporting. "I'm not sure why this is where she decided to take her stand."
King said there is not enough information on combined reporting, and that's why she thinks a study is warranted. "I'm not against combined reporting, I just think we need more information before we start it," she said.
As for Ali's questioning her every move: King said, "It all follows along. I'll probably be doing this for three years."
-- Ovetta Wiggins
By Ovetta Wiggins |
November 8, 2007; 12:42 PM ET
Previous: Debate Expected on Sales Tax Expansion Plan |
Next: Leggett Calls Off Trip to India
Posted by: MoCoDem | November 8, 2007 10:08 PM
A 3-year study of Combined Reporting:
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007s1/bills/sb/sb0027f.pdf
"ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 15, 2010, THE COMMISSION SHALL
SUBMIT AN INTERIM REPORT OF ITS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNOR AND, IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 2-1246 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY"
Posted by: Anonymous | November 8, 2007 11:59 PM
Ah, Montgomery County... all chiefs and no indigenous peoples.
Posted by: Baltimoron | November 9, 2007 12:54 AM
The comments to this entry are closed.
Saqib Ali is a power hungry empty suit who will be out of the legislature through his own overreaching in 3 years.
We're talking about an individual whose every step is calculated and has no respect for the democratic process. Take his criticism of Nancy King's request for more information. This is how Democracy works, but in his world only actions speak and there is no time for debate.
We have all seen his selfless drive toward who knows what end and I rest assured that he's lining up enough enemies to quickly end his career. I only hope that once the glass house he's built comes crashing down he realizes that he's 30 and has an entire life left to live without political power. I hope you like building model trains.