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<figure id="attachment_11601" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11601" style="width: 550px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2016/07/16/its-that-time-of-year-again-when-maryland-officials-stick-the-taxpayers-with-the-tab-for-their-beach-frolics/image404/" rel="attachment wp-att-11601"><img class="wp-image-11601" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2016/07/image404.jpg" alt="image404" width="550" height="743" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-11601" class="wp-caption-text">&#8220;Warden&#8221; Unamerican still rules the roost and even under Sheriff Cameron there are no women commanders &#8211; but taxpayers just paid another $350,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit keeping the record of Good Old Boys intact. See More in T<a href="http://amzn.to/1Gg8G95">HE STORY OF THE RAG</a></figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_11599" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11599" style="width: 767px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2016/07/16/its-that-time-of-year-again-when-maryland-officials-stick-the-taxpayers-with-the-tab-for-their-beach-frolics/to-hell-with-the-open-meetings-act-says-mckay/" rel="attachment wp-att-11599"><img class="size-large wp-image-11599" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2016/07/To-hell-with-the-open-meetings-act-says-McKay-767x1024.jpg" alt="To hell with the open meetings act says Tommy ";Hambone"; McKay. See more in THE STORY OF THE RAG" width="767" height="1024" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-11599" class="wp-caption-text">To hell with the open meetings act says Tommy &#8220;Hambone&#8221; McKay. See more in <a href="http://amzn.to/1Gg8G95">THE STORY OF THE RAG</a></figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_11597" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11597" style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2016/07/16/its-that-time-of-year-again-when-maryland-officials-stick-the-taxpayers-with-the-tab-for-their-beach-frolics/training-lessons-for-cowering-the-public/" rel="attachment wp-att-11597"><img class="size-large wp-image-11597" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Training-lessons-for-cowering-the-public-1024x872.jpg" alt="Training lessons for cowering the public by Land Use bosses at the St. Mary's County government. See more in THE STORY OF THE RAG" width="1024" height="872" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-11597" class="wp-caption-text">Training lessons for cowering the public by Land Use bosses at the St. Mary&#8217;s County government. See more in <a href="http://amzn.to/1Gg8G95">THE STORY OF THE RAG</a></figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_11596" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11596" style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2016/07/16/its-that-time-of-year-again-when-maryland-officials-stick-the-taxpayers-with-the-tab-for-their-beach-frolics/commissioners-tax-payers-turkey-11-20-2001/" rel="attachment wp-att-11596"><img class="size-large wp-image-11596" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Commissioners-Tax-Payers-Turkey-11-20-2001-1024x744.jpg" alt="The St. Mary's Commissioners elected in 1998 consisted of liberal Republican and now a Democrat - Shelby Guazzo- and four Democrats. They raised every tax they could find and some of them twice. Since that board, many of the Good Old Boy Democrats have changed to Republican and they still run county government under a different banner with the same outcomes. See more in THE STORY OF THE RAG." width="1024" height="744" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-11596" class="wp-caption-text">The St. Mary&#8217;s Commissioners elected in 1998 consisted of liberal Republican and now a Democrat &#8211; Shelby Guazzo- and four Democrats. They raised every tax they could find and some of them twice. Since that board, many of the Good Old Boy Democrats have changed to Republican and they still run county government under a different banner with the same outcomes. See more in <a href="http://amzn.to/1Gg8G95">THE STORY OF THE RAG.</a></figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_11595" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11595" style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2016/07/16/its-that-time-of-year-again-when-maryland-officials-stick-the-taxpayers-with-the-tab-for-their-beach-frolics/taxpayers-paid-for-his-mistress/" rel="attachment wp-att-11595"><img class="size-large wp-image-11595" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Taxpayers-paid-for-his-mistress-1024x778.jpg" alt="Taxpayers paid for his mistress as Gov. Parris Glendening gave his Deputy Chief of Staff Jennifer Flowers $31,000 in raises over three years while he was sleeping with her. He dumped his wife and made his new gal an honest woman - ending the calls of the kid of ";Ma, Ma, where's my Pa?"; " width="1024" height="778" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-11595" class="wp-caption-text">Taxpayers paid for his mistress as Gov. Parris Glendening gave his Deputy Chief of Staff Jennifer Flowers $31,000 in raises over three years while he was sleeping with her. He dumped his wife and made his new gal an honest woman &#8211; ending the calls of the kid of &#8220;Ma, Ma, where&#8217;s my Pa?&#8221; see more in <a href="http://amzn.to/1Gg8G95">THE STORY OF THE RAG</a></figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_11594" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11594" style="width: 763px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2016/07/16/its-that-time-of-year-again-when-maryland-officials-stick-the-taxpayers-with-the-tab-for-their-beach-frolics/commissioners-go-to-beach-on-taxpayers-dime/" rel="attachment wp-att-11594"><img class="size-large wp-image-11594" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Commissioners-go-to-beach-on-taxpayers-dime-763x1024.jpg" alt="County Commissioners from all over Maryland go to beach on taxpayer's dime, with all expenses paid so they can attend the Maryland Association of Counties Convention. They sit around and listen to other blowhard politicians, play golf and eat crabs with lobbyists and taxpayers pay for it all. This cartoon is of Barbara Babs Thompson and Paul Chesser." width="763" height="1024" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-11594" class="wp-caption-text">County Commissioners from all over Maryland go to the beach on taxpayer&#8217;s dime, with all expenses paid so they can attend the Maryland Association of Counties Convention. They sit around and listen to other blowhard politicians, play golf and eat crabs with lobbyists and taxpayers pay for it all. This cartoon is of Barbara Babs Thompson and Paul Chesser. See more in <a href="http://amzn.to/1Gg8G95">THE STORY OF THE RAG</a></figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_11593" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11593" style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2016/07/16/its-that-time-of-year-again-when-maryland-officials-stick-the-taxpayers-with-the-tab-for-their-beach-frolics/politicians-at-every-level-of-government-continue-to-come-up-with-new-ways-to-tax-and-regulate-small-businesses-this-scene-showed-the-st-marys-county-md-commissioners-in-1994/" rel="attachment wp-att-11593"><img class="size-large wp-image-11593" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Politicians-at-every-level-of-government-continue-to-come-up-with-new-ways-to-tax-and-regulate-small-businesses.-This-scene-showed-the-St.-Marys-County-Md.-Commissioners-in-1994-1024x739.jpg" alt="Politicians at every level of government continue to come up with new ways to tax and regulate small businesses. This scene showed the St. Mary's County Md. Commissioners in 1994" width="1024" height="739" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-11593" class="wp-caption-text">Politicians at every level of government continue to come up with new ways to tax and regulate small businesses. This scene showed the St. Mary&#8217;s County Md. Commissioners in 1994. See more in <a href="http://amzn.to/1Gg8G95">THE STORY OF THE RAG</a></figcaption></figure>