Governor Wes Moore celebrates first 100 days in office in Cambridge, touts accomplishments and bipartisan agenda
CAMBRIDGE, Md. – Governor Wes Moore celebrated his first 100 days in office in Cambridge, meeting with local leaders to hear the needs of the shore and tout his legislative success.
“We were able to introduce ten bills in our legislative session that were all bold but also able to get bipartisan votes and support on each and every one of them and these bills did consequential things/ like being able to have the largest Tax cut for military veterans in a generation, tax cuts for low-income families first service year option,” Governor Moore said.
The Governor told 47ABC he wanted the day to be a chance for local officials to get some face time with him and his lieutenant governor and voice their concerns, on issues including the lack of visas for crab house processors and the USDA regulations holding back the state’s catfish industry.
“I’m glad he was able to come to Cambridge today we had a great conversation about the blue catfish issue we are faced with on the bay that is affecting our watermen over here and to me he’s showing a sincere interest in trying to help us,” said District 37B Delegate Tom Hutchinson.
“Both are fully engaged in helping Maryland helping Cambridge helping Dorchester county to change and improve and have a better chance for w be done in the community,” said Cambridge Mayor Steve Rideout.
Governor Moore says he is committed to those goals and moving his agenda forward, despite a projected $500 million budget shortfall.
“It’s challenging when you see that kind of write-down is taking place, it forces us to know that we will approach this budget being sober about the fact that economic headwinds are real,” he said, adding, ” We can be bold without being reckless.”
Governor Moore tells us his commitment to the Eastern Shore on issues of violence, boosting education, and growing the economy, didn’t go away when the session ended.
“I’m not going to wait till January to focus on public safety so people feel safe in their community and their homes I’m not going wait to January to help create a world-class education system or wait till January to address environmental concerns,” he said adding “When I think of the growth of this state and what the state can get done it is going to get done with the eastern shore but because of the eastern shore.”
