This column shares contact info, calls for action and excellent resources needed to defend our values.
From our friends in KQA Indivisible (https://www.kqaindivisible.org/)
Email, write, or tweet Gov. Larry Hogan and tell him to put down his veto pen! If you are tweeting, consider doing a different tweet every day, or even every hour. If you are emailing or writing postcards, write separate emails or postcards. Keep them short, but keep them coming!
Email – governor.mail@maryland.gov
Address – 100 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401
Twitter Handle – @LarryHogan
Here is what you can say about each of the big bills that he may veto.
Clean Energy Jobs Act – MD will lose $240 million in tax credits and thousands of jobs if you veto the Clean Energy Jobs Act. Vetoing this bill is anti-jobs and anti-revenue for MD. Sign the Clean Energy Jobs Act – SB516!
Prescription Drug Affordability Board – MD needs to fight back against price gouging for prescription drugs that is harming MD workers and businesses. Sign the Prescription Drug Affordability Board bill – HB768!
Handgun Permit Review Board – Repeal – The Handgun Review Board is not working. They are rubber stamping permits for guns that will make MD less safe. Don’t be the cause of the next shooting. Sign the Handgun Permit Review Board Repeal – HB1343/SB1000!
Board of Education – Teacher and Parent – MD needs to have teachers and parents have more say in how their children are educated. They should have representation on the Board of Education. Sign HB87/SB529!
Maryland Dream Act Extension – MD residents should all be eligible to pay the same in-state tuition. Let’s work to give MD students a more equivalent playing field. Sign the Higher Education – Tuition Rates – Exemptions bill – HB262/SB537!
HIV Testing and Treatment for Rape Victims – The worst thing that a parent could ever have to endure is their child dying of AIDs after being sexually abused. That happened in MD. Make sure it never happens again. Sign the HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis bill – HB1249/SB657!
Summer SNAP for Children – Let’s make sure that children from poor families have meals in the summer. Extend the SNAP program and sign the Summer SNAP for Children bill – HB338/SB218!
