DREAM for students is a NIGHTMARE for Extremists

Public opinion was solicited in Annapolis on Feb 16, 2011, regarding a bill to permit any Maryland resident to attend college and pay in-state tuition, regardless of immigration status.


Maryland IAF brought dozens of representatives to the state capitol to support the bill.


And there was opposition. Extremist opposition.


Those giving testimony against Maryland's DREAM Act include groups, who speak the language of division and exclusion. 


One such group, HELP SAVE MARYLAND, has been declared a "nativist extremist group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center.


For coverage of the Feb 16 2011 Senate Committee hearings see the post at MarylandReporter:

In-state tuition for illegal immigrants: A dream for some, a nightmare for others – MarylandReporter.com

For the Southern Poverty Law Center listing of Rockville based HELP SAVE MARYLAND as a nativist/extremist group, here is the link:

http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2009/spring/sinister-intentions/nativist-extremis

For a listing of Maryland politicians who have associated themselves with the extremist HELP SAVE MARYLAND, here is the link:

http://maryland-politics.blogspot.com/2009/03/help-save-maryland-named.html


For a link to Washington Post coverage - which suggests a compromise on the bill is likely:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/16/AR2011021606279.html?sid=ST2011021606358

"I'm not necessarily buying into the predicate that it has to be paid for." Robert Ehrlich

"I'm not necessarily buying into the predicate that it has to be paid for," Ehrlich said. "I don't buy into the idea that when you tax a good or service at a higher level you're going to get more dollars because typically you're going to get less dollars."  -- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. , responding to a reporter's question about how Ehrlich intended to cover revenues lost by his announced plan to reduce Maryland's sales tax. - Reported April 16 2010, by First Click - Maryland Politics (Washington Post) 


Candidate Ehrlich wants to tout a tax cut without having to explain where he would come up with the reduced income - or even if there would be a reduction - or even if there had ever been an increse in revenue since the sales tax was increased. Hmmm. 


Maybe he expects to garner votes in his third run for Governor of Maryland, simply for using "predicate" in a sentence . . .